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EYE ON EQUITIES

Mild winter no fun for Canadian Tire

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The case for smaller firms, bigger yields

Little-known dividend stocks offer higher yields, possible capital gains – but with risks Feb 01, 2012 7:03PM EST | 0

Mining for attractive acquisition targets

On the theory that the behemoths will inevitably snap up smaller miners, owning shares in these firms could prove rewarding Feb 02, 2012 8:07PM EST | 0

Miners that could get scooped up
Company	Symbol	P/E
Gem Diamonds Ltd.	GEMD	9.7
Mandalay Resources	MND-T	9.7
Cloud Peak Energy	CLD-N	9.5

All currency figures in U.S. dollars. Source: Bloomberg

Investors push indexes to multi-year highs

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How long will it take you to double your money? This calculator gives you a quick answer and lets you compare three rate of return scenarios using the Rule of 72. Dec 09, 2011 3:59PM EST | 0

Company	% Chg
Royal Bank of Canada	0.76
Suncor Energy	1.90
EnCana Corp.	-0.70
Bank of Nova Scotia	0.54
TD Bank	1.39
Research In Motion	-2.27
Bank of Montreal	0.55
BCE Inc.	-0.86
Manulife Financial	3.44
CIBC	-0.05
Goldcorp Inc.	-2.90
Sun Life Financial Inc.	2.39
Canadian Natural Resources	0.89
Bombardier Inc.	0.42
TransCanada Corp.	-0.19
Enbridge Inc.	1.08
Cameco Corp.	0.04
Bank of America	5.23
As of Fri Feb 3, 2012 09:17 PM

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Performance

Stocks that are moving

Most Active
Gainers
Losers

Company	Symbol	Latest	% Chg
Kinross Gold	K-T	11.14	-1.68
Manulife Financial	MFC-T	12.34	3.44
Suncor Energy	SU-T	34.90	1.90
Goldcorp Inc.	G-T	47.25	-2.90
Teck Resources	TCK.B-T	43.40	2.07
Talisman Energy	TLM-T	12.38	2.82
Barrick Gold Corp.	ABX-T	48.59	-2.27
Bank of Nova Scotia	BNS-T	51.66	0.54
Eldorado Gold	ELD-T	14.64	-5.12
Thomson Reuters	TRI-T	27.19	-0.26
As of Fri Feb 3, 2012 09:17 PM

Company	Symbol	Latest	% Chg
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Gainers have the highest percentage change in price, while losers have the largest decline. The most active are stocks with the highest trading volume on the exchange. We choose stocks that are worth at least $5, or 50 cents if they're listed on the TSX Venture exchange.

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Stocks reaching new highs and lows

New highs
New lows

1 Day
5 Day

Company	Symbol	Latest	% Chg
Constellation Software	CSU-T	84.98	-6.06
Imperial Metals Corp.	III-T	16.06	-5.42
Major Drilling Group Intl.	MDI-T	17.40	-3.06
Mediagrif Interactive Techn.	MDF-T	16.60	-0.90
Intact Financial	IFC-T	59.60	-0.03
MI Developments	MIM-T	36.12	0.11
First Capital Realty	FCR-T	18.38	0.33
Liquor Stores N.A.	LIQ-T	16.26	0.49
TransForce Inc.	TFI-T	17.03	0.83
Newalta Corp	NAL-T	14.20	0.85
As of Fri Feb 3, 2012 09:17 PM

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Our table lists the stocks whose prices reached a 52-week high or 52-week low. We choose the 10 most popular stocks out of all the record-setters.

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By the Numbers

In these tables we crunch market data to highlight a trend for you. They are calculated at the end of every day and look at companies with market capitalization greater than $100-million.

Stocks with the lowest projected P/E

Company	Forward P/E	P/Book
Mawson West Ltd.	1.08	1.211
Xinyuan Real Estate	1.80	0.31
Sino-Forest Corp.	1.91	0.413
Federal Agricultural Mortgage	2.61	0.419
Calvalley Petroleum	2.82	0.896
Doral Financial	2.92	0.381
Orvana Minerals	3.00	1.328
Speedway Motorsports	3.28	0.813
DryShips	3.66	0.223
US Airways Group	3.66	9.859
As of Fri Feb 3, 2012 09:03 PM

Forward P/E is the latest price divided by estimated EPS for the next 12 months, as projected by analysts. We pick the North American stocks with the lowest ratio.

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Stocks with the highest projected EPS growth

Company	% EPS Growth	P/Sales
Cascades Inc.	14,500.00	0.11
Labrador Iron Mines Holdings	7,928.57	n/a
Mattson Technology	7,300.00	1.04
Alaska Comm Systems Group	5,275.00	0.36
Trevali Mining Corporation	4,625.00	n/a
Pc-Tel Inc	4,500.00	1.89
Vertex Pharmaceuticals	4,038.70	53.68
VocalTec Communications (D)	3,920.00	3.16
Iberian Minerals	3,800.00	1.66
PDF Solutions	3,700.00	2.83
As of Fri Feb 3, 2012 08:31 PM

EPS growth refers to the percentage change in the average analyst consensus EPS for the next fiscal year compared with the current fiscal year. We pick the North American stocks with the highest growth.

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Stocks with the biggest leaps in trading activity

Company	Volume % Chg	Vs Average
Great Wall Builders	6,566.67	840.98
Gorilla Resources	5,926.37	-66.32
SemBioSys Genetics	5,255.13	63.62
Oakham Capital	5,108.33	-26.14
Aurios Inc	4,900.00	371.01
Freeze Tag, Inc.	4,835.95	-69.63
Enertopia Corporation	4,768.08	44.80
Hamlin Bk & Tr Co Smethport	3,788.89	-8.73
ValGold Resources Ltd.	3,435.08	5.17
Gold-Ore Resources Ltd	3,236.41	14.87
As of Fri Feb 3, 2012 09:08 PM

Volume % chg refers to the percentage change between the latest daily volume and the 13-week average. The highest 10 in North America are picked. Vs average is the amount latest price is above or below its 13-week average.

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Stocks to watch

Company	Latest	% Chg
WestJet Airlines	13.59	4.06
Suncor Energy	34.90	1.90
Enbridge Inc.	38.48	1.08
Canadian Natural Resources	40.84	0.89
Royal Bank of Canada	53.33	0.76
BCE Inc.	40.33	-0.86
Research In Motion	16.78	-2.27
Barrick Gold Corp.	48.59	-2.27
Silver Wheaton	35.72	-2.43
Goldcorp Inc.	47.25	-2.90
As of Fri Feb 3, 2012 09:17 PM