If your investment time horizon is shortening, or you don’t like volatility, you might want to consider a change in your asset allocation to reflect the riskier outlook for equities.
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We advise you to use some contributions to a TFSA (Tax-Free Savings Account) to build an emergency fund. Then use the remaining TFSA money to invest in potentially very lucrative   Read More

Portfolio manager Benoit Poliquin says there are bargains to be had, but they do come with some uncertainty. He names three industrial stocks as his ‘best buy’ favourites.
When Investor’s Digest   Read More

Here are four utilities stocks producing power mostly from renewable sources. They are all ‘buys’ for long-term capital gains and attractive, growing dividend income.
Edmonton-based Capital Power Corporation (TSX—CPX) describes itself   Read More

Canadian Pacific Railway is investing heavily in high-capacity hopper cars and facilities that can handle them. CP is now shipping record amounts of grain.
A few years ago, Canada’s two transcontinental   Read More

This acquisition furthers communications stock Telus’ plan to bring state-of-the-art convenience, control and safety into the lives, homes and businesses of more Canadians.
Telus has agreed to acquire ADT Security Services   Read More

Based on securities analysts’ buy, sell, hold advice for over 1,000 Canadian companies, here are two oil and gas stocks that made the Investor’s Digest survey’s Top 10 ‘Time to   Read More

Shopify hopes to match Amazon Prime’s one-day delivery. But first, it must get to two-day delivery. Most analysts thinks it can do so and be a real alternative to Amazon.
When   Read More

Manufacturing stock Winpak has acquired a US company. This company is in an industry Winpak knows well. It used part of its large cash holdings to pay—not debt.
On October 1   Read More

The acquisition strengthens the utilities stock’s growing presence in Latin America.
Utilities stock Northland Power Inc. (TSX—NPI) has announced the acquisition of a Colombian regulated utility business for $1.1 billion. The   Read More

Two of National Bank’s ‘dividend all-stars’ are able to fund their dividend hikes simply from free cash flow, says the bank’s managing director of research.
Considering the state of Canada’s energy   Read More

Registered Education Savings Plans were first introduced in 1974. The program encourages Canadians to save more towards the post-secondary education of their children.
By Mark Halpern, CFP, TEP

It’s that time of   Read More

Under International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 16, many Canadian companies must now add lease liabilities to their debt. This can make their balance sheets look weak and greatly raise their   Read More

Nutrien Ltd. And The Mosaic Co. are looking forward to a better 2020—if the weather co-operates.
The US experienced unprecedented wet conditions in the first half of this year. Record precipitation   Read More

Technical analyst and portfolio manager Keith Richards of ValueTrend Wealth Management loves to trade Exchange Traded Funds that are stuck in sideways trading patterns.
I love sideways stock patterns. In fact,   Read More

This diversified mutual fund offers an attractive level of income from a portfolio of income-generating securities including dividend-paying equities and investment-grade bonds.
Dynamic Equity Income Fund (Fund codes: DYN206(FE), DYN216(LL), DYN7011(LL2),   Read More

“Diversification is protection against ignorance. It makes little sense if you know what you are doing.” We don’t often disagree with Warren Buffet, but sector investing lets you gain exposure   Read More

Consumer goods stock Rogers Sugar and oil and gas stock Inter Pipeline have solid fundamentals specific to their companies and outside of general market concerns.
Today’s stock market is one for   Read More

Ken Norquay recalls the late Richard Russell’s admonition in making the case that investors who have not adopted financial plans that include selling, should do so immediately.
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Capital Power’s earnings continue to grow along with its electricity generation capacity. With a payout ratio of 45 to 55 per cent, its dividends will keep growing too.
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We’ve added a new fund to our Mutual Fund Planning Guide. Mawer Global Small Cap replaces CI Global Small Companies Fund.
The Money Reporter has added Mawer Global Small Cap Fund   Read More

Haywood Securities mining analysts expect a positive backdrop for precious metals and related equities to remain. They name their six favourite gold stocks.
Here are six gold   Read More

The MoneyLetter recently featured analysts’ reports on two real-estate stocks—one focused on residential real estate services and one on residential and commercial mortgage lending.
With what appears to be a turn   Read More

We’re adding Starbucks to our list of US Key stocks. Starbucks is a buy for further long-term share price gains and dividends that have risen each year since it first   Read More

There are two types of ETFs you should be wary of if you want to avoid risks. We’ve sidestepped these risks with our 13 “Best Exchange-Traded Funds For You”.
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Natural gas prices have plunged since last fall. And so have the shares of oil and gas stock Arc Resources, a natural gas producer. In fact, they now trade at   Read More

