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Is the high (and rising) Canadian dollar taking devaluing your U.S. stocks? Yes it is… So how do you invest with the high Canadian dollar? Well first - don’t yank all your investments back home. Your portfolio could use the bulk purchases of cheap American equities and greenbacks right now.
Think about it - the Canadian […]
November 6th, 2007 | Posted in Stocks | 1 Comment
The worst year in a decade for IPO activity in Canada… That’s where “2007″ will be in the history books, unless we see a drastic change in the final three months remaining.
2001 had only 46 issues, but with a total value of $2.1-billion. The-year-to-date, 2007, had 63 IPOs with a combined value of only $1.2-billion. […]
October 2nd, 2007 | Posted in Stocks | No Comments
By Robin Trehan, B.A, MIB, MBA electronic business
Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day is a good statement and it is true that we do sometimes stumble on precious stone but the probability of it’s happening in business world is pretty dim. In this process business clock […]
September 21st, 2007 | Posted in Stocks | No Comments
Hilton Hotels Corp. [HLT-N] today reported that shareholders approved the company’s $20.1-billion (USD) sale to The Blackstone Group LP [BX-N].
Under the terms of the Hilton Hotels takeover/buyout, Blackstone will pay Hilton shareholders $47.50 per share in cash. Including assumed debt, the total deal is valued at $26-billion.
Shares of Hilton Hotels rose 14 cents to […]
September 18th, 2007 | Posted in Stocks | No Comments
A group of big U.S. and Canadian institutional shareholders is mobilizing to push for the merger of TSX Group Inc. and Montreal Exchange Inc., a deal that the companies have been unable to consummate despite serious talks this summer.
The exchanges have publicly trod increasingly separate paths this year, signing up high-powered U.S. allies and […]
September 4th, 2007 | Posted in Stocks | No Comments
Microsoft RIM… doesn’t sound too bad, eh? Well, definitely doesn’t sound too bad for Research in Motion (RIM-T) shareholders, whose shares rose today on speculation that the Canadian-maker of the BlackBerry handheld device could be bought by Microsoft Corp (MSFT-Q).
Waterloo-based RIM’s shares rose $2.10, or 2.42 percent, to $88.90 in Toronto. Meanwhile in the U.S., […]
August 30th, 2007 | Posted in Technology, Stocks | No Comments
Say ‘Goodbye’ to your 2007 gains (if you haven’t already done so, on reading the title of this post). For those of you who seen your mutual fund gains vanish after the China scare earlier this year, and haven’t checked on them ever since, your funds are probably just the way you left them […]
August 16th, 2007 | Posted in Stocks | No Comments
So what is this credit crunch we keep hearing on the news, what does it mean, and why are investors panicking over it? Simply put, it’s when money becomes hard to borrow. There are few signs of a “credit crunch” in today’s economy - if your an individual with no means of support, sure […]
August 10th, 2007 | Posted in Stocks | No Comments
I’m sure the title’s got your attention - probably not used to seeing Tim Horton’s or Starbucks beside the word “losers”. For those of you don’t know Tim Horton’s, you’re definitely not Canadian. Tim Horton’s, rather “Tims” (as it is affectionately known in Canada), is Canada’s largest fast food chain. Now you’re probably […]
August 4th, 2007 | Posted in Stocks | 1 Comment
Shares of Lululemon Athletica Inc. spiked more than 50 percent on its first day of trading on Friday. The yoga-clothing retailer raised $327.6 million (much more than anticipated) in Canada’s largest initial public offering this year. The company’s stock closed at $29.72 on the TSX (”LLL”), and at $28 on the NASDAQ (”LULU”). The company […]
July 29th, 2007 | Posted in Stocks | No Comments