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.
Bell Aliant was a key acquisition for BCE in 2014, with the company agreeing to pay $3.95 billion in cash and stock for a 56% stake.
ETFs have two major advantages over traditional mutual funds.
First, they are easy to trade on stock exchanges, which gives them better liquidity.
Second, and perhaps more important, ETFs provide a low-cost investment option. In many cases, they also have superior performance results compared to mutual funds, even before fees have been taken into account.
Compare the following: Various ETFs track the Canadian equity market....
First, they are easy to trade on stock exchanges, which gives them better liquidity.
Second, and perhaps more important, ETFs provide a low-cost investment option. In many cases, they also have superior performance results compared to mutual funds, even before fees have been taken into account.
Compare the following: Various ETFs track the Canadian equity market....
A: Altria Group Inc., $49.14, symbol MO on New York (Shares outstanding: 1.9 billion; Market cap: $92.8 billion; www.altria.com), is a U.S.-based holding company that operates in three main areas:
- Smokeable products (cigarettes and cigars) supplied roughly 86% of Altria’s operating profits in 2017....
SAPUTO INC. $41 (Toronto symbol SAP; High-Growth Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares o/s: 388.8 million; Market cap: $15.9 billion; Dividend yield: 1.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.saputo.com) is Canada’s largest producer of dairy products....
ALLIANT ENERGY CORP. $45 (New York symbol LNT; Income Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares o/s: 231.5 million; Market cap: $10.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.0; Dividend yield: 3.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.alliantenergy.com) sells power and natural gas to 1.4 million clients in Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota.
Alliant earned $199.9 million in the third quarter of 2018....
Alliant earned $199.9 million in the third quarter of 2018....
The financial industry has developed an extraordinary capability, honed over decades, to create titles for jobs and names for investments that obscure the differences and similarities from one to the next.
In the past half century or more, for example, the term to describe an investment salesperson has changed from “broker” to “investment advisor.”
Both descriptions are silent on the question of the advice, if any, that the salesperson may offer along the way, and the conflicts of interest that may colour that advice.
However, the shift from broker to investment advisor puts more distance between selling investments and the related conflicts of interest....
In the past half century or more, for example, the term to describe an investment salesperson has changed from “broker” to “investment advisor.”
Both descriptions are silent on the question of the advice, if any, that the salesperson may offer along the way, and the conflicts of interest that may colour that advice.
However, the shift from broker to investment advisor puts more distance between selling investments and the related conflicts of interest....
RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL $55.03 (New York symbol QSR; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (905-845-6511; www.rbi.com; Shares outstanding: 478.0 million; Market cap: $26.3 billion; Dividend yield: 3.3%) continues to spur sales at Tim Hortons with new initiatives....
A: Emerald Health Therapeutics Inc., $3.57, symbol EMH on the Toronto Venture Exchange (Shares Outstanding: 137.1 million; Market cap: $494.3 million; www.emeraldhealth.ca), produces and sells cannabis for the medical and recreational cannabis markets....
Procter & Gamble recently completed a major transformation that saw it shed about two-thirds of its brands. That has let it focus on a much smaller portfolio of products, most of which are market leaders.
The company also continues to enjoy the benefits of its multi-year cost-cutting plan....
ALIMENTATION COUCHE-TARD $61.97 (Toronto symbol ATD.B: TSINetwork Rating: Average) (1-800-361-2612; www.couchetard.com; Shares outstanding: 567.4 million; Market cap: $35.3 billion; Dividend yield: 0.7%) operates 12,701 convenience stores throughout North America and Europe.
In the three months ended July 22, 2018, sales jumped 50.2%, to $14.79 billion from $9.85 billion a year earlier (all figures except share price in U.S....
In the three months ended July 22, 2018, sales jumped 50.2%, to $14.79 billion from $9.85 billion a year earlier (all figures except share price in U.S....