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A: Stella-Jones Inc., $38.24, symbol SJ on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 69.2 million; Market cap: $2.7 billion; www.stella-jones.com), makes pressure-treated wood products. They include: railway ties (36% of sales); utility poles (32%); treated lumber products for the residential market (21%); lumber for industrial uses such as construction timbers and highway guardrails (5%); and logs and lumber (6%).
The company gets most of its utility poles from the timberlands it leases in Quebec and B.C....
The company gets most of its utility poles from the timberlands it leases in Quebec and B.C....
Dear Inner Circle Member,
If you take a university-level psychology or medical course, you run the risk of “medical student’s disease”. This happens when you read about disease symptoms, and get a sudden fear that they describe something you already suffer from.
A good teacher will tell you that many symptoms in your textbook are exaggerations of normal, everyday fluctuations in your health and vitality....
If you take a university-level psychology or medical course, you run the risk of “medical student’s disease”. This happens when you read about disease symptoms, and get a sudden fear that they describe something you already suffer from.
A good teacher will tell you that many symptoms in your textbook are exaggerations of normal, everyday fluctuations in your health and vitality....
ANDREW PELLER LTD. (Toronto symbols ADW.A $10 and ADW.B $10; Income Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 42.6 million; Market cap: $426.0 million; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.5; Dividend yield: 1.6%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.andrewpeller.com) began operating in 1961 and is now Canada’s second-largest wine producer, after Constellation Brands....
Dear client,
Visa seems expensive in relation to its earnings. However, we feel the company’s low-risk business model and strong prospects justify this multiple.
For example, as a payment processor, Visa doesn’t suffer when credit card users fall behind on their payments....
Visa seems expensive in relation to its earnings. However, we feel the company’s low-risk business model and strong prospects justify this multiple.
For example, as a payment processor, Visa doesn’t suffer when credit card users fall behind on their payments....
Dear client,
Despite Alphabet’s strong revenue and earnings growth, the stock has risen just 4% since we named it our top Aggressive pick for 2016. The S&P 500 Index has jumped 16% in that time.
Alphabet’s slower rise is partly due to its complex ownership structure, which insiders use to maintain control....
Despite Alphabet’s strong revenue and earnings growth, the stock has risen just 4% since we named it our top Aggressive pick for 2016. The S&P 500 Index has jumped 16% in that time.
Alphabet’s slower rise is partly due to its complex ownership structure, which insiders use to maintain control....
Like most Canadian banks, TD has consistently raised its dividend over the last 20 years. The bank’s continued success at finding new areas for revenue growth should sustain those increases.
TORONTO-DOMINION BANK $60 (Toronto symbol TD; Income Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 1.9 billion; Market cap: $114.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.6; Dividend yield: 3.7%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.td.com) gets 62% of its earnings from Canadian retail banking; that operation serves 15 million customers through 1,157 branches.
In the U.S., the bank operates 1,264 branches along the East Coast, from Maine to Florida....
TORONTO-DOMINION BANK $60 (Toronto symbol TD; Income Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 1.9 billion; Market cap: $114.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.6; Dividend yield: 3.7%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.td.com) gets 62% of its earnings from Canadian retail banking; that operation serves 15 million customers through 1,157 branches.
In the U.S., the bank operates 1,264 branches along the East Coast, from Maine to Florida....
A: Kroger Co., $29.30, symbol KR on New York (Shares outstanding: 949.0 million; Market cap: $27.8 billion; www.kroger.com), started up in 1883; it’s now the largest grocery store operator in the U.S. by sales.
The company has 2,778 locations (1,400 of which also sell gasoline)....
The company has 2,778 locations (1,400 of which also sell gasoline)....
Investors who go out of their way to buy cheap stocks sometimes find themselves with stocks that are headed in the wrong direction.
For many investors, the stock trading advice they follow is to decide which stocks to buy, and then try to buy below market price.
Don’t undercut your profits by selling your top rising stocks too soon.