oil and gas
MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORP. $26.10 (Toronto symbol MFC; Shares outstanding: 2.0 billion; Market cap: $52.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 3.1%; www.manulife.ca) is now Canada’s largest life insurer.
As the company’s new CEO, Roy Gori plans to cut Manulife’s dependence on its “alternative assets.” They include direct investments in timberland, agricultural crops, and oil and gas wells.
Gori’s predecessor, Donald Guloien, saw those purchases as a way to boost returns for Manulife’s investment portfolio at a time of low interest rates....
As the company’s new CEO, Roy Gori plans to cut Manulife’s dependence on its “alternative assets.” They include direct investments in timberland, agricultural crops, and oil and gas wells.
Gori’s predecessor, Donald Guloien, saw those purchases as a way to boost returns for Manulife’s investment portfolio at a time of low interest rates....
J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO. $116 (New York symbol JPM; Income Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares o/s: 3.5 billion; Market cap: $406.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.3; Dividend yield: 1.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www. jpmorganchase.com) is the largest banking firm in the U.S., with total assets of $2.5 trillion as of December 31, 2017.
Morgan has four main businesses: Consumer and Community Banking, including branches and credit cards (45% of 2017 revenue, 36% of earnings); Corporate and Investment Banking, including brokerage and underwriting services (34%, 41%); Asset Management (13%, 9%); and Commercial Banking, which provides financing and other services to business clients (8%, 14%)....
Morgan has four main businesses: Consumer and Community Banking, including branches and credit cards (45% of 2017 revenue, 36% of earnings); Corporate and Investment Banking, including brokerage and underwriting services (34%, 41%); Asset Management (13%, 9%); and Commercial Banking, which provides financing and other services to business clients (8%, 14%)....
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PARAMOUNT RESOURCES $18.45 (Toronto symbol POU; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (403-290-3600; www.paramountres.com; Shares outstanding: 134.7 million; Market cap: $2.5 billion; No dividends paid) owns oil and gas properties in Alberta and B.C.
The company completed two big transactions in the 2017 third quarter....
The company completed two big transactions in the 2017 third quarter....
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India continues its impressive expansion, and remains one of the world’s top ten fastest growing economies.
The country’s major structural reforms, such as the introduction of a nationwide goods and services tax and better funding for state-owned banks, should further speed up growth for 2018 and 2019.
ISHARES INDIA INDEX ETF $36 (Toronto symbol XID; TSI Network ETF Rating: Aggressive; Market cap: $68.3 million) tracks the performance of the largest publicly listed Indian companies.
The ETF holds a portfolio of 50 stocks....
India continues its impressive expansion, and remains one of the world’s top ten fastest growing economies.
The country’s major structural reforms, such as the introduction of a nationwide goods and services tax and better funding for state-owned banks, should further speed up growth for 2018 and 2019....
The country’s major structural reforms, such as the introduction of a nationwide goods and services tax and better funding for state-owned banks, should further speed up growth for 2018 and 2019....
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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY $230.40 (Toronto symbol CP; shares ooutstanding: 147.7 million; Market cap: $33.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 1.0%; www.cpr.ca) ships freight over a 22,000-kilometre rail network between Montreal and Vancouver, with links to hubs in the U.S.
The company has agreed to repurchase up to 755,000 of its shares from two separate private sellers at a discount to the market price....
The company has agreed to repurchase up to 755,000 of its shares from two separate private sellers at a discount to the market price....