Sunday, August 31, 2014

Tim Horton's and Burger King





On Tuesday August 26, Burger King and Tim Horton's announced a take over of Tim Horton's by Burger King for a tune of 12.5 Billion dollars. The shares of Tim Horton's have went up over 20% when this deal was announced but have fallen a little since then.

The new company, which will be headquartered in Canada, is planning to operate Tim Horton's and Burger King as separate restaurants and not sell each other products. Currently, Burger King is headquartered in Miami, Florida and majority owned by 3G capital.   With the combined company becoming a Canadian Corporation, there will be tax savings as Canada's corporate tax rates are lower than the US.  This is a hot topic right now in the media. When a US corporation takes over a company in a foreign country, they can become a corporate entity in that foreign country and therefore not pay US corporate taxes. There are various people in the media say that the savings will not be that noticeable. 

Burger King has struggled over the years with competition from other restaurants in the fast food industry and the trend towards people choosing to try to eat more healthy food choices.  I have noticed over the last decade that the quality of Burger King food as gone down hill from what it used to be.  Burger King has also struggled in the breakfast part of their business competing for customers who like their morning coffee and such.  Tim Horton's always as long line ups in the morning inside the store and the drive thru as people must have their morning coffee.

Tim Horton's has struggled over the years to gain traction in the United States.  Their attempt to expand in the north eastern part of the United States did not go as well as planned.  Tim Horton's has to compete with various competitors like Starbucks and Krispy Cream Donuts who were already thriving in this marketplace.  Tim Horton's have stated that there is not much room for growth for them in Canada as they are saturated coast to coast.  I believe Tim Horton's would due better if their donuts were made fresh from scratch in their stores like they use to be prior to 1995.  1995 is the year Wendy's acquired Tim Horton's , who later divested themselves of Tim Horton's in the mid 2000's.

With Burger King and Tim Horton's merger, both companies say this is a win win for both of them. This gives Tim Horton's access to a network of franchisees who might decide to open Tim Horton restaurants also.  This will allow expansion into the US at a more faster pace.  With the merger, this allows Burger King to gain traction in the breakfast part of the restaurant . 

 "3G Capital will purchase the company at $65.50 per-share; existing shareholders will receive $65.50 in cash and 0.8025 shares in the new holding company per-share—all-cash ($88.50) and all-shares (3.0879) options will also be available. 3G Capital (which currently holds a 71% majority stake in Burger King) will hold a 51% majority stake in the new company, Tim Hortons' existing shareholders will own 22%, and Burger King's will own 27%" - source Wikipedia


As a shareholder of Tim Horton's, which you can read about here,  I could sell my shares now or wait. If I decide to wait, there are 3 options available to me as a a shareholder. These options as follows:
  1.  $65.50 in cash and 0.8025 shares in the new holding company. 
  2. All cash at $88.50 per share
  3. All shares option of 3.0879 shares in the new company.
 Disclosure: Currently still own THI

Photo Credit:  www.canadianbusiness.com

DISCLAIMER:

     I am not a financial planner, financial advisor, accountant or tax attorney. The information on this blog represents my own thoughts and opinions and should NOT be taken as investment or business advice.  Every individual should do their due diligence to make their own financial decisions based on their financial situation and tolerance for risk

Sunday, August 24, 2014

Recent Purchase

I have not put money into my TFSA in quite a while. I had slightly over $200 in cash sitting in this account and not making money off it. So I decide to put it to work while taking advantage of commission free ETFs offered by my broker.

I purchased 11 shares of Claymore 1-5 Yr Laddered Corporation Bond ETF, with ticker symbol CBO on the Toronto Stock Exchange.  I just had to pay $0.04 in fees. The commissions are free to buy but ECN fees still apply. The distribution of the ETF is almost entirely interest, which means it is taxed at the marginal rate. There might be some capital gains. Since it is in my TFSA, it will not be taxed.

The entry yield on my purchase is approximately 4.28%.  The distribution yield will fluctuate month to month but I should receive approximately $0.75 per month. This is nothing to write home about but not the money is working for me instead of sitting there collecting 0 % interest.

Disclosure: Long CBO

DISCLAIMER:

     I am not a financial planner, financial advisor, accountant or tax attorney. The information on this blog represents my own thoughts and opinions and should NOT be taken as investment or business advice.  Every individual should do their due diligence to make their own financial decisions based on their financial situation and tolerance for risk

Saturday, August 16, 2014

Weekend Reading Aug 16, 2014


I have been super busy at work, so not as much posts as I would like.  I try to keep up on some blog posts from fellow bloggers though.

Liquid Independence posted an article about  Going Cold Turkey. Liquid is going to try to not use other people's money for the rest of the year and to only invest his own money.  I think it is a good call especially with the stock market at these high levels.

