Another Out-of-favour Buy

TORSTAR CORP. $22 (Toronto symbol TS.B; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 78.5 million; Market cap: $1.7 billion; SI Rating: Above average) earned $0.20 a share (total $15.7 million) in the first quarter of 2007, nearly triple the $0.07 a share (total $5.9 million)… Read More

Strong brands will help them thrive

Advertisers continue to shift spending to Internet sites and away from newspapers and other print publications. But these three leading publishers are doing a good job adapting their businesses to the Internet, and profiting from it.

They own some of the best-known brands in this industry,… Read More

Dow Jones $ Co. $34 – New York symbol DJ

DOW JONES & CO. $34 (New York symbol DJ; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; WSSF Rating: Above average) publishes The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s magazine. It also owns several smaller publications, and provides newswire and specialized information services.

The company has suffered in this decade,… Read More