takeovers
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Understanding what fundamentals to look for in a stock will help you decide if it’s a sound investment for your diversified portfolio or not.
Using a growth by acquisition strategy doesn’t always lead to a profitable outcome, but we share an instance where it worked among waste management stocks.
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Advertisers use Twitter’s Promoted Products, the majority of which are pay-for-performance, to promote their brands, products, and services....
Advertisers use Twitter’s Promoted Products, the majority of which are pay-for-performance, to promote their brands, products, and services....
Including the best stocks for conservative investors in your diversified portfolio will help you make superior gains over time. Learn more here.
We think that small caps should not make up the bulk of your diversified portfolio—but you can benefit from making the best Canadian small cap stocks a smaller part of your holdings.
The Successful Investor is highlighting three stocks as your top picks for new buying in 2022. One is from the newsletter’s Conservative portfolio, the second from its Aggressive portfolio and the third from its Income portfolio.
All three stocks performed well in 2020 and 2021 despite COVID-19 disruptions....
All three stocks performed well in 2020 and 2021 despite COVID-19 disruptions....
A: We generally feel that most investors should hold the bulk of their investment portfolios in conservative securities from well-established companies. This means holding a total of 15 to 25 well-established, dividend-paying stocks, chosen mainly from our “Average” or higher ratings, and spreading your holdings out across most if not all of the five main economic sectors.
However, some investors choose to add more aggressive or speculative stocks to their holdings in their pursuit of bigger, faster gains....
However, some investors choose to add more aggressive or speculative stocks to their holdings in their pursuit of bigger, faster gains....
CP Rail has been one of our favourite stocks over the past two decades. In fact, we made it the #1 Conservative Buy for our flagship newsletter The Successful Investor in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Our confidence has been rewarded: In the past three years, the stock has gained an impressive 88.9% compared to just 41.7% for the S&P/TSX Composite Index.
We feel CP’s merger with U.S.-based railway Kansas City Southern will push the stock even higher over the next few years.
While big takeovers like this always entail risk, the purchase will greatly extend CP’s reach in the U.S....
We feel CP’s merger with U.S.-based railway Kansas City Southern will push the stock even higher over the next few years.
While big takeovers like this always entail risk, the purchase will greatly extend CP’s reach in the U.S....
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY $93.19, is still a buy. The company (Toronto symbol CP; shares outstanding: 929.7 million; Market cap: $87.2 billion; Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 0.8%) has now completed the first stage of its $31 billion acquisition of U.S.-based Kansas City Southern.
CP has deposited its KCS shares into an independent voting trust while the U.S....
CP has deposited its KCS shares into an independent voting trust while the U.S....
The term “synergy” entered common investor use during the takeover craze of the 1960s, when businesses started to expand by taking over companies in unrelated fields. This was supposed to make the combined companies grow faster than if they had stuck to their own fields.
The acquirers borrowed a term from biology to explain their rationale: this mix-rather-than-match growth strategy brought synergistic benefits....
The acquirers borrowed a term from biology to explain their rationale: this mix-rather-than-match growth strategy brought synergistic benefits....