ALIMENTATION COUCHETARD $29.50 – Toronto symbol ATD.B

ALIMENTATION COUCHETARD $29.50 (Toronto symbol ATD.B: TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (1-800-361-2612; www.couchetard.com; Shares outstanding: 565.8 million; Market cap: $16.6 billion; Dividend yield: 0.5%) plans to keep looking for big acquisitions like its $2.7-billion purchase of Norway’s Statoil Fuel & Retail gas station chain in June… Read More

Hello Pat: What is your opinion of Men’s Wearhouse? I believe it owns Moores stores in Canada. Thank you kindly.

Men’s Wearhouse, $49.99, symbol MW on New York (Shares outstanding: 47.6 million; Market cap: $2.4 billion; www.menswearhouse.com), is one of the largest retailers of men’s tailored business attire (both brand name and private labels).

Men’s Wearhouse operates 1,124 stores, including 661 Men’s Wearhouse locations, 248 Men’s… Read More

YAMANA GOLD $9.18 – Toronto symbol YRI

YAMANA GOLD $9.18 (Toronto symbol YRI; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (416-815-0220; www.yamana.com; Shares outstanding: 753.3 million; Market cap: $7.1 billion; Dividend yield: 1.7%) recently teamed up with Osisko Mining (symbol OSK on Toronto) to thwart a hostile takeover of Osisko by Goldcorp (symbol G).

Yamana bid $1.4… Read More

Updating Amazon.com, Yamana Gold and Tim Hortons

AMAZON.COM $316.08 (Nasdaq symbol AMZN; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (206-266-1000; www.amazon.com; Shares outstanding: 459.3 million; Market cap: $145.4 billion; No dividends paid) has just unveiled Fire TV, a $99 Internet video-streaming box that plugs into a high-definition TV set. It will compete against similar devices,… Read More