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A: ZCL Composites Inc., $12.10, symbol ZCL on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 30.8 million; Market cap: $373.7 million; www.zcl.com), makes fiberglass storage tanks and related liners, mainly for the oil and gas industry. It markets those corrosion-resistant products under the ZCL, Xerxes, and Parabeam trademarks....
We think conservative investors can hold up to 10% of their portfolios in foreign stocks. One way to do that is to buy carefully chosen exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that have an overseas focus.
The best ETFs continue to offer very low management fees and well-diversified, tax-efficient portfolios of highquality stocks.
Here’s a look at four international ETFs we see as buys, and two we feel you should hang on to:
ISHARES MSCI EMERGING MARKETS INDEX FUND $37.36 (New York symbol EEM; buy or sell through brokers) aims to track the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.
The fund’s geographic breakdown includes China, 26.1%; South Korea, 14.7%; Taiwan, 12.0%; India, 8.1%; Brazil, 8.0%; South Africa, 6.6%; Russia, 4.2%; Mexico, 3.4%; Indonesia, 2.5%; Malaysia, 2.5%; Thailand, 2.3%; and the Philippines, 1.2%.
Its top holdings are Samsung Electronics (South Korea), 4.1%; Tencent Holdings (China: Internet), 3.6%; Taiwan Semiconductor (computer chips), 3.5%; Alibaba Group (China: e-commerce), 2.7%; Naspers (South Africa: media and Internet), 1.7%; China Mobile, 1.7%; China Construction Bank, 1.5%; Baidu (China: Internet), 1.1%; Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, 1.1%; and Hon Hai Precision (Taiwan), 1.0%.
iShares launched the ETF on April 7, 2003....
The best ETFs continue to offer very low management fees and well-diversified, tax-efficient portfolios of highquality stocks.
Here’s a look at four international ETFs we see as buys, and two we feel you should hang on to:
ISHARES MSCI EMERGING MARKETS INDEX FUND $37.36 (New York symbol EEM; buy or sell through brokers) aims to track the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.
The fund’s geographic breakdown includes China, 26.1%; South Korea, 14.7%; Taiwan, 12.0%; India, 8.1%; Brazil, 8.0%; South Africa, 6.6%; Russia, 4.2%; Mexico, 3.4%; Indonesia, 2.5%; Malaysia, 2.5%; Thailand, 2.3%; and the Philippines, 1.2%.
Its top holdings are Samsung Electronics (South Korea), 4.1%; Tencent Holdings (China: Internet), 3.6%; Taiwan Semiconductor (computer chips), 3.5%; Alibaba Group (China: e-commerce), 2.7%; Naspers (South Africa: media and Internet), 1.7%; China Mobile, 1.7%; China Construction Bank, 1.5%; Baidu (China: Internet), 1.1%; Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, 1.1%; and Hon Hai Precision (Taiwan), 1.0%.
iShares launched the ETF on April 7, 2003....
ENBRIDGE INC. $55.14 (Toronto symbol ENB; Shares outstanding: 934.2 million; Market cap: $52.3 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.2%; www.enbridge.com) will buy Spectra Energy Corporation (New York symbol SE) for $37 billion in Enbridge stock.
Spectra operates 143,520 kilometres of crude oil and natural gas pipelines in the U.S....
Spectra operates 143,520 kilometres of crude oil and natural gas pipelines in the U.S....
We feel the best way to cut your risk when investing in real estate investment trusts (REITs) is to focus on those with tenants that operate in a wide variety of industries. That way, if a particular industry goes into a slump—like the oil and gas business after 2014—it will only affect a small number of the REIT’s properties.
Likewise, it’s important to pick REITs that have a broad exposure to many different regions.
Remember to look for REITs that don’t rely on a single tenant for more than, say, 10% of their rental income....
Likewise, it’s important to pick REITs that have a broad exposure to many different regions.
Remember to look for REITs that don’t rely on a single tenant for more than, say, 10% of their rental income....
CHEVRON CORP. $117 (New York symbol CVX, CyclicalGrowth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 1.9 billion; Market cap: $222.3 billion; Dividend yield: 3.7%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.chevron.com) is the second-largest integrated oil company in the U.S....
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PASON SYSTEMS $19.32 (Toronto symbol PSI; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (403301-3400; www.pason.com; Shares outstanding: 84.4 million; Market cap: $1.7 billion; Dividend yield: 3.5%) serves oil and gas firms, and drilling contractors throughout Canada, the U.S., Mexico and Argentina....
RUSSEL METALS $25.75 (Toronto symbol RUS; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (905-819-7777; www.russelmetals.com; Shares outstanding: 61.7 million; Market cap: $1.6 billion; Dividend yield: 5.9%) is one of North America’s largest metal distributors. It serves over 28,000 clients at 51 locations in Canada and 12 in the U.S.
The company has now bought the assets of Jackson Pipe & Steel, a distributor based out of Texarkana, Texas....
The company has now bought the assets of Jackson Pipe & Steel, a distributor based out of Texarkana, Texas....
Paramount Resources sold assets to cut its debt and ready for future expansion of its production and exploration.
In the past two years, several of Canada’s leading utility companies have used acquisitions to expand in the U.S.
That kind of strategy tends to add risk. However, the three companies we analyze below have bought regulated utilities. Predictable revenue streams from these new businesses will help them pay down the loans they needed to complete those purchases.
What’s more, the elimination of overlapping operations will free up cash for dividends....
That kind of strategy tends to add risk. However, the three companies we analyze below have bought regulated utilities. Predictable revenue streams from these new businesses will help them pay down the loans they needed to complete those purchases.
What’s more, the elimination of overlapping operations will free up cash for dividends....