In a recent survey of gold mining stocks, The MoneyLetter featured the world’s largest producer and three juniors—all favored by the analysts that follow them.
Haywood Securities analysts Kenny Smith and   Read More

“Our bank pick is trading at valuations that are compelling enough to justify buying it at present prices. Our pipeline pick is a hedge of sorts against lower bond yields,”   Read More

Coca-Cola is expected to earn more in 2019. It’s making investments outside its declining soft drink business that should pay off for years. Buy for gains and dividends.
We regularly review   Read More

5iResearch securities analyst Moez Mahraz finds companies with high insider ownership do well. When management has significant “skin-in-the-game”, their interests are closely aligned with yours.
Many of the companies we follow   Read More

Investors gain an appreciation of risk and diversification in terrible markets like the end of 2018. But markets like the first half of this year can undermine those hard-won lessons.
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Here are two sleep-at-night mutual funds that, together, constitute a well-diversified portfolio with exposure to different geographical areas and industries.
With just these two funds you can   Read More

Portfolio manager and financial analyst John Kim picks two US blue chip stocks as his current ‘best buys’: CVS Health Corp. and AT&T Inc.
Caution is the name of the game   Read More

A recent survey by The MoneyLetter of securities analysts’ reports found two junior cannabis-related stocks favored by Toronto-based Mackie Research Capital.
Toronto-based Mackie Research analyst Nikhil Thadani initiated coverage of technology   Read More

Some investors get an urge to take one last speculative fling before they retire. For most of us, it’s better to plan a transitional portfolio.
Changing a portfolio to suit new   Read More

Bond funds account for about 13 per cent of the money Canadians have invested in mutual funds. But bond funds do little more than enrich their managers and enslave their   Read More

Toronto tax lawyer Samantha Prasad warns that all is not fair in love and taxes. The CRA may not have the same misty-eyed view of sharing as you and your   Read More

ValueTrend portfolio manager Keith Richards wonders if we are in for a storm (a new bear market), or is this just the pause that refreshes (a continuing bull market)?
Back in   Read More

Looking for the best technology stocks to buy now? Toronto-based portfolio manager Chris Stuchberry says: Go east, young man, go east. Far East.
Toronto portfolio manager Chris Stuchberry suggests that although   Read More

Be careful of stock tips from portfolio managers. They may know more about stocks than your hairdresser, but if they’re talking up a stock, they’ve probably already accumulated it.
We like   Read More

Rebalancing your portfolio to your long-term asset allocation targets can protect you from harmful portfolio drift.
Contrarian investors look at what the crowd is doing and act differently, provided that it   Read More

Investor’s Digest monthly ‘Morning Call’ survey of analysts’ opinions on more than 1,000 stocks highlighted two junior energy sector stocks: one to sell and one to buy.
Oil and gas stock   Read More

5iResearch securities analyst Moez Mahraz finds companies with high insider ownership do well. When management has significant “skin-in-the-game”, their interests are closely aligned with yours.
Many of the companies we follow   Read More

Natural gas prices have plunged since last fall. And so have the shares of oil and gas stock Arc Resources, a natural gas producer. In fact, they now trade at   Read More

The bond market, being much bigger than the stock market, requires a different approach than stock investing.
Investing in bonds can be a trying experience. But whether you use a full-service   Read More

Will the tranquility of your family cottage dissipate when planning for, and financing, succession of ownership? Trust and estate planner Mark Halpern offers some solutions.
Many Investor’s Digest readers are fortunate   Read More

Make sure your investment techniques serve the investor you really are, and NOT the investor who is newly inspired to take more risk because the markets seem so strong.
In pre-computer   Read More

Some investors get an urge to take one last speculative fling before they retire. For most of us, it’s better to plan a transitional portfolio.
Changing a portfolio to suit new   Read More

There are two types of ETFs you should be wary of if you want to avoid risks. We’ve sidestepped these risks with our 13 “Best Exchange-Traded Funds For You”.
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“Our bank pick is trading at valuations that are compelling enough to justify buying it at present prices. Our pipeline pick is a hedge of sorts against lower bond yields,”   Read More

In the market for a cottage as a second home? Then now is the time for proper tax planning, muses Toronto tax lawyer Samantha Prasad from her vacation home on   Read More

We’re adding Starbucks to our list of US Key stocks. Starbucks is a buy for further long-term share price gains and dividends that have risen each year since it first   Read More