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BAKER HUGHES, a GE co. $34 (New York symbol BHGE; Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 428.0 million; Market cap: $14.6 billion; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; Dividend yield: 2.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.bhge.com) is now one of the world’s largest oilfield-services firms.

The new c o m p a n y was formed in July 2017 when Baker H u g h e s merged with GE’s oil and gas business.

The deal combined GE’s data analytics and high-tech operations with Baker Hughes’ oilfield expertise....
TSX mining stocks are on the aggressive end of the investing spectrum—here’s how to cut their risk
After several good years, the shares of Cineplex Inc. have fallen off and the company aims to broaden its appeal to resist the rise of home entertainment.
METRO INC. $42 (Toronto symbol MRU; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 227.4 million; Market cap: $9.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend yield: 1.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.metro. ca) operates 600 grocery stores and 250 drugstores, in Quebec and Ontario....
Florida power generator NextEra Energy is both a utility and a non-utility and its earnings and share price are both up despite the ravages of Hurricane Irma.
RIOCAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $24.75 (Toronto symbol REI.UN; Units outstanding: 326.1 million; Market cap: $8.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 5.7%; www.riocan. com) owns all or part of 299 shopping centres in Canada. That includes 15 properties under development.

RioCan continues to focus on six major urban markets—Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver....
If you plan to invest in oil penny stocks, you need to know what makes oil markets tick.
The most important qualities of the best ETFs to buy include low MERs and “passive” management
Some advisors like to use sports or military analogies to describe their investment approach. It seems to me that this serves to withhold the details and gloss over the risks. But if I had to compare our investing approach to anything outside the investment business, I’d choose chess.

Good chess players never “go for broke,” as the saying goes....
The best energy stocks aren’t guaranteed winners, but you can avoid the worst energy stocks by staying away from those in the limelight and being skeptical of renewable energy.