Better Research Mix Makes Nortel a Buy

NORTEL NETWORKS CORP. $20 (Toronto symbol NT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 436.9 million; Market cap: $8.7 billion; SI Rating: Speculative) is a leading supplier of voice and data equipment to telephone companies and other large organizations.

After several restructurings, Nortel’s costs… Read More

These 1990s Favourites Are Buys Again

BOMBARDIER INC. (Toronto symbols BBD.A $4.55 and BBD.B $4.56; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 1.7 billion; Market cap: $7.7 billion; SI Rating: Extra risk) is the world’s third-largest maker of commercial aircraft, after Boeing and Airbus. The company is also a.. Read More

Nortel Hopes for Telecom Deja Vu

NORTEL NETWORKS CORP. $30 (Toronto symbol NT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; SI Rating: Speculative) was extraordinarily successful in the late 1990s with its telecom, network and Internet expertise. It crashed early in this decade with the deflating of the Internet boom. Now… Read More

Cutback Will Broaden Nortel’s Appeal

NORTEL NETWORKS CORP. $2.22 (Toronto symbol NT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; SI Rating: Speculative) plans to consolidate its outstanding shares on a 1-for-10 basis on December 1, 2006. Most institutional investors avoid stocks that trade under a certain figure, say $5 a.. Read More

Aggressive Stocks Come in Many Varieties

Here are three aggressive stocks that have struggled recently for various reasons such as management uncertainty, the strength of the Canadian dollar, too much debt and doubts about their technologies. We still like their long-term prospects, however, and we see them as buys for patient… Read More

Nortel Networks $2.60 – Toronto symbol NT

NORTEL NETWORKS CORP. $2.60 (Toronto symbol NT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry section; SI Rating: Speculative) is one of the world’s leading suppliers of telephone and computer network equipment to large telephone service providers and corporations.

Nortel has completed its recent accounting review, and is… Read More

One Less Reason to Worry About Nortel

NORTEL NETWORKS CORP. $2.96 (Toronto symbol NT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; SI Rating: Speculative) has completed a review of its accounting policies, and restated its results for the past three years. Most of the problems stemmed from the timing of revenue from… Read More