Here’s our Pick of the Month – March 2012

VITERRA INC. $10.09 (Toronto symbol VT; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (1-866-569-4411; www.viterra.ca; Shares outstanding: 371.7 million; Market cap: $3.8 billion; Dividend yield: 1.5%) is a Saskatchewan-based agribusiness that mainly operates in Canada and Australia. The company accumulates, stores, transports, processes and markets grains, oilseeds and specialty… Read More

VITERRA INC. $10.09 – Toronto symbol VT

VITERRA INC. $10.09 (Toronto symbol VT; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (1-866-569-4411; www.viterra.ca; Shares outstanding: 371.7 million; Market cap: $3.8 billion; Dividend yield: 1.5%) is a Saskatchewan-based agribusiness that mainly operates in Canada and Australia. The company accumulates, stores, transports, processes and markets grains, oilseeds and specialty… Read More

ABB stands to gain from long-term trends

ABB LTD. ADRs $18 (New York symbol ABB; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; ADRs outstanding: 2.3 billion; Market cap: $41.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.2; Dividend yield: 3.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.abb.com) is a leading maker of power technologies for utilities. The Switzerland-based… Read More

Profiting from niche markets

AASTRA TECHNOLOGIES $15.80 (Toronto symbol AAH; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (905-760-4200; www.aastra.com; Shares outstanding: 14.2 million; Market cap: $222.4 million; Dividend yield: 5.1%) develops and markets products and systems for accessing communication networks, including the Internet. Its technology is centered around business phone systems, and includes… Read More