Updating Saputo Inc., IGM Financial Inc., and CGI Group Inc.

SAPUTO INC. $45 (Toronto symbol SAP; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 387.4 million; Market cap: $17.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.5; Dividend yield: 1.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.saputo.com) has completed its deal to acquire Shepherd Gourmet Dairy (Ontario) Inc.
Based in St. Mary’s, Ontario, it makes specialty… Read More

Two ETFs help investors diversify beyond Canada

Pennsylvania-based Vanguard Group administers about $5 trillion U.S. in assets spread across 388 mutual funds and ETFs. Canadians can buy Vanguard exchange-traded funds listed on stock exchanges.

Generally speaking, Canadians are blocked from buying mutual funds that are registered in the U.S. unless those funds… Read More

Low-fee ways to invest outside Canada

Pennsylvania-based Vanguard Group is one of the world’s largest investment management companies. In all, it administers over $5 trillion U.S., spread across 388 mutual funds and ETFs.
Generally speaking, Canadians are blocked from buying mutual funds that are registered in the U.S. unless those funds are… Read More

IGM’s assets jump on strong sales

IGM FINANCIAL INC. $37 (Toronto symbol IGM; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 240.6 million; Market cap: $8.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.7; Dividend yield: 6.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.igmfinancial.com) had $155.8 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2018. That’s up 5.6% from… Read More

Two ETFs offer low-fee access to global markets

Pennsylvania-based Vanguard Group administers about $5 trillion U.S. in assets spread across 370 mutual funds and ETFs. Canadians can buy Vanguard exchange-traded funds listed on stock exchanges.

ETFs can play an important role in portfolio diversification. Vanguard can help supply that diversification with these two… Read More

These two ETFs offer exceptionally low fees

Pennsylvania-based Vanguard Group is one of the world’s largest investment management companies. In all, it administers nearly $5 trillion U.S., spread across 370 mutual funds and ETFs.

Generally speaking, Canadians are blocked from buying mutual funds that are registered in the U.S. unless those funds… Read More