UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP. $94

UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP. $94 (New York symbol UTX; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 836.4 million; Market cap: $78.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.3; Dividend yield: 2.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.utc.com) jumped $5 on news that rival Honeywell International (New York symbol… Read More

UTX up on takeover talk

UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP. $94 (New York symbol UTX; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 836.4 million; Market cap: $78.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.3; Dividend yield: 2.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.utc.com) jumped $5 on news that rival Honeywell International (New York symbol… Read More

Hi, Pat. Thanks for your past advice. I wanted to get your quick impression of three stocks: Gogo Inc., NetApp, Inc. and NXP Semiconductors. As always, thanks for your valuable insight.

Gogo Inc. $13.99, symbol GOGO on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 85.3 million; Market cap: $1.2 billion; www.gogoair.com), offers a service that lets passengers with Wi-Fi-enabled devices get online on Gogo-equipped aircraft.

The company offers Internet access on more than 10 major airlines and 2,000 individual airliners. Over… Read More

Hi, Pat. I have a 15% weighting in real estate investment trusts, with 9% in these three industrial REITs: WPT Industrial REIT, Dream Industrial REIT and Pure Industrial REIT. Can you please comment on industrial REITs in general and these three specifically? Thanks.

We haven’t found any industrial REITs we recommend as buys, but some are okay to hold as part of a well-balanced portfolio. Here’s a look at the three you asked about:

WPT Industrial REIT, $10.80, symbol WIR.U on Toronto (Units outstanding: 29.4 million; Market cap: $317.5… Read More