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TECK RESOURCES LTD. $29 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TECK.B; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 531.1 million; Market cap: $15.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.5; Dividend yield: 0.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.teck.com) is a leading producer of copper, gold, zinc and metallurgical coal (which is used for making steel). Due to smoke from wildfires in B.C., the company has curtailed operations at its smelter in Trail. The facility’s zinc refining are now running at 70% of their normal rates. Teck has also temporarily suspended lead smelting, but lead refining continues to operate normally. It’s unlikely the situation will have a major impact on Teck’s earnings. Thanks to rising copper and coal prices as the economy recovers from last year’s pandemic shutdowns, the company’s earnings will probably jump from $1.04 a share in 2020 to $3.29 in 2021. The stock trades at just 8.8 times that forecast. The $0.20 dividend for investors yields 0.7%. Teck is a buy. TRANSCONTINENTAL INC. $25…