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Canadian Stock Exchange Chartbooks
The Canadian Industrials Chartbook contains nearly all industrial securities on the Canadian Stock Exchanges. These include all non-resource sectors, such as technology, manufacturing, retail, service, primary industries, etc.. In addition to the regular securities in the Industrial Chartbook we include charts for the TSX and it’s subindicies as well as foreign currencies and commodities. Another feature is that we include charts for the stocks that compose the DOW 30.
The Canadian Resource Companies Chartbook contains nearly all resource securities on the 2 major Canadian Markets (TSX, CDNX). These companies are primarily involved in the exploration/production of minerals, or oil & gas. You will also find charts of the related commodities and some indices.
Stocks are selected based based on the percentage of the last 40 trading days the security has traded. You will find that there are charts for over 1400 companies in each of the Resource and Industrial books which, between both books covers nearly all Canadian equities on the TSX and CDNX. We do not include preferred shares in our database because in most situations the chart activity is identical to the price chart of the common shares. A unique feature that we have added to these books is a 12 month trailing earnings bar graph. In most cases this feature applies to companies in the Industrial book where earnings are reported.
REFERENCE GUIDE FOR THE CANADIAN INDUSTRIAL AND RESOURCE CHARTBOOKS.
A) COMPANY NAME - indicates the common name up to 45 characters.
B) DETAILED SECTOR DESCRIPTION - description of the companies main activities.
C) COMPANY SYMBOL - up to 7 characters.
D) PHONE COUNT - This number represents the number of other companies that have the same phone number. If phone=”2”, then 2 companies have the same phone number and you can review them in Appendix 3. If this number is over 3 or 4 it may indicate that the company is part of a consortium of companies and you may want to look at the charts of the other companies and review their past perfomance. This information is meant to be used primarily for CDNX stocks as “consortiums of companies” are common on these exchanges.
E) PHONE NUMBER - We keep phone numbers as updated as possible. It is always a good idea for you to call the company first in order to confirm any data and questions you may have regarding your investment decision. Rather than include fax numbers, contact names, and addresses we have attempted to include the most appropriate phone number for investor-relations questions. If you find that one of our phone numbers is not up-to-date please inform us and we will make the change. If you cannot contact the company call the stock exchanges directly, as follows:
F) WEEKLY SHARE PRICE - Each vertical line indicates the share price range for the week. The short, horizontal bar indicates the week’s closing price. These prices are adjusted to reflect any stock splits, and are plotted on a semi-logarithmic scale. U.S. companies (“.U” in the symbol) are quoted in U.S. funds. The alternative scaling method is arithmetic. Arithmetic scaling gives constant scale increments. For example, a $.10 change in share price will be the same distance vertically on the chart regardless of whether the $.10 change is at the top or the bottom of the chart. Semi-log scaling, used in the ISC chartbook charts, reflects the percentage change in stock price regardless of where it is measured. For example, a 1/4 inch price range at the bottom of a chart might represent a price change of 10%. Therefore a 1/4 inch price change at the top of the chart would also represent a 10% change in price. Semi-log scaling is used so that investors can visually determine the varying rates of percentage change in the security’s price.
G) 40 WEEK MOVING AVERAGE PRICE LINE - Calculated as the average of the previous 40 weeks’ closing prices, this figure is then plotted as a coarse dotted line. It serves to indicate direction of the underlying longer-term trend. The purpose of the moving average is to produce a line that reduces the effect of short term fluctuations so that the longer term trend is clearer. Often investors use the 40 week moving average in conjuction with the 10 week moving average to note crossovers or parallel movement - to confirm trends or show divergences.
H) 10 WEEK MOVING AVERAGE PRICE LINE - Calculated as the average of the previous 10 weeks’ closing prices, this is plotted as a fine dotted line. The 10 week moving average price line serves to smooth out the short-term price fluctuations and provides an indication of the trend.
