option

An option offers its holder the right to buy or sell a particular security at a specific price within a specific time frame. Two kind of options are put options and call options.

Learn if investing in the contact lens market is right for you—and get some key tips on the right type of investments to target in this market.
MERCK & CO. INC., $92.18, is a buy. The drugmaker (symbol MRK on New York) is a pharmaceutical leader in oncology, acute-care and animal health drugs as well as vaccines.

Merck has now exercised an option to jointly develop and potentially sell an mRNA-based cancer vaccine along with Moderna (symbol MRNA on Nasdaq).

The vaccine, mRNA-4157, is being tested in conjunction with Merck’s blockbuster cancer immunotherapy Keytruda, in a mid-stage trial....
TAMARACK VALLEY ENERGY LTD., $3.54, symbol TVE on Toronto, is an oil and gas exploration and production firm in Western Canada. The company focuses on Alberta and Saskatchewan, and its output is 74% oil and 26% gas.

On September 12, 2022, the company announced it would pay $1.4 billion in cash and stock to acquire Deltastream Energy Corp....
Alcon’s stock lets you tap into the rapidly growing contact lenses and cataract surgery markets. Moreover, investors are set to benefit from the company’s expanding technological leadership.

Alcon’s history enhances its appeal. The company was spun off by Novartis in early 2019....
3M COMPANY, $129.14, New York symbol MMM, is still a buy for long-term gains.

The company makes over 60,000 consumer and industrial goods, including air purifiers, adhesives, bandages and components for medical devices. Investors tap its main brands, including Post-it notes, Scotch tape, Scotch-Brite cleaning products, Scotchguard protection and Thinsulate insulation.

3M recently agreed to merge its Food Safety business with Neogen Corp....
3M COMPANY, $129.14, New York symbol MMM, is still a buy for long-term gains.

The company makes over 60,000 consumer and industrial goods, including air purifiers, adhesives, bandages and components for medical devices. Investors tap its main brands, including Post-it notes, Scotch tape, Scotch-Brite cleaning products, Scotchguard protection and Thinsulate insulation.

3M last raised its quarterly dividend with the March 2022 payment....
First, the good news: widening cannabis legalization will eventually lead to some great business successes. The bad news is that only a few of the multitude of cannabis stocks today will pay off for investors.


Consumer cannabis demand is high, but growing and distributing it across multiple markets is more difficult....
Regardless of the economy, consumer products stocks profit from continual customer demand. Learn more and find one of our recommendations here.
High yields, especially in what is still a relatively low interest-rate environment, have lots of appeal for many income investors. But ETF investors should look beyond the historical distribution yield for any danger signs.


The managers of ETFs use various strategies to generate high yields for their unitholders....
This month we highlight both a copper exchange traded fund from Horizons and a high-income ETF from Harvest Portfolio Group.


HORIZONS COPPER PRODUCERS INDEX ETF $20.20 (Toronto symbol COPP) aims to track the Solactive North American Listed Copper Producers Index....