Six international ETFs: 4 buys, 2 holds

We think conservative investors can hold up to 10% of their portfolios in foreign stocks. One way to do that is to buy carefully chosen exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that have an overseas focus.
The best ETFs continue to offer very low management fees and well-diversified, tax-efficient… Read More

Top assets add to its appeal

POWER CORP. $30.43 (Toronto symbol POW; Shares outstanding: 414.4 million; Market cap: $14.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.4%; www.powercorporation.com) is a diversified holding company. It holds its financial assets through its 65.6%-owned Power Financial.
In the quarter ended September 30, 2016, Power Corp.’s… Read More

Updating Loblaw Companies, Power Corp. and Imperial Oil

LOBLAW COMPANIES $65.13 (Toronto symbol L; Shares outstanding: 404.5 million; Market cap: $26.6 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 1.6%; www.loblaw.ca) currently operates over 1,100 supermarkets across Canada. In March 2014, the company purchased the Shoppers Drug Mart chain of 1,300 drugstores.

The company continues… Read More

POWER CORP. $29.45

POWER CORP. $29.45 (Toronto symbol POW; Shares outstanding: 414.4 million; Market cap: $13.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.6%; www.powercorporation.com) holds its financial assets through its 65.7% stake in Power Financial. That company’s holdings include 58.7% of IGM Financial, a leading Canadian mutual… Read More