It was a mixed year for Alberta’s publicly listed companies. While the TSX/S&P benchmark index produced healthy returns, many of the province’s blue chip names – Suncor, Imperial Oil, Canadian Oil Sands Trust, Encana – either gave up ground or failed to match the index.
Alarm firm’s restored distributions are a lure for investors
by Fabrice Taylor
If you want to turn an income trust into an orphan, it’s simple: cut the distributions. It will be forgotten in no time as income-hungry investors run for the exits and trample one another on the way. As they run for it, the analysts slowly [...]