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PLEASE NOTE: One week from today, on January 24, 2014, shortly after the stock market closes at 4:00 p.m. Toronto time, we will reveal our #1 Aggressive Stock of 2014 to subscribers of Stock Pickers Digest. You can be among the first to hear about our #1 pick for 2014. Because you’re a loyal subscriber, we are happy to offer you a bargain-priced, no-risk introduction to Stock Pickers Digest. It gives you the first month—and the 2014 Stock of the Year—FREE. But you must act now. Click here. GOOGLE INC., $1,150.53, Nasdaq symbol GOOG, announced this week that it is buying Nest Labs Inc. Nest is a privately held California-based company that was founded by two former Apple engineers. It makes thermostats that adjust a house’s temperature depending on the time of day, the occupants’ habits and other factors. This lowers heating and cooling costs....
PLEASE NOTE: One week from today, on January 24, 2014, shortly after the stock market closes at 4:00 p.m. Toronto time, we will reveal our #1 Aggressive Stock of 2014 to subscribers of Stock Pickers Digest. You can be among the first to hear about our #1 pick for 2014. Because you’re a loyal subscriber, we are happy to offer you a bargain-priced, no-risk introduction to Stock Pickers Digest. It gives you the first month—and the 2014 Stock of the Year—FREE. But you must act now. Click here. CAE INC., $14.10, Toronto symbol CAE, is our Stock of the Year for 2014. This is CAE’s third time as our #1 pick. It was our Stock of the Year in 2000, when it gained 130.0% for us. We picked it again for 2002, but 9/11 hurt air travel much more than we expected. Fuel prices also moved up, the economy weakened, and CAE dropped 54.2% that year....
PLEASE NOTE: Next week, Stock Pickers Digest will reveal its #1 pick for 2014. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to profit. ALSO PLEASE NOTE: Today we reveal our #1 Canadian Stock of 2014 to subscribers of The Successful Investor. Because you’re a loyal subscriber, we are happy to offer you a bargain-priced, no-risk introduction to The Successful Investor. It gives you the first month—and the 2014 Stock of the Year—FREE. But you must act now. Click here. AASTRA TECHNOLOGIES, $46.36, symbol AAH on Toronto, continues to reach new highs after its friendly takeover offer by Mitel Networks (symbol MNW on Toronto). Mitel and Aastra shareholders have approved the deal, which is expected to close soon....
Two Canadian financial companies that profit from more cars on the road
INTACT FINANCIAL CORP. (Toronto symbol IFC; www.intactfc.com) is Canada’s largest provider of property and casualty insurance, based on premiums. Its brands include Intact Insurance, Canada BrokerLink, belairdirect and Grey Power....
PLEASE NOTE: One week from today, on January 17, 2014, shortly after the stock market closes at 4:00 p.m. Toronto time, we will reveal our #1 Canadian Stock of 2014 to subscribers of The Successful Investor. You can be among the first to hear about our #1 pick for 2014. Because you’re a loyal subscriber, we are happy to offer you a bargain-priced, no-risk introduction to The Successful Investor. It gives you the first month—and the 2014 Stock of the Year—FREE. But you must act now. Click here. BELLATRIX EXPLORATION LTD., $8.37, symbol BXE on Toronto, has ended 2013 with record production of 38,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day (including natural gas). That’s a big improvement over its earlier forecast of 30,000 to 31,000. Several new wells about to enter production will boost that figure to 40,000 barrels a day. The company plans to spend $370 million on exploration and development this year. It aims to drill a total of 146 wells: 115 oil and 31 gas. It could end 2014 with production of over 47,000 barrels a day....
Sherritt announces decision to sell off coal interests
SHERRITT INTERNATIONAL (Toronto symbol S; www.sherritt.com) is a diversified natural resource company that produces nickel, cobalt, thermal coal, oil and gas. It also manages 356 megawatts of power generation capacity in Cuba, with an additional 150 megawatts starting up soon....
SHERRITT INTERNATIONAL CORP., $3.70, symbol S on Toronto, has announced that it plans to sell all of its coal interests. A group led by Altius Minerals (symbol ALS on Toronto) will buy Sherritt’s development-stage coal projects and mining royalties for cash of $481 million. In addition, Westmoreland Coal (symbol WLB on Nasdaq) will purchase Sherritt’s operating coal mines for cash of $312 million. Westmoreland will also assume $153 million of equipment lease obligations. These sales will let Sherritt focus on its nickel, cobalt and oil interests and pay down some of its $2.1-billion debt....
Cash flow jumps on production upgrades for these two U.S. energy stocks
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DEVON ENERGY CORP. (New York symbol DVN; www.dvn.com) is one of the largest U.S.-based oil and natural gas explorers and producers. Its production mix is 57% gas and 43% oil....
Why Adam Smith’s advice on speculative stocks still holds
In the 18th century, pioneering economist Adam Smith said that the public tends to overvalue when he called “speculative ventures”. That still makes excellent investing advice today....
Cameco to double production as more nuclear reactors are built
CAMECO CORP. (Toronto symbol CCO; www.cameco.com) is the world’s largest uranium producer. It supplies 14% of global mine production and has large, high-grade reserves, low-cost operations, significant market share and many mines....