Spinoffs & Takeovers Hotline – Friday, October 18, 2024

MODINE MANUFACTURING CO., $132.79, symbol MOD on New York, provides thermal management products and solutions to customers in the commercial, industrial, and building heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration (“HVAC&R”) markets. In addition, it provides engineered heat transfer systems and high-quality heat transfer components.

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Q: Hello Patrick: Some companies were recently added or deleted from the S&P/TSX. Am I correct in thinking that it is a good time to buy stocks prior to them being added and a good time to sell prior to them being deleted, or is the effect too small to bother with? Thank you.

A: Typically, changes to the S&P/TSX indexes are announced by Standard & Poor’s and then implemented a couple of weeks later.

On September 6, 2024, it announced that on September 23, Bird Construction (symbol BDT) and Triple Flag Precious Metals (TFPM) would be added to the… Read More

Blue chip ETFs focus on Canada

Blue chip ETFs focus on Canada

These two blue chip ETFs hold mostly large-capitalization, widely traded stocks on the Canadian exchange. Both funds mirror, or track, the performance of major stock market indexes as opposed to narrower ones focused on resources or themes, such as solar power or biotech.
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ETF Stocks: Precious Metal ETFs to Buy

ETF Stocks: Precious Metal ETFs to Buy

Precious metal ETFs have largely centred on gold stocks. We continue to see the outlook for that precious metal as positive, and for aggressive investors who want to hold precious metal ETFs, including a silver ETF, we have two of them below.

Most precious-metal stocks dropped,… Read More

These ETFs tap into precious-metal gains

Most precious-metal stocks dropped, along with the market, in March 2020. They then quickly reversed that trend to soar for investors, in part because of gold’s appeal as a “safe harbour” in times of economic uncertainty. In fact, in August 2020, gold jumped to over… Read More

Precious metals can boost your returns

Precious metals should let you profit over the next few years if interest rates begin falling (a clear possibility). That lowers the appeal of the U.S. dollar and increases the appeal of gold—and other precious metals—as a store of value. Here we look at three… Read More

These ETFs offer precious-metal gains

Most precious-metal stocks dropped, along with the market, in March 2020. They then quickly reversed that trend to soar for investors, in part because of gold’s appeal as a “safe harbour” in times of economic uncertainty. In fact, in August 2020, gold jumped to over… Read More