I) 13 WEEK RELATIVE STRENGTH INDEX - This is a momemtum oscillator designed by Welles Wilder Jr., and indicates the 13-week rate of change in share price. It is used as an overbought-oversold indicator by comparing previous rates of momentum at which the stock temporarily reversed direction. It is also used to confirm intermediate-term new highs or lows. If the share price moves to a new high or low, on lower momentum than the provious high or low, then the move may not be as likely to be sustained. The RSI has a range of 0 to 100 where the dashed horizontal line on the chart represents 50. If the RSI figure is above 50 the RSI line will be above the dashed line.
J) WEEKLY SHARE VOLUME - Each vertical line represents the number of shares traded that week, plotted on an arithmetic scale. The scale is split into 5 segments whereby the top number is the number for the highest volume day on the chart (excluding extraordinary volume - see K). The other 4 numbers on the scale are derived by dividing this maximum number by 5 and multiplying it by the number of the scale-bar (1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th).
K) QUICK DIVIDEND INFO - This box displays the most recent annual dividend and dividend yield based on the last chart price, if applicable.
L) EXTRAORDINARY VOLUME - If during the period of the chart the highest volume is over 50% higher than the second highest volume, the volume is represented with a dotted line. You can find the volume figure that corresponds to the extraor dinary volume in box S. The example chart does not show this feature.
M) EARNINGS BARS - These bars display the 12 month trailing earnings per share reported during the specific month on the chart.
N) - PE - This gives you a quick and clear view of the latest price/earnings ratio.
0) EARNINGS PER SHARE - We display the yearly earnings per share for the previous 3 years. They are recalculated each January and are a guideline in determining the earnings trend of the company. In most circumstances, these figures apply to securities on the Toronto and Montreal Stock Exchanges.
P) DIVIDENDS PER SHARE - For Montreal and Toronto Stocks we display the yearly dividends per share for the previous 3 years. “U” is used as an abrievation for U.S. Funds. Data is adjusted for splits. In most circumstances, these figures apply to securities on the Toronto and Montreal Stock Exchanges.
Q) THE NAME CHANGE LINE - a vertical dotted line on a chart is displayed if there is a notice of reorganization of the company during the period of the chart. This could be a name change, stock split, consolidation (reverse stock split, amalgamation, etc. In conjunction with the dotted line, a one line summary will be displayed just above the left side of the volume scale noting the nature of the name change and the exact date when it occured. Only the data for the most recent name change is displayed on the ISC charts
R) ANNUAL PRICE RANGES - These are the highest and lowest share prices recorded for the stock in each of the previous 7 calender years. These are adjusted for stock splits.
S) EXTRAORDINARY VOLUME FIGURE - (Refer to the note above in box L).
T) 40 WEEK MOVING AVERAGE FIGURE - This is the numeric value of the 40 week moving average on the last chart plot date.
U) 10 WEEK MOVING AVERAGE FIGURE - This is the numeric value of the 10 week moving average on the last chart plot date.
V) RELATIVE STRENGTH VALUE - This is the numeric value of the RSI line on the last chart plot date.
W) DATE OF LAST NAME CHANGE - This is the date of the last name change for the security. If this event occured during the period of the chart, a dotted line will be displayed. If it occured before the chart data, the box will display the date on which it occured. In front of the date are 3 codes (“NC” means name change, “SP” means stock split, and “CS” means a reverse stock split). You can review the specific details of the name changes in Appendix 5. Appendix 6 gives you a list of old names sorted alphabetically so that if a stock you are looking for is missing in an issue you can search for it and determine if a new name has occured.
X) EXCHANGE IDENTIFIER - The exchange on which a stock trades is displayed as (TSE - Toronto, CDNX - Canadian Ventures Exchange, MSE - Montreal). If the company trades on other exchanges the first letter of the secondary exchanges are also displayed. (eg. TSE,M means Primary volume is on the TSE and it also trades on the MSE.
Y) BRIEF SECTOR SPECIFICATION - Indicates 1 of 9 possible sector categories for your quick review. (Mining, Oil/Gas, Technlgy, Manufac, Service, Real Es, Finance, Medical, Environ, and Resource (Primary Resource Industries eg. logging)
Z) ISSUED CAPITALIZATION - Indicates the number of shares issued and outstanding of the company, rounded off to the nearest thousand shares.
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