At this time of the year, the forward-looking stock market is more and more using outlooks for 2018 to set stock prices. Before you sell a stock that looks over   Read More

To paraphrase its own popular 1960s slogan, Imperial Oil needs to put a tiger back in its own tank. Planned and unplanned outages resulted in a second-quarter loss. But this   Read More

So a stock pays you less than a dollar a share. Are those pennies really all that important? Maybe more than you think. Long-time strategic investors look particularly for stocks   Read More

US stock Cardinal Health did well in the year to June 30. This year it’s expected to struggle. But the shares are cheap for a blue chip stock that rewards   Read More

While the latest pullback in the technology sector might represent a decent buying opportunity, MoneyLetter columnist John Stephenson believes that 2017’s second half strategy is to favor value stocks over   Read More

US consumer goods stock Procter & Gamble rewards its shareholders with dividend increases and share buybacks. Its solid balance sheet and high cash flow will let it continue to reward   Read More

Thomson Reuters, one of our Key financial services stocks, is expected to earn record profits this year and next. This and excess cash flow will let it continue to reward   Read More

Here are two blue chip utility stocks to buy for continued growth and dividends. Canadian Utilities is engaged in the transmission & distribution of electricity and natural gas. Fortis Inc.   Read More

Transportation and logistics stock FedEx Corp. earned record profits in the year to May 31. It expects to earn record profits in fiscal 2018 and 2019. This global, blue chip   Read More

Portfolio manager Lorne Zeiler picks a US-based global healthcare stock and a Canadian preferred share exchange traded fund as his current two ‘best buys’ for investors seeking high dividend income   Read More

Technical analyst Brian Hoffman sets share price support levels for three mainstream blue chip stocks, gold and silver bullion, six precious metals stocks and a gold ETF during the traditionally   Read More

Canada’s two largest banks have been in business since before the 1867 birth of the now-150-year-old country that we celebrate this weekend. Royal Bank was founded in Halifax in 1864;   Read More

Consumer goods stock Saputo Inc. earned record profits again in fiscal 2017. It’s expected to earn record profits this year and next. The company is a ‘dividend aristocrat’. It remains   Read More

Canadian Pacific Railway is expected to earn record profits again, both this year and next. It has resumed raising its dividend, though it yields little. This transportation and logistics stock   Read More

Writing in The MoneyLetter between the first round and final run-off French elections, portfolio manager John Stephenson admires the strong economic recovery underway in Europe. He picks two financial stocks   Read More

The MoneyLetter recently took a look at four financial stocks—two of the big five Canadian banks, a financial services and asset manager and a global life insurance stock. Three of   Read More

We have four reasons to rate Atlantic Power Corp. a ‘sell’. You should move your cash into one of the five blue chip electric utility stocks that we rate as   Read More

Scotiabank may not benefit as much from stronger U.S. economic growth than some of its peers, but this Canadian financial stock has good potential in emerging markets.
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Open Text Corporation did well in the first half of fiscal 2017. It’s adapting to changes in the technology industry. To that end, the company made a big acquisition and   Read More

Every month the Money Reporter, the newsletter for income-oriented investors, publishes its list of 24 recommended common stocks and 16 recommended mutual equity funds.
What to do about common stocks now
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Here are three companies that have recently undergone major transformational acquisitions. Two of them are in the business of transporting oil and natural gas through pipelines across Canada and the   Read More

Canadian Tire money, or Sandy McTire loyalty bucks, have been around since 1958. People save them for years to make large purchases, other stores have been known to accept them   Read More

The Money Reporter is “for investors whose interest is more interest”. The pursuit of higher income in a low interest rate environment brings us to a preferred split stock that   Read More

If you’re like many new investors, you’ve rushed into your bank near the end of February and put as much as you could manage into your RRSP. You may have   Read More

The big five Canadian banks pay much higher dividend yields than the overall Canadian stock market. They increase their dividends each year. The big five are all blue chip stocks   Read More

Blue chip technology stock Open Text Corporation did well in the first half of fiscal 2017. It’s adapting to changes in the technology industry. To that end, the company made   Read More

Here are two regulated utility stocks, both primarily electric power distributors, and both blue chip Canadian dividend stocks, that are buys for both share price growth and dividends.
Companies that raise   Read More

