New CEO pays off for CP Rail
CP is up almost 24% since we recommended it in March 2012. That was just after we made CP our “Stock of the Year” for 2012 in The Successful Investor, our conservative growth advisory. Since then,...
View ArticleGo beyond the big banks with these four
When you select finance-sector investments, we recommend that you begin with Canada’s big-five banks due to their long record of profits and rising dividends. We then recommend diversifying your...
View ArticleSmart growth spurs Great-West Lifeco
Dear safe-money investor, Great-West continues to report gains at all of its divisions. That’s mainly because of its conservative approach to expansion. This has kept it out of variable annuities and...
View ArticleIrish Life is a big acquisition for Great-West Lifeco
GREAT-WEST LIFECO (Toronto symbol GWO; www.greatwestlifeco.com) is Canada’s largest insurance company, with $545.8 billion in assets under administration. It recently agreed to buy Irish Life Group...
View ArticleAnother dividend hike for two Canadian utilities
Low interest rates continue to spur demand for dividend-paying stocks, such as these two electrical utilities. In the latest issue of The Successful Investor we examine the outlook for each of these...
View ArticleBCE aims to win approval for Astral Media deal
BCE INC. (Toronto symbol BCE; www.bce.ca) is Canada’s largest provider of telephone, Internet and wireless services. It also sells satellite TV services across the country. The company continues to...
View ArticleCP Rail slides on sale of shares by activist investor Pershing
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY LTD. (Toronto symbol CP; www.cpr.ca) fell almost 7% this week after activist investor Pershing Square Capital Management L.P. announced that it will sell 7 million of its CP...
View ArticleRoyal Bank expects Ally Financial to be a good fit
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA (Toronto symbol RY; www.rbc.com) is Canada’s largest bank, with $867.5 billion of assets. Royal recently paid $3.7 billion for Ally Financial’s Canadian operations. This business...
View ArticleImproved efficiency is keeping our 2012 Stock of the Year rising
In choosing a Stock of the Year, we aim for a “heads you win, tails you break even” situation. These stocks can put on above-average rises, but they’re unlikely to be disasters if they disappoint. Our...
View ArticleGE shrinks financial services to cut risk
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. (New York symbol GE; www.ge.com) continues to shrink its GE Capital subsidiary, which provides loans and other financial services to buyers of its industrial products, such as...
View ArticleAs pipeline capacity lags, CN ships more oil
CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY CO. (Toronto symbol CNR; www.cn.ca) operates Canada’s largest railway. Its 32,350-kilometre network stretches across the country and through the U.S. Midwest to the Gulf of...
View ArticleING purchase keeps adding to profits at Bank of Nova Scotia
In the latest issue of The Successful Investor, we analyzed each of Canada’s big five banks. All of the banks have now reported earnings, except for Bank of Nova Scotia, which reports its...
View ArticleGoing beyond the banks for high-yielding financial stocks
In our flagship Canadian advisory, The Successful Investor, we recommend that when you select investments in the financial sector, you start by looking at Canada’s big-five banks. But we also...
View ArticleMainframe sales trip up IBM
IBM $196.47 (New York symbol IBM; Shares outstanding: 1.0 billion; Market cap: $197.9 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 2.2%; www.ibm.com) continues to benefit from rising...
View ArticleSmart branding by BNS
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA $66.60 (Toronto symbol BNS; Shares outstanding: 1.2 billion; Market cap: $80.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 3.8%, www.scotiabank.com) has formally...
View ArticleCP’s restructuring is paying off
Canadian Pacific Railway is up over 130% since we recommended it in March 2012. That was just after we made CP our “Stock of the Year” for 2012 in The Successful Investor, our conservative-growth...
View ArticleRising efficiency spurs CN’s growth
CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY CO. $64 (Toronto symbol CNR; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 824.5 million; Market cap: $52.8 billion; Price-to-sales...
View ArticleBig telcos will clear regulatory hurdles
Ottawa continues to impose new rules on Canada’s main wireless firms in an effort to encourage more competition. These measures include restricting the new radio frequencies (or spectrum) they can buy,...
View ArticleNice addition for our #1 pick
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA $70.50 (Toronto symbol BNS; Shares outstanding: 1.2 billion; Market cap: $85.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 3.6%, www.scotiabank.com) has agreed to buy...
View ArticleTelus is now a buy
Telus continues to upgrade its wireless and Internet services, with plans to spend $2.2 billion on these improvements this year. That’s helping it attract more subscribers in a highly competitive...
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