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Low management fees, broad diversification, and lower-risk holdings are all aspects of the best Vanguard funds for retirement portfolio building that investors should look for

GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. $8.98 (New York symbol GE, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 8.7 billion; Market cap: $78.1 billion; Dividend yield: 0.5%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.ge.com) recently announced a major restructuring that will narrow its focus to three main businesses: aviation operations (jet engines and aircraft electronics); electrical power equipment (such as turbines and related equipment for gas-fired and nuclear power plants); and renewable power equipment (wind farms and hydroelectric plants).


As a result, GE will spin off its healthcare operations as a separate firm....

A: HealthSpace Data Systems, $0.05, symbol HS on the on the Canadian Securities Exchange (Shares outstanding: 141.1 million; Market cap: $7.1 million; www.healthspace.com), develops and sells software aimed at letting health and various other regulatory authorities improve their effectiveness through the better use of information.

The Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE), formerly the Canadian National Stock Exchange (CNSX), is one of our country’s alternative stock exchanges....

A: Jollibee Foods Corporation, $6.20, symbol JBFCF on the Nasdaq over-the-counter market (Shares outstanding: 1.1 billion; Market cap: $6.8 billion; www.jollibee.com.ph), is a multinational operator of fast-food restaurants based in the Philippines....

Here’s the text of the most-recent letter I sent to our Portfolio Management clients in November. This will be our last Inner Circle mailing for 2018. Our next issue will go out on Wednesday, January 2, 2019.

Now is a good time for us to thank you for your membership and participation in our Inner Circle, your trust, and the kind comments we get from you each week....

Pennsylvania-based Vanguard Group is one of the world’s largest investment management companies. In all, it administers over $6 trillion U.S., spread across 400 mutual funds and ETFs.


Generally speaking, Canadians are blocked from buying mutual funds that are registered in the U.S....

A: Acreage Holdings, $22.70 U.S., symbol ACRG.U on the Canadian Securities Exchange (Shares outstanding: 21.4 million; Market cap: $485.8 million, www.acreageholdings.com), is a U.S.-based owner of cannabis licenses and assets in 13 states, including California, Illinois, Florida and New York....

We think foreign stocks can safely make up 10% of a conservative investor’s portfolio. One way is through the selection of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with an overseas focus.


The best of those ETFs continue to offer very low management fees and well-diversified, tax-efficient portfolios of high-quality stocks.


Here’s a look at four international ETFs we see as suitable for new buying and two others we feel you should continue to hold.


ISHARES MSCI EMERGING MARKETS ETF $41.63 (New York symbol EEM; buy or sell through brokers) is designed to track the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.


The fund’s geographic breakdown is as follows: China, 30.7%; South Korea, 14.0%; Taiwan, 11.6%; India, 8.6%; Brazil, 7.8%; South Africa, 6.2%; Russia, 3.8%; Mexico, 2.9%; Malaysia, 2.4%; Thailand, 2.4%; Indonesia, 2.1%; and Poland, 1.2%.


Its top stocks are Tencent Holdings (China: Internet), 4.5%; Taiwan Semiconductor (computer chips), 3.8%; Samsung Electronics (South Korea), 3.8%; Alibaba Group (China: e-commerce), 3.5%; Naspers (South Africa: media and Internet), 1.8%; China Construction Bank, 1.6%; China Mobile, 1.2%; Baidu (China: Internet), 1.1%; Ping An Insurance Group (China), 1.1%; Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, 1.0%; Vale SA (Brazil: mining), 1.0%; and Reliance Industries (India: conglomerate), 0.9%.


iShares launched the ETF on April 7, 2003....

A; True Leaf Medicine International Ltd., $0.49, symbol MJ on the Canadian Securities Exchange (Shares outstanding: 95.4 million; Market cap: $46.7 million, www.trueleaf.com), was launched in July 2013 to become a licensed producer of medicinal cannabis for the Canadian market.

The Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE), formerly the Canadian National Stock Exchange (CNSX), is one of the country’s alternative stock exchanges.

Founded in 2013, True Leaf has two main operating units: True Leaf Medicine Inc....

MACK-CALI REALTY CORP. $20 (New York symbol CLI; Shares outstanding: 90.3 million; Market cap: $1.8 billion; Dividend yield: 4.0%; Takeover Target Rating: Highest; www.mack-cali.com) is a New Jersey-based real estate investment trust that owns, manages and develops office and apartment properties in the Northeastern U.S....