Blue chip stock Canadian National Railway earned a little more last year and will earn more this year and next. It will continue to raise its dividends. The railroad greatly   Read More

When Canadian stocks trade in the U.S. as well as in Canada, it’s usually beneficial for the company. It seldom offers much benefit, however, to Canadian individual investors.
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Shaw Communications is expected to earn more in fiscal 2017. This blue chip stock’s climbing cash flow will enable it to continue to pay generous, sustainable and growing monthly dividends.   Read More

If you’re like many new investors, you’ve rushed into your bank near the end of February and put as much as you could manage into your RRSP. You may have   Read More

The big five Canadian banks pay much higher dividend yields than the overall Canadian stock market. They increase their dividends each year. The big five are all blue chip stocks   Read More

PI Financial’s Guy Lapierre’s ‘best buy’ stock is The Walt Disney Company. But he sees a short window of opportunity while this consumer stock enjoys the world-wide release of both   Read More

Atco Ltd. has slumped due to rising interest rates in the U.S. But the shares of this blue chip utility stock look cheap relative to their expected earnings of $3.05   Read More

Bank of Montreal’s third-quarter adjusted earnings per share were seven per cent ahead of analysts’ eps expectations. This blue chip Canadian bank stock is a buy for income and some   Read More

Regular MoneyLetter columnist John Stephenson offers his stock market outlook for the early days of a Trump administration. Financial stocks should be among the first big winners because of the   Read More

The MoneyLetter recently took a look at a Canadian global financial services provider, a specialized financial technology services provider and a global tech stock that is one of the world’s   Read More

Two of Canada’s big five bank stocks—one known for its global operations, the other more domestic—recently raised their dividends and are both blue chip financial stocks to buy for income   Read More

Loblaw Companies is a very conservative defensive consumer stock with a low beta of 0.518 which makes it an excellent choice for income investors seeking stocks that are considerably less   Read More

Bank of Montreal’s third-quarter adjusted earnings per share were seven per cent ahead of analysts’ eps expectations. This blue chip Canadian bank stock is a buy for income and some   Read More

Oil and gas stock TransCanada Corp. owns Columbia Pipeline Group, which is paying US$848 million to acquire the master limited partnership Columbia Pipeline Partners LP. TransCanada remains a buy for   Read More

U.S. global blue chip tech stock IBM is growing its profits in newer businesses to offset declining profits in older businesses. Its earnings per share are expected to grow next   Read More

Q. What do you do as a consumer goods stock when the 800-pound gorilla of online shopping gets into clothing retailing and the private labeling of food?
A. You try   Read More

Foreign investors are buying Canadian and U.S. bonds. This is reducing bond yields to record lows. One way to generate more income and beat inflation is to buy blue chip   Read More

With the strong performance of the Canadian stock market this year, there is an increased risk that investors will start to overpay for stocks. But that’s not a risk you’ll   Read More

U.S. Key stock FedEx earned record profits last year. It’s expected to set new records this year and next. This gives the company the cash to build its business and   Read More

One hurdle cleared. And, like our hurdles competitors in Rio (GO! Johnathon Cabral, Chanice Chase-Taylor, Phylicia George, Nikkita Holder, Sekou Kaba, Noelle Montcalm, Sage Watson and Angela Whyte), many yet   Read More

Conglomerate sector stocks are generally out of favor and trade at discounts to the value of their underlying businesses. Companies that focus on one industry are generally in favor. But   Read More

Blue chip stock Microsoft Corp. did better than expected in fiscal 2016. This cash-rich U.S. multinational technology stock will continue to build its businesses and reward you. It remains a   Read More

Calgary-headquartered Canadian Pacific Railway operates a rail network that links the Pacific to the Atlantic coasts of North America, crisscrossing Canada as well as the northeastern and midwestern U.S. In   Read More

With the strong performance of the Canadian stock market this year, there is an increased risk that investors will start to overpay for stocks. But that’s not a risk you’ll   Read More

Foreign investors are buying Canadian and U.S. bonds. This is reducing bond yields to record lows. One way to generate more income and beat inflation is to buy blue chip   Read More