Topic: How To Invest

I bought Northgate Minerals on your recommendation. They have been bought in a friendly takeover. I will get shares of AuRico Gold. Should I hold or sell or buy the new company? Also, I owned 3,700 shares of Northgate. How many shares of the new company does that translate into?

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Northgate Minerals was acquired by AuRico Gold, $9.29, symbol AUQ on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 138.5 million; Market cap: $1.3 billion; www.auricogold.com), after a friendly takeover bid. AuRico offered 0.365 of its shares for each Northgate share. That valued each Northgate share at $4.40. If you held 3,700 Northgate shares, you got 1,350 shares of AuRico. Including Northgate, AuRico (formerly Gammon Gold) now has five producing mines and one under development. The stock trades at 5.2 times next year’s forecast cash flow of $1.77 a share. AuRico Gold is okay for aggressive investors to hold. hold. …