Intact Financial Corporation (IFC), a high quality Canadian based P&C insurance company, released Q3 2020 results on November 4th. On November 9th it disclosed that it and Tryg A/S had formed a consortium for the purpose of making an offer to acquire RSA Insurance Group plc. I view IFC shares as being reasonably valued based [...]
Based on YTD results released October 27th and my outlook for the remainder of the current fiscal year I am of the opinion 3M Company (MMM) is currently fairly valued. I have acquired additional shares within our daugther's non-registered account. Summary MMM released Q3 and YTD results on October 27th which exceeded my estimates used [...]
I am helping two young investors build equity portfolios which will consist of shares in high quality companies. On November 2nd, one of these young investors acquired shares in The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) and Brookfield Asset Management (BAM-a). Summary An investment in The Toronto-Dominion Bank and Brookfield Asset Management is unlikely to keep you awake [...]
On October 29, 2020, Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (CHD) released Q3 and YTD 2020 results and included raised growth guidance for FY2020 Reported Sales, Organic Sales, Adjusted EPS, and Cash from Operations. CHD's valuation is currently elevated. On the bright side, it continues to maintain an impressive Cash Flow Conversion Cycle relative to its [...]
I have just acquired additional shares in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK-B) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) in one of our daughter's investment accounts. Both are very high quality companies which I think are currently reasonably valued. On the rare occasion I sell shares but in early October I liquidated my positions in Stanley Black & [...]
Suncor Energy Inc. (SU.to) is one of Canada's leading integrated energy companies who business has been decimated in recent months. Its future oil sands growth projects are not economical in the current low-oil-price environment and the timing of expansion is highly uncertain. I am a strong proponent of spreading money across 5 main economic sectors: [...]
Raytheon Technologies Corporation's (RTX) share price has been under pressure since early June 2020. Challenges experienced in its commercial aerospace business resulted in the company incurring a $3.18B goodwill impairment and a $3.835B Q2 loss. I view the current headwinds as being short-term in nature and expect that business conditions in the commercial aerospace segment [...]
On August 6th, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of mortgage technology, data and listing services, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ellie Mae, the leading cloud-based platform provider for the mortgage finance industry. The transaction values Ellie Mae at ~$11B. [...]
On July 29th, Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) released Q4 and FY2020 results and FY2021 guidance and the share price dropped ~6.5% from the previous day's close. Although ADP's business is experiencing headwinds attributed to COVID-19 I have a positive long-term outlook on the company. Following the share price pullback I acquired additional shares in [...]
On July 20th, Chevron Corporation (CVX) announced an agreement to acquire Noble Energy, Inc. in an all-stock transaction valued at $5B, or a total enterprise value of $13B when debt is included. I have acquired additional shares for one of the 'core' accounts within the FFJ Portfolio prior to the July 31st release of Q2 [...]
