One converting trust announced a plan to transition with a dividend cut. Nine will hold the line. This is yet more evidence of the emergence of a new kind of high-yielding investment vehicle in the income trust wake. Or should we now call it a party? Read More
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The Canadian dollar hit parity with the US dollar today. Will the loonie's rise continue? Read More
The last CE Portfolio company to report fourth-quarter and full-year 2009 results met the high end of its forecast for distributable cash, and it left little question about its ability to continue as a high-yielding powerhouse. Read More
The last CE Portfolio company to report fourth-quarter and full-year 2009 results met the high end of its forecast for distributable cash, and it left little question about its ability to continue as a high-yielding powerhouse. Read More
Box office records mean riches for Hollywood’s famous. Here’s how to get your own piece of that action. Read More
The following Canadian income funds, income and royalty trusts and recently converted corporations have issued statements regarding the US tax status of their respective distributions and, where appropriate, whether their conversion that took place during 2009 is a taxable or non-taxable event with the meaning of US tax law. Read More
Canada is often overlooked when it comes to global-scale stories. But data reported by Statistics Canada last week suggest the world is now paying attention to the Great White North. Read More
The new royalty regime itself is an acknowledgement that front-end investment--particularly where innovative extraction techniques are absolutely critical to success, as in the long-lived Pembina field--in conventional production often demands new technology. Read More
Canada's prudence obscures what could be an explosive upside in coming years--particularly for US-based investors who will get the added benefit of putting greenbacks to work in loonie terms. Read More
Annex B to the Fifth Protocol--the Canadian explanatory notes--provides that distributions from “income trusts and royalty trusts” that are treated as dividends under Canadian tax law will be treated as dividends under the Treaty. Read More