Dividend Mantra recently published a few posts. The first is averaging down is recently acquired position in Deere &  Company. You can read about this purchase here.  The second post was actually a guest post on his site. This post was about how to figure out when you can quit, which you can read about here.
 
Mark, over at My Own Advisor, recently wrote a post on 2014- Financial Goals he and his wife made at the beginning of 2014.

Kraig, over at Create My Independence, recently published a podcast titled Should you Focus
 on Earning Money or Building the Asset.  Kraig recently left his job over a year ago to start his own business.

Photo Credit : www.cafepress.com

DISCLAIMER:

     I am not a financial planner, financial advisor, accountant or tax attorney. The information on this blog represents my own thoughts and opinions and should NOT be taken as investment or business advice.  Every individual should do their due diligence to make their own financial decisions based on their financial situation and tolerance for risk

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Dividend Income - July 2014

 

 The month of July 2014 is another month of  dividend income landing in my accounts. This money is used to help pay my expenses if it is needed. If the money is not needed, it is ALL used to purchase new investments to further increase my cash flow.

Non-registered Account
  • Killam Properties (KMP)  - $5.75
  • Shaw Communications (SJR.B)    - $18.33
  • Enerplus (ERF)  -$ 45.63
  • Bell Canada (BCE) - $  61.75
  • Bank Of Nova Scotia (BNS) -  $7.37
TFSA
  • Killam Properties (KMP) - $  14.10
  • Dundee REIT   (D.UN)  - $ 16.61
  • Cominar REIT (C.UN) - $5.28
  • Boston Pizza  Royalties Fund (BPF.UN)   - $23.87
Total = $198.69

This total represents a 19.33% decrease from 3 months ago and 12.65% decrease  year over year.  The decrease from 3 months ago is that one of most monthly payers, Just Energy, changed their dividend payment schedule to quarterly with the first quarterly payment starting in September. Just Energy also reduced their dividend also to try to get the companies finances in order and to lower its dividend payout ratio. Some of my stocks I DRIP, so these companies paid slightly larger amount of dividends than before.

I also received another distribution payment of $56.00 for my swing trade in Dundee REIT in my non-registered account. This is not listed above since it is a trade, so I keep the money in the account and do not pay myself first with this payment. I have received $707.47 in distributions so far on this trade.

I will update my dividend income tab with the new amount.

Disclosure : Long all securities above.

Photo Credit: www.mipaq,co.za

DISCLAIMER
I am not a financial planner, financial advisor, accountant or tax attorney. The information on this blog represents my own thoughts and opinions and should be taken as investment or business advice.

Every individual should do their due diligence to make their own financial decisions based on their financial situation and tolerance for risk.

Monday, August 4, 2014

Recent Trade

This past week,  I placed a trade.   I purchased 500 shares of Bombardier Inc. Class B  shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange.  The ticker symbol is BBD.B.

Bombardier is the world's only maker of BOTH planes and trains. Everywhere people travel by land or through the air, a Bombardier product can help them get there.  A commercial aircraft or light rail train can help people get to their destination.

My initial cost was $1815.00  plus a commission of $5.00  for a total cost of $1820.00.  I put in a sell order right away once I found out that the limit order for purchasing went through.

Three trading days after the initial purchase, my sell order was executed.

Summary:
        Initial cost  with commissions = $1820.00
        Proceeds form sale with commissions = $1900.00
        Profit = $80.00
        ROI = ($1900.00-$1820.00)/$1820 = 4.396%

 
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DISCLAIMER:

     I am not a financial planner, financial advisor, accountant or tax attorney. The information on this blog represents my own thoughts and opinions and should NOT be taken as investment or business advice.  Every individual should do their due diligence to make their own financial decisions based on their financial situation and tolerance for risk

Saturday, August 2, 2014

Portfolio Update - July 2014

The month of July 2014 is now behind us. The market is up a lot so I am trying to be more selective in choosing equities. I made a couple of trades this past month. The first trade was selling another put option in Roger's Communications Class B stock, which you can read about here. A second trade that I made has not been posted yet. I plan on talking about that trade within a few days.

I also increase a few of my holdings via DRIP. The increases are small, but increases my dividend income and ownership in these companies without paying broker commissions. Just Energy changed its dividend from monthly to quarterly so there was no dividend paid this month to reinvest.

            - 1 share of Killam Properties (KMP.TO) in TFSA.
            - 0.100439  shares of BNS 

As of Aug 2, 2014, the value of my portfolio stands at $71080.30. This is an increase of 0.776% over last month.

I have updated my investment account tab above.

Disclosure: Long KMP.TO, BNS.TO, JE.TO

DISCLAIMER:

     I am not a financial planner, financial advisor, accountant or tax attorney. The information on this blog represents my own thoughts and opinions and should NOT be taken as investment or business advice.  Every individual should do their due diligence to make their own financial decisions based on their financial situation and tolerance for risk