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.
It’s odd that while investors crave cash dividends, they rarely get excited about stock buybacks. But in some ways, buybacks (or share repurchases) are almost as good as dividends.
Stock buybacks have three major advantages:
First, stock buybacks raise a company’s earnings per share....
Stock buybacks have three major advantages:
First, stock buybacks raise a company’s earnings per share....
Here are common types of preferred shares available in Canada:
Perpetual: Investors receive a fixed dividend in perpetuity or until redeemed by the issuer. That’s typically 5 years after they are issued.
Rate-Reset: Pay investors a fixed dividend for the first 5 years after being issued....
Perpetual: Investors receive a fixed dividend in perpetuity or until redeemed by the issuer. That’s typically 5 years after they are issued.
Rate-Reset: Pay investors a fixed dividend for the first 5 years after being issued....
A: Johnson & Johnson, $135.11, symbol JNJ on New York (Shares outstanding: 2.7 billion; Market cap: $364.8 billion; www.jnj.com), operates through three major businesses:
Pharmaceutical (47% of revenue) makes anti-infective, antipsychotic, contraceptive, dermatological and gastrointestinal drugs;
Medical devices and diagnostics (35%) sells equipment for joint reconstruction and managing circulatory diseases;
Consumer (18%) makes over-the-counter products such as Johnson’s baby-care items, Band-Aid bandages, Tylenol and Motrin painkillers, Listerine mouthwash and Neutrogena skin cream.
Johnson & Johnson’s revenue rose 4.2%, from $71.3 billion in 2013 to $74.3 billion in 2014....
Pharmaceutical (47% of revenue) makes anti-infective, antipsychotic, contraceptive, dermatological and gastrointestinal drugs;
Medical devices and diagnostics (35%) sells equipment for joint reconstruction and managing circulatory diseases;
Consumer (18%) makes over-the-counter products such as Johnson’s baby-care items, Band-Aid bandages, Tylenol and Motrin painkillers, Listerine mouthwash and Neutrogena skin cream.
Johnson & Johnson’s revenue rose 4.2%, from $71.3 billion in 2013 to $74.3 billion in 2014....
ENERPLUS CORP. $14.19 (Toronto symbol ERF; Shares outstanding: 242.1 million; Market cap: $3.6 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; Dividend yield: 0.9%) plans to spend between $535 million and $585 million on exploration and development this year.
The company will invest 90% of those funds in its North Dakota light oil properties....
The company will invest 90% of those funds in its North Dakota light oil properties....
ADT INC. $11.94 (New York symbol ADT) makes security products for residential customers and businesses. They include wireless cameras, burglary alarms and surveillance systems.
In May 2016, private equity firm Apollo Global Management LLC (New York symbol APO) bought ADT, an offshoot of the former Tyco conglomerate, for $6.93 billion.
On January 19, 2018, ADT completed an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York exchange....
In May 2016, private equity firm Apollo Global Management LLC (New York symbol APO) bought ADT, an offshoot of the former Tyco conglomerate, for $6.93 billion.
On January 19, 2018, ADT completed an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York exchange....
Traditional “sin stocks” include gambling, tobacco and alcohol. Many of the major companies focused on these areas continue to deliver expanding sales and profits. Still, investors need to factor in the risks of everchanging government laws and regulations, taxes and fickle consumers....
A: CoPower, the Montreal-based issuer of CoPower bonds, was established in 2013.
The company aims to pool senior, secured loans in individual clean-energy projects into Green Bonds with five- and three-year terms. To cut risk, it looks for projects that are already operational and generating steady revenues.
Examples so far include an energy-efficiency upgrade at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre and a commercial rooftop solar installation in Windsor, Ontario.
CoPower Green Bonds are available to individual investors at a minimum of $5,000, pending a positive suitability assessment....
The company aims to pool senior, secured loans in individual clean-energy projects into Green Bonds with five- and three-year terms. To cut risk, it looks for projects that are already operational and generating steady revenues.
Examples so far include an energy-efficiency upgrade at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre and a commercial rooftop solar installation in Windsor, Ontario.
CoPower Green Bonds are available to individual investors at a minimum of $5,000, pending a positive suitability assessment....
Buying stock options is rarely a good idea for investors, but it can be profitable for your broker
A: BioLineRx (ADR), $1.12, symbol BLRX on Nasdaq (ADRs outstanding: 104.1 million; Market cap: $118.0 million; www.biolinerx.com), is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that aims to identify, license and develop promising therapeutic medications and treatments....
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