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: BioLineRx (ADR), $1.18, symbol BLRX on Nasdaq (ADRs outstanding: 59.1 million; Market cap: $69.7 million; www.biolinerx.com), is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that aims to identify, license and develop promising therapeutic medications and treatments....
A: Summit Industrial Income REIT, $6.21, symbol SMU.UN on Toronto (Units outstanding: 42.4 million; Market cap: $263.3 million; www.summitiireit.com), is an open-ended trust (see below) that owns light industrial properties across Canada.


As of September 30, 2016, the trust owned 53 buildings making up 5.2 million square feet of leasable area....
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....
Investing money wisely is all the more important when there’s a highly uncertain stock market outlook.
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RIOCAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $26.78 (Toronto symbol REI.UN; Units outstanding: 325.1 million; Market cap: $8.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 5.3%; www.riocan.com) owns all or part of 301 shopping centres in Canada.


The trust is teaming up with Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust (Toronto symbol BEI.UN) to build and operate an 11-storey residential/retail tower in Calgary....
Canadians must close their RRSPs the year they turn 71: Make the most of your RRIF conversion
Dear Inner Circle member:


Here’s the text of my October letter to our Portfolio Management clients:


“As I said in my last quarterly letter, we’re now in what you might call a time of ‘tumultuous but non-catastrophic events.’


The best example at the time was the surprise June 23 victory for the ‘Leave’ option in the U.K....
If you take bad investment advice from others, you may end up selling a stock too early or engaging in undesirable investing strategies
Enbridge and TransCanada continue to face strong political and environmental opposition to their proposed oil pipeline projects in Canada.

In response, both firms are expanding in the U.S. with big acquisitions. While that adds to their risk, we feel both purchases will fuel their growth for years to come....