Bill CarriganFording Canadian Coal Trust (Inc Trust)FDG.UN.TOTOP PICKAug 20, 2007
He likes coal because nobody likes it anymore. Thinks it reached a bottom late last year, so it had its first advance up earlier this year and is now in a corrective period. One of the better performers in the last 2 weeks. A good infrastructure and energy play.
Being acquired by Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T). If you are holding this in a taxable account, there are some very negative consequences. In an RRSP or RIF you can avoid the tax consequences. He sold the majority of his holdings into the market prior to the transaction.
Being acquired by Teck Cominco (TCK.B-T). Arbitrage companies were forced to sell. There is a financing gap and Merrill Lynch (MER-N) is part of that, so the market is concerned. The deal could fall apart.
If held in an RRSP, you could continue holding. If it's in a taxable account, consider selling the units before the new deal gets done. Take it as a gain as opposed to the tax treatment that will supposedly come on the consummation of the deal. (Editor’s note. Check with your broker.)