We’ve upgraded American Key stock The Walt Disney Company to a buy, no longer a hold. We expect its shares to keep going up as its earnings grow quickly. But   Read More

Some companies will reinvest your dividends into new shares at a discount to their stock market price. It’s called a Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP). That is, you can buy a   Read More

Canada plans to tax share buybacks by two per cent starting January 1, 2024. U.S. already taxes buybacks by one per cent. This could persuade companies to raise their dividends   Read More

The run-up in interest rates make interest income more appealing, of course. But only if you can shelter this income from income taxes. After all, unsheltered interest income is taxed   Read More

A friend told his three children that the family needed to lower its cost of living in order to pay off the mortgage and other debts more quickly. The children   Read More

The key issue these days is runaway inflation and high and rising interest rates in an attempt to bring it back under control.

In 2022, inflation has soared to heights not   Read More

American Depositary Receipts, or ADRs, give you ownership of companies based outside Canada and the United States. This will further diversify your portfolio by industry and geography.

ADRs give you industries   Read More

Financial analysts use these ratings to gauge the value and the growth of a company’s stock. Here you can learn and apply these rating systems to help you manage your   Read More

Electric utilities have slipped. Even so, we expect them to outperform bonds in the long run. For one thing, most raise their dividends every year. For another, Canadian dividends are   Read More

A friend told his three children that the family needed to lower its cost of living in order to pay off the mortgage and other debts more quickly. The children   Read More

Consider using part of your wealth to buy a life annuity from an insurer. It will provide you with monthly payments for the rest of your life—just like a defined   Read More

Here’s what we expect the stock market and the economy to do over the next 180 days. The key issue these days is runaway inflation and high and rising interest   Read More

To shrewd investors a ‘bear’ market is more than a drop in stock prices that may last close to a year. It’s also an excellent opportunity to buy stocks at   Read More

Our ‘system’ for picking stocks limits your risk, costs little and has worked well for our subscribers these past 82 years. Here are some of its main points. Invest gradually.   Read More

We regularly review Waterloo, Ontario-based non-Key stock Descartes Systems Group on The Back Page. Non-Key stock Descartes Systems Group is expected to continue to achieve higher earnings per share this   Read More

We’ve replaced non-Key stock Lowe’s Companies with non-Key stock Roots Corp. on The Investment Reporter Back Page. Roots is well priced. It’s a buy for potential long-term share price gains.   Read More

Emphasizing safety in your portfolio goes beyond trying merely to preserve your capital. You should also try to preserve your purchasing power against inflation. High inflation can steadily erode your   Read More

Our 100 American all-star stocks mostly generate growing earnings, cash flow and revenue over time. This gives most of them the means to raise the dividends they pay you. Rising   Read More

Two of our Key stock ‘dividend aristocrats’ have raised their dividends over the latest month. Both remain buys for long-term share price gains as well as modest, but growing dividends.   Read More

PepsiCo’s business momentum continued in its second quarter 2022 as it delivered 13 per cent year-over-year organic revenue growth. This compares to 12.8 per cent growth in last year’s second   Read More