TransAlta Corp T.TA

Buzz on the Bullboards: TSX stocks making headlines this week

[downwithdotcom1]

up another 10% for the week on already impressive past gains - logically, there just has to be an interested entity accumulating a strategic position as there is no news and as already stated, a

[Alim33]

TAC up over 5% after hours!

[coolfooldumbguy]

It was a good month for this stock,so that some people were taking profits after record highs,but the trend is your friend,and it is still to the upside,so gets shareholders.

[Jonathon Brown]

The TSX experienced a dynamic week. It opened flat Monday, but saw a significant jump Tuesday driven by an increase in commodity prices. read article.

[coolfooldumbguy]

Strong momentum to the upside and big buying to back it up with the relative strength indicator climbing upward shows that something like a merger,acquisition,or takeover is coming for this stock,so

[rustyblades]

TA will be increasing their dividend in December, but you're right. Whoever is buying is not buying for the income. My guess (pure speculation) is an imment deal between TA and a large data center

[downwithdotcom1]

nope , not exactly buying the UTILITY sector story for TA..using CPX as an example, they just raised their divi again but inspite of a 20% increase in their shareprice they still pay north of a 5

[Alim33]

Did you say slow? Up over 50% in the last 6 months.

[coolfooldumbguy]

You are correct that the utility stocks are popular right now, so that shareholders are looking for slow and steady stocks for safety and income in these turbulent times,so glta.

[wkrpradio]

The Fed lowering by .5 % has a lot of people buying utilities. CPX has moved a lot in the past week also. 

[coolfooldumbguy]

It is continuing this week,so glta shareholders.

[Alim33]

So I expect that this will go back up to over 3% later today.

[Red_Deer]

Hey DWDotcom__One POSSIBILITY is that BROOKFIELD May Be FINALLY GOING to MAKE a MOVE on TransAlta eh ????

[downwithdotcom1]

up AGAIN another 3%, or 40 cents to yet another 52 week hi...what's driving this?? yes lower interest rates are helping but TA is standing out for its upwards trajectery since late July..quarterly

[rustyblades]

Perhaps this is in reaction (no pun intended) to Microsoft announcing the restart of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant to supply electricity for their (AI?) data centers. in a TD report a few months

[downwithdotcom1]

new 52 week hi!!! TA will need to address their rather stingy low dividend policy going forward...dwdc