Enjoy 5.9% from IGM Financial

Enjoy 5.9% from IGM Financial

Strong asset growth of 9.7% year-over-year is the key driver of this firm’s rising fee income and revenue growth. It continues to make strategic investments to expand its global footprint and tap into high-growth markets outside Canada.

 That should fuel an expected 11% earnings increase for… Read More

Our updates will keep you on track

GREAT-WEST LIFECO, $39.95 (Toronto symbol GWO; shares outstanding: 932.4 million; Market cap: $37.3 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 5.6%; www.greatwestlifeco.com) is Canada’s second-largest life insurer, after Manulife Financial. It also offers pension and wealth management services. Power Corp. (Toronto symbol POW) owns 68.2% of the… Read More

Updating your Income-Growth Payers: Royal Bank

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA $145 is a buy. The bank (Toronto symbol RY; Income-Growth Payer Portfolios, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 1.4 billion; Market cap: $203.0 billion; Dividend yield: 3.9%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.rbc.com) is Canada’s largest chartered bank by market cap. It’s also one of the world’s top… Read More

Pure-play shift will benefit these two

These two subsidiaries of Power Corp. are re-focusing on their main businesses. That should appeal to investors, who tend to prefer pure-play companies. Even so, we feel IGM is the better buy right now.
GREAT-WEST LIFECO INC. $39 is a hold. The company (Toronto symbol GWO; Conservative Growth… Read More

Broadridge makes a solid purchase

BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, $199.24, is a buy. The company (New York symbol BR; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (www.broadridge.com; Shares o/s: 118.2 million; Market cap: $23.6 billion; Yield: 1.6%) has announced the acquisition of AdvisorTarget, a provider of data products to asset management and wealth Management firms. The purchase price… Read More