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: GAMCO Global Gold Natural Resources & Income Trust, $6.10, symbol GGN on New York (Units outstanding: 112.6 million; Market cap: $722.9 million; www.espial.com), is a closed-end trust focused on mining companies. It has an MER of 1.3%.



GAMCO invests about 80% of its assets in the shares of companies in the gold and natural resource industries....
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A: CanAlaska Uranium, $0.98, symbol CVV on the TSX Venture Exchange (Shares outstanding: 26.7 million; Market cap: $29.3 million; www.canalaska.com), explores for uranium—and now diamonds—in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin region.


The stock has moved up this year as the company took on a couple of big joint-venture partners (Cameco and De Beers)....
A: goeasy Ltd., $20.59, symbol GSY on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 13.5 million; Market cap: $275.8 million; www.goeasy.com), is the new name for easyhome Ltd. (old symbol EH on Toronto).


The company has two main businesses:



easyfinancial (59% of total revenue) offers personal loans, insurance and pre-paid credit cards....
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MANITOBA TELECOM SERVICES INC. $39 (Toronto symbol MBT; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 74.3 million; Market cap: $2.9 billion; Priceto- sales ratio: 2.9; Dividend suspended in July 2016; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.mts.ca) paid its last dividend of $0.325 a share on July 15, 2016, as part of its takeover deal with BCE....
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BCE INC. $62 (Toronto symbol BCE; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 868.6 million; Market cap: $53.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.5; Dividend yield: 4.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.bce.ca) sells landline telephone services in Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces....
BCE INC. $62 (Toronto symbol BCE; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 868.6 million; Market cap: $53.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.5; Dividend yield: 4.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.bce.ca) sells landline telephone services in Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces....