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Ex-VP of Harman/Kardon parent company admits inside trade + MORE Mar 28th
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – A former executive of an audio-visual equipment company has pleaded guilty to insider trading.
Connecticut U.S. Attorney Deirdre Daly says 45-year-old Dennis Hamilton, of Norwalk, pleaded guilty to securities fraud Monday in New Haven.
Hamilton was vice-president of tax at S.... More »
North American markets stop major slide as oil prices and loonie gain ground + MORE Jan 31st
TORONTO _ North American stocks markets pulled back from their recent significant losses, as oil prices gained ground and the U.S. Federal Reserve said it was leaving its key interest rate unchanged.
The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index edged back 3.84 points to 15,951.67, .... More »
Buying ETFs in Canada Tool: The MoneySense ETF Screener + MORE Nov 17th
If you’re researching ETFs to buy, you’ve come to the right place. Below you will see the tables for different ETF categories, offering ETF options from some of the best ETF providers in Canada. We’ve included some helpful ETF asset class, geography, provider, tickers, as well as one-year retu.... More »
Stock news for investors: Groupe Dynamite reports strong Q4, adjusts 2025 outlook + MORE Jan 16th
Here’s a round-up of news for Canadian investors this week.
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Going public: A look at some of the biggest Canadian IPOs by value since 2000 + MORE May 31st
Rarely has an IPO drawn as much political attention as Kinder Morgan’s sale of its Canadian unit, a deal designed to fund the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. At $1.75 billion, the public market debut of Kinder Morgan Canada (TSX:KML) is on track to be the fourth most valuable in Canadian hi.... More »
The Fed's Mortgage Favoritism
– online.wsj.com
When the central bank buys private assets, it distorts markets and undermines its claim to independence.Most actively traded companies on the TSX
– canadianbusiness.com
TORONTO – Some of the most active companies traded Tuesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:
Toronto Stock Exchange (14,576.45, down 166.67 points):
Lundin Mining Corp. (TSX:LUN). Miner. Down 11 cents, or 2.06 per cent, to $5.22 on 11.6 million shares.
Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Aerospace. Up one cent, or 0.28 per cent, to $3.60 on 5.9 million shares.
B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO). Miner. Down seven cents, or 3.11 per cent, to $2.18 on 5.7 million shares.
Spartan Energy Corp. (TSX:SPE). Oil and gas. Down 10.5 cents, or 3.21 per cent, to $3.17 on 4.4 million shares.
Talisman Energy Inc. (TSX:TLM). Oil and gas. Down 23 cents, or 2.54 per cent, to $8.81 on 4.1 million shares.
Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU). Oil and gas. Down $1.02, or 2.58 per cent, to $38.53 on 3.7 million shares.
Companies reporting major news:
DHX Media Ltd. (TSX:DHX). Entertainment. Down 10 cents, or 1.17 per cent, to $8.48 on 304,419 shares. The company said Tuesday it will produce a new preschool series with Ragdoll Productions called Twirlywoos for CBeebies, the children’s arm of the BBC…
Toronto Stock Exchange (14,576.45, down 166.67 points):
Lundin Mining Corp. (TSX:LUN). Miner. Down 11 cents, or 2.06 per cent, to $5.22 on 11.6 million shares.
Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Aerospace. Up one cent, or 0.28 per cent, to $3.60 on 5.9 million shares.
B2Gold Corp. (TSX:BTO). Miner. Down seven cents, or 3.11 per cent, to $2.18 on 5.7 million shares.
Spartan Energy Corp. (TSX:SPE). Oil and gas. Down 10.5 cents, or 3.21 per cent, to $3.17 on 4.4 million shares.
Talisman Energy Inc. (TSX:TLM). Oil and gas. Down 23 cents, or 2.54 per cent, to $8.81 on 4.1 million shares.
Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU). Oil and gas. Down $1.02, or 2.58 per cent, to $38.53 on 3.7 million shares.
Companies reporting major news:
DHX Media Ltd. (TSX:DHX). Entertainment. Down 10 cents, or 1.17 per cent, to $8.48 on 304,419 shares. The company said Tuesday it will produce a new preschool series with Ragdoll Productions called Twirlywoos for CBeebies, the children’s arm of the BBC…
Travel show host Rick Steves says his globe-trotting reveals marijuana legalization works
– canadianbusiness.com
PORTLAND, Ore. – Rick Steves smokes the occasional joint, but he’s not arguing for marijuana legalization in Oregon just because he likes to get high.
Steves, a nationally known guidebook author and host on public radio and television, said Tuesday he’s convinced that marijuana prohibition in the U.S. operates solely to harm the poor and people of colour, and to profit off their punishment.
“It’s not guys like me, rich white guys, who need it,” Steves said Tuesday at a downtown Portland hotel. “It’s the people who are arrested and cited, who are poor.”
Steves is crisscrossing western and central Oregon in support of a ballot measure to legalize marijuana, a movement that picked up steam in 2012 when Colorado and Washington state each approved legal marijuana and commercial outlets to sell it.
None of it would have happened without a plummeting stock market in 2008, Steves said.
“When you look at the end of Prohibition, it came during the Depression because they couldn’t afford to jail all those guys,” Steves said…
Steves, a nationally known guidebook author and host on public radio and television, said Tuesday he’s convinced that marijuana prohibition in the U.S. operates solely to harm the poor and people of colour, and to profit off their punishment.
“It’s not guys like me, rich white guys, who need it,” Steves said Tuesday at a downtown Portland hotel. “It’s the people who are arrested and cited, who are poor.”
Steves is crisscrossing western and central Oregon in support of a ballot measure to legalize marijuana, a movement that picked up steam in 2012 when Colorado and Washington state each approved legal marijuana and commercial outlets to sell it.
None of it would have happened without a plummeting stock market in 2008, Steves said.
“When you look at the end of Prohibition, it came during the Depression because they couldn’t afford to jail all those guys,” Steves said…
Ex-New York Fed, Treasury chief Geithner grilled in court over handling of 2008 bailout of AIG
– canadianbusiness.com
WASHINGTON – Timothy Geithner, a key player in the U.S. government’s 2008 bailout of American International Group Inc., is due back in court Wednesday in a trial of a lawsuit filed by the insurance giant’s former CEO over the handling of the rescue.
On Tuesday, Geithner affirmed his belief that the bailout was needed to avert disaster for the financial system. Geithner was president of the New York Federal Reserve at the time of the rescue and later Treasury secretary.
A lawyer grilled Geithner at the trial of the lawsuit brought by former AIG Chairman and CEO Maurice Greenberg. He is suing the federal government for about $40 billion in damages, asserting that it violated the Constitution’s Fifth Amendment by taking control of the insurance giant without “just compensation” for the shares it received.
The $85 billion loan package for AIG, which was teetering toward bankruptcy in September 2008, gave the government control of 80 per cent of the New York-based company’s stock…
On Tuesday, Geithner affirmed his belief that the bailout was needed to avert disaster for the financial system. Geithner was president of the New York Federal Reserve at the time of the rescue and later Treasury secretary.
A lawyer grilled Geithner at the trial of the lawsuit brought by former AIG Chairman and CEO Maurice Greenberg. He is suing the federal government for about $40 billion in damages, asserting that it violated the Constitution’s Fifth Amendment by taking control of the insurance giant without “just compensation” for the shares it received.
The $85 billion loan package for AIG, which was teetering toward bankruptcy in September 2008, gave the government control of 80 per cent of the New York-based company’s stock…
Looking at high yield stocks in a different way
– myownadvisor.ca
The following is a guest post from Rob, a fan of My Own Advisor living in Munich, Germany.Conventional wisdom says that high yields are a warning sign and for the most part I think the folks that share that wisdom are correct. But this year after selling off a large portion of my holdings, sitting out and waiting for the market “correction” that never happened, I decided to get back into the market. There was a problem with my plan though: everything I wanted to buy had gotten quite expensive. The stocks I wanted to buy were not overpriced but they were certainly above what I was willing to pay. That gave me pause for thought…
I decided to turn David Stanley’s Beating the TSX strategy on its head. Haven’t heard of his method? Well, it’s the Canadian cousin of the “Dogs of the Dow” strategy yet it applies to stocks on TSX index instead – focusing on undervalued and underappreciated U.S. stocks. You can read more about David’s strategy here.
What I did was search the whole Canadian market using sites like Top Yields and another site I know Mark has used in the past: Canadian DRIP Primer…
