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.
A: The linkage between oil prices and pipelines is multi-faceted.
In the short-term, due to long-term contracts and other arrangements, the impact of falling oil prices is minimal for most major pipeline companies.
However, a sustained period of depressed oil prices could result in lower volumes being transported....
In the short-term, due to long-term contracts and other arrangements, the impact of falling oil prices is minimal for most major pipeline companies.
However, a sustained period of depressed oil prices could result in lower volumes being transported....
Shares of Loblaw and Metro—and many other grocers— fell on news that online retailer Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq symbol AMZN and a recommendation of Stock Pickers Digest) will buy organic grocery chain Whole Foods (New York symbol WFM). It will pay $13.7 billion U.S.
Investors fear that Amazon’s e-commerce expertise will let it capture a large share of the grocery retail business in the same way it has disrupted sellers of books, music and clothing.
However, Loblaw and Metro already let their customers order groceries online and pick them up at the store....
Investors fear that Amazon’s e-commerce expertise will let it capture a large share of the grocery retail business in the same way it has disrupted sellers of books, music and clothing.
However, Loblaw and Metro already let their customers order groceries online and pick them up at the store....
BOMBARDIER INC. (Toronto symbols BBD.A $2.40 and BBD.B $2.34; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 1.7 billion; Market cap: $4.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.3; Dividend suspended in February 2015; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.bombardier.com) is the world’s third-largest maker of commercial aircraft, after Boeing (No.1) and Airbus (No....
A: Canoe EIT Income Fund, $11.93 symbol EIT.UN on Toronto (Units outstanding: 90.1 million; Market cap: $1.1 billion; www.canoefinancial.com), changed its name from EnerVest Diversified Income Trust in November 2013. The stock symbol remained the same.
Canoe EIT is a closed-end fund that invests in a portfolio of dividend-paying stocks....
Canoe EIT is a closed-end fund that invests in a portfolio of dividend-paying stocks....
A: First Asset Tech Giants Covered Call ETF (CAD Hedged), $14.97, symbol TXF on Toronto (Units outstanding: 6.1 million; Market cap: $91.3 million; www.firstasset.com), invests in what it sees as some of the largest and most innovative U.S....
PEMBINA PIPELINE CORP. $44 (Toronto symbol PPL; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 400.0 million; Market cap: $17.6 billion; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.9%; www.pembina.com) has agreed to buy VERESEN INC....
WESTJET AIRLINES $21.85 (Toronto symbol WJA; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (1-877493-7853; www.westjet.com; Shares outstanding: 123.3 million; Market cap: $2.6 billion; Dividend yield: 2.6%) will launch a new, ultralow-cost carrier (ULCC) in Canada.
To keep costs down, WestJet will likely use its existing aircraft and introduce its no-frills carrier on routes it already serves....
To keep costs down, WestJet will likely use its existing aircraft and introduce its no-frills carrier on routes it already serves....
PEMBINA PIPELINE $43.25 (Toronto symbol PPL; s/o: 399.0 million; Market cap: $17.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Divd. yield: 4.7%; www.pembina. com) will now buy VERESEN $18.45 (Toronto symbol VSN; Shares outstanding: 313.6 million; Market cap: $5.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 5.4%; www.vereseninc.com)....
BOMBARDIER INC. (Toronto symbols BBD.A $2.44 and BBD.B $2.37; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 1.7 billion; Market cap: $4.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.3; Dividend suspended in February 2015; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.bombardier.com) is the world’s third-largest maker of commercial aircraft, after Boeing (No.1) and Airbus (No....
A: Johnson & Johnson, $124.44, symbol JNJ on New York (Shares outstanding: 2.7 billion; Market cap: $337.1 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.
Partly due to acquisitions, the company’s revenue rose 3.4%, from $67.2 billion in 2012 to $71.3 billion in 2013....
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.
Partly due to acquisitions, the company’s revenue rose 3.4%, from $67.2 billion in 2012 to $71.3 billion in 2013....