The 12 Factors We Use to Judge Trusts

In evaluating investments, many investors focus on what we’d call ‘investment outputs’, such as earnings, dividends, cash flow, return on equity, sales growth and so on. These are all important, of course, but you shouldn’t focus on them to the exclusion of what you might… Read More

Updating Arbor Memorial Services Inc., Maverick Tube Corp., Canadian National Railway Co., Fording Canadian Coal Trust, Canada Bread Company Ltd. and Maple Leaf Foods Inc.

ARBOR MEMORIAL SERVICES INC. $20 (Toronto symbol ABO.A; SI Rating: Average) earned $0.42 a share in its first fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2006, down 2.3% from $0.43 a year earlier. Revenue grew 5.6%, partly due to last year’s acquisition of an Ottawa-based funeral home… Read More

Railways Offer Great Value Plus Growth

Canada’s top two railway stocks moved up sharply in 2005, as strong volume growth helped them overcome higher fuel costs. Lower production of coal and other commodities could cut into their revenue in 2006, but the payoff from recent investments in new locomotives and tracks… Read More