Growing dividends give you advantages. Continue to seek stocks that regularly raise their dividends. Particularly the nine ‘dividend aristocrats’ shown below.
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A recent survey by The MoneyLetter of consumer goods stocks reviews found three stocks favoured by securities analysts on both sides of the border.
Beating fiscal 2019 third-quarter sales forecasts, apparel   Read More

Every month Investor’s Digest of Canada surveys securities analysts’ opinions and recommendations for over 1,000 Canadian stocks. Here are two of the March survey’s top 10 best stocks to buy.
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Split shares can really boost your yield. They offer you the choice of doubling your eligible dividend income or doubling your capital gain with the potential bonus of any extra   Read More

Toronto-based National Bank analyst Rupert Merer picks two utility stocks—both independent power producers—as his two “dividend all-stars” and “best buy” stocks.
The yield is the thing in today’s domestic stock market,   Read More

The MoneyLetter published this report by Keith Richards of ValueTrend Wealth Management in mid-March. What would you have done with a stock that traded in the $50s for much of   Read More

Consumer goods stock Saputo Inc. has acquired Dairy Crest in the United Kingdom. This should contribute to its earnings over time. But Saputo remains a hold for now.
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Manulife Financial trades at a low 7.7 times its likely 2019 earnings of $2.90 a share. Its annual dividend of $1.00 a share yields 4.5 per cent. Buy for growth   Read More

The MoneyLetter recently profiled rising Canadian technology stock Kinaxis Inc. and its flagship supply chain management software RapidResponse.
Complexity and volatility are givens when it comes to discussing supply chain management.   Read More

Here are two energy stocks to buy for growth and income. Both are integrated oil and gas stocks. By market cap, they are the first (Suncor) and third (Imperial) largest   Read More

A top-10 Canadian bank and a CAD-hedged ETF tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average are PI Financial portfolio manager’s current top two stock picks.
Feeling bullish? If so, Vancouver-area portfolio manager   Read More

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) offer you much lower management fees than do mutual funds. Plus, the best ETFs give you well-diversified, tax-efficient equity portfolios. And some are great for income investors   Read More

Toronto-based Desjardins Capital Markets analysts Doug Young and Gary Ho name their ‘top picks’ from the Canadian financial sector for 2019—an insurance company, a bank and an alternative credit services   Read More

In picking our Key stocks, we pay close attention to a company’s dividend history. We prefer companies that regularly raise the dividends. This makes it easier to beat inflation and   Read More

Every month, Investor’s Digest surveys 48 income trusts covered by leading securities analysts. Two real estate investment trusts and an energy trust were highlights.
SmartCentres REIT (TSX—SRU.UN)
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This Calgary-headquartered mid-stream oil and gas stock operates over 5,000 kilometers of gathering pipelines and 15 natural gas processing plants primarily in Alberta.
Oil and gas stock Keyera Corp. (TSX—KEY) operates   Read More

A top-10 Canadian bank and a CAD-hedged exchange-traded fund tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average are PI Financial portfolio manager’s current top two stock picks.
Feeling bullish? If so, Vancouver-area portfolio   Read More

It’s tough to get analysts excited about natural resource stocks these days. Words like ‘neutral’, ‘hold’ and ‘average’ reflect the mood of the street for many Canadian natural resource companies.
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Based on valuations and dividends alone, we see CIBC as the Canadian bank stock that offers the greatest total return (capital appreciation plus dividend yield) potential over the next year.   Read More

Every month Investor’s Digest of Canada surveys securities analysts’ opinions and recommendations for over 1,000 Canadian stocks. Here are two of the survey’s top 10 picks that garnered the most   Read More

Probable interest rate hikes this year may be subdued but will still limit the attraction of current fixed-income investments. These rate hikes will, however, benefit our recommended floating-rate preferreds.
What to   Read More

“In a world where things are changing fast / Ain’t too many things that are made to last / Hang on to her, boy / They don’t make them like   Read More

Toronto-based Desjardins Capital Markets analysts Doug Young and Gary Ho name their ‘top picks’ from the Canadian financial sector for 2019—an insurance company, a bank and an alternative credit services   Read More

The MoneyLetter recently reviewed three analysts’ reports from the junior oil and gas stock stronghold of Calgary. These analysts clearly are not just home-town cheerleaders as their ‘hold’, ‘underperform’ and   Read More

Split shares can really boost your yield. They offer you the choice of doubling your eligible dividend income or doubling your capital gain with the potential bonus of any extra   Read More

In 1977 rock band Fleetwood Mac’s keyboardist Christine McVie sang, “Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow . . . yesterday’s gone . . . don’t you look back.” Christine was in   Read More

