Updating TD Bank, Riocan Real Estate Investment Trust, and ARC Resources

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TD BANK $52.25 (Toronto symbol TD; Shares outstanding: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $97.6 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 3.8%; www.td.com) owns 41.01% of TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (Nasdaq symbol AMTD), one of the largest online brokerage firms in the U.S. TD has announced that Ameritrade would contribute $92 million (Canadian) to its earnings in its 2015 third quarter, which ends July 31, 2015, up 21.1% from $76 million a year earlier. To put these figures in perspective, TD earned $2.2 billion, or $1.14 a share, in its fiscal second quarter, which ended April 30, 2015. Ameritrade’s average daily trading volumes rose 8.0% in the second quarter, mainly due to an increase in derivatives trading. TD Bank is a buy. RIOCAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $25.73 (Toronto symbol REI.UN; Units outstanding: 317.8 million; Market cap: $8.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 5.5%; www.riocan.com) is launching a strategic review of its U.S. operations. The process could lead to a..