Here are key updates on 3 dividend payers

INTEL CORP. $56 remains a buy. The computer chip maker (Nasdaq symbol INTC; Conservative-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 4.0 billion; Market cap: $224.0 billion; Dividend yield: 2.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.intel.com) last raised your quarterly dividend by 5.3%… Read More

Use these stock updates to direct you

PEMBINA PIPELINE CORP., $41 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol PPL; Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 550.0 million; Market cap: $22.6 billion; Dividend yield: 6.1%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.pembina.com) has now agreed to acquire Inter Pipeline Ltd. (Toronto symbol IPL). Pembina is offering 0.5… Read More

Bakery sale unlocks Weston’s value

Holding companies often own a variety of unrelated businesses. As a result the shares of those complex companies tend to trade for less than the value of their assets.
One of the best ways to reduce or eliminate this “holding company discount” is for the firm… Read More

Get a 4.9% yield from Power Corp.

Get a 4.9% yield from Power Corp.

Investors value simplicity over complexity in their stock purchases, which is one reason why this firm reorganized to simplify its structure. Even so, a “holding company discount” (the tendency of holding companies to trade for less than the total value of their assets) remains.

We… Read More

Acquisitions usually increase your risk

Empire, the holding company that owns the Sobeys grocery chain, hopes that its purchase of Ontario supermarket chain Longo’s will help it compete with rivals Loblaw and Metro, as well as U.S. giants Walmart and Costco.
We feel the company will apply the lessons it learned… Read More

Forget about predictions

Here’s an Excerpt from a recent issue of Advice for Inner Circle Pro Members:
“It’s a mistake to let predictions guide your investments, but especially so at times like now, when new ideas and differences of opinion are continually streaming into the markets. They make more… Read More