PI Financial’s Chris Thompson and Philip Ker say investors should watch for a potent reversal and widening of the gold-to-silver ratio to historic highs (roughly 86:1) which will favour accumulating   Read More

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) offer you much lower management fees than do mutual funds. Plus, the best ETFs give you well-diversified, tax-efficient equity portfolios. And some are great for income investors   Read More

Growth in revenue and earnings for the big five Canadian banks may be more difficult in 2019. The spread on interest rates between their borrowing costs and income is narrowing;   Read More

If you have new money to invest, we consider the Canadian stock market a good place to put some of your money. We would take this opportunity to invest in   Read More

Keith Howlett, a Toronto-based Desjardins Capital Markets analyst, took a look at what disrupters have done to Macy’s, Williams-Sonoma and Bed, Bath & Beyond. He found two Canadian consumer goods   Read More

From “Bud the spud from the bright red mud / Rolling down the highway smilin’” to “Take me home tonight, Algoma Central 69”, the inimitable Stompin’ Tom Connors celebrated the   Read More

Continue with your investment program, including regular additions to your small-cap funds, if these suit your temperament and objectives. But maintain a balance between conservative funds and aggressive funds.
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Royal Bank of Canada is Canada’s largest financial institution and the 24th largest bank in the world based on total assets. The bank serves 16 million clients in 36 different   Read More

A recent review of gold mining stocks by The MoneyLetter turned up three analyst reports with recommendations ranging from ‘speculative buy’ to ‘buy’ to ‘outperformer’.
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Telus Corp. is the largest telecommunications carrier in western Canada and one of the largest in the country. It has over 13 million subscriber connections, including 9.2 million wireless subscribers,   Read More

Analyst Alp Erdogan says that in 2019, capital that bloated the 2018 prices of cryptocurrencies, cannabis stocks and blockchain technology generally will shift toward value stocks with better defensive characteristics.   Read More

Behavioural financial analyst Ken Norquay believes managers of big portfolios are ‘concerned’ about the market. But they have a liquidity problem. Selling will depress the market. Small investors don’t have   Read More

The MoneyLetter recently surveyed the oil and gas markets which traditionally have been kind to investors from late November to early May. Income investors especially will find some rewarding yields   Read More

DDC was the first Canadian drone operator to recognize the advantages of drones for specialized delivery systems and they are now on the brink of achieving operational stability and financial   Read More

Loblaw’s sale of its interest in Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust to its parent company George Weston Limited turns the grocery retailer into a pure-play retail stock and further   Read More

Consumer retail stock Metro Inc. earned record profits in fiscal 2018. It acquired The Jean Coutu Group on May 11. Coutu will contribute for a full year in fiscal 2019.   Read More

Air Canada is the largest airline in Canada by fleet size and passengers carried. The airline, founded in 1937, provides scheduled and chartered air transport for passengers and cargo to   Read More

We’ve added a new fund to our recommended Conservative Canadian Stock Funds on the Money Reporter’s ‘The Top 40: Canada’s Best Mutual Funds’ list. Mackenzie Canadian Growth Fund’s investment approach   Read More

Newfoundland-based Kraken Robotics is a marine technology stock providing ultra-high resolution, software-centric sensors and underwater robotic systems. Kraken was founded with the objective of commercializing a software-centric version of Synthetic   Read More

Research analyst Daryl Swetlishoff argues that recent weakness in lumber demand was due to seasonal rather than structural problems. He says West Fraser Timber and Interfor Corp. are his ‘best   Read More

Now that you actually can have breakfast at Tiffany, and walk into a store and buy marijuana, you might ask yourself what surprises the retail sector has in store for   Read More

Legendary New Brunswick oil (and everything else) magnate K.C. Irving’s three sons were both affectionately and derisively known as Oily, Gassy and Greasy. Seasonality financial analyst Don Vialoux’s use of   Read More

This market is not an easy one for investors. What worked yesterday may cause damage today. Yesterday’s dogs, on the other hand, can become tomorrow’s heroes. You need to watch   Read More

Four Key food stocks that we regularly review include High Liner Foods, Loblaw Companies, Metro Inc. and Saputo Inc. The stocks are generally defensive in nature. That’s thanks to six   Read More

Stock market weakness provides you with an opportunity to buy at lower prices and higher yields. Buy low, sell high. Sounds simple, but can you do it? Here’s a high-quality   Read More

Guy Lapierre, a Port Coquitlam, BC-based vice president at PI Financial, really likes Calgary-based Parkland Fuel Corp.’s six per cent bonds and two stocks—BCE for its dividend yield and Transcontinental   Read More