Montreal-headquartered CGI Group Inc. is an information technology stock specializing in application software. This growth stock’s services include the management of IT and business functions, systems integration and consulting, as   Read More

Every month the Money Reporter, the newsletter for investors whose interest is more interest, publishes its list of recommended bonds and preferred shares. In December it recommended 38 government bonds,   Read More

Analysts follow as many as 20 stocks, most of which are rated ‘buys’. Of those buys, an analyst has one or two special favourites seen as most suitable for new   Read More

DRIPs (Dividend Re-Investment Plans) and cash option plans let individual investors build their wealth. That’s thanks to the dozen advantages that we outline below.
Studies have shown that dividend reinvestment is   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

Oil and gas stock Journey Energy is engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and natural gas in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Acumen Capital analysts Trevor Reynolds and Mike McMeeken call it   Read More

Supermarket customers like to complain about long cashier line-ups endured to pay for the ever-rising cost of their groceries. You’ll dislike this a whole lot less if you own the   Read More

The ‘Investor’s Digest of Canada Morning Call’ November survey of more than 1,000 Canadian public companies followed by securities analysts found two integrated oil and gas stocks in the top   Read More

President-elect Donald Trump plans to make U.S. infrastructure “second to none”. He also plans to cut income taxes. This is likely to lead to higher inflation rates and higher interest   Read More

An income investor’s never-ending hunt for yield in this low-yield market will often lead to a search for preferred shares. The Money Reporter recently looked at two floating rate preferred   Read More

Range-bound stocks are reliable if you buy on a bounce off the floor and sell at a ceiling of resistance. Regular Investor’s Digest columnist Keith Richards names four range-bound securities   Read More

Investor’s Digest columnist Edward Gardiner may be no fan of the new Trudeau Liberal government, but he names one stock that may be the bargain of a generation if the   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

‘Income Trust Insider’, a regular feature of Investor’s Digest of Canada, monitors the 47 most widely-covered business, resource, utility and real estate investment trusts across Canada. This month the editors   Read More

The U.S. presidential election has increased protectionist sentiment. This could crimp exports of forestry products to that critical market. This and slower global economic growth are two challenges Canadian lumber   Read More

Retirees are often advised to avoid risk by buying government bonds and holding them to maturity. But this exposes retirees to the risk of losing purchasing power due to inflation.   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

H2O Innovation designs, produces and installs integrated water treatment solutions based on membrane filtration technology to municipal, energy and mining end users. The recent acquisition of Utility Partners could eventually   Read More

Regular MoneyLetter columnist John Stephenson was prescient enough to give serious consideration to the possibility of a Trump presidency and picked three stocks—an aerospace and defence manufacturing stock, an oil   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

Analysts follow as many as 20 stocks, most of which are rated ‘buys’. Of those buys, an analyst has one or two special favourites seen as most suitable for new   Read More

Here are two top Canadian automobile stocks to buy—one a consumer goods stock with new car dealer franchises in eight provinces, the other a global body parts and systems manufacturing   Read More

Near-term production and district-scale potential has attracted some of Canada’s biggest and best-known gold investors to this junior gold mining stock. Investor’s Digest of Canada columnist Richard Buzbuzian says Golden   Read More

New Flyer Industries is a bus manufacturing company that builds municipal transit buses and larger intercity motor coaches for North American markets. AltaCorp Capital gives New Flyer an ‘outperform’ rating   Read More

Investor’s Digest of Canada columnist Jeana Deal may not own a horse named Silver nor a six-shooter loaded with silver bullets. But she does think it’s time to saddle up   Read More

Keith Richards, a regular market strategy columnist for The MoneyLetter, picks two U.S. technology stocks and a USD-dependant Canadian oil and gas stock for Canadians to profit from a further   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

Investor’s Digest of Canada technical analyst Brian Hoffman says rising wedge patterns have formed in the precious metals sector, the oil patch,  financial companies and with broader market indexes. A   Read More

We’ve added manufacturing stock Winpak Ltd. to our list of Key stocks. We expect this packaging and container stock to deliver further long-term share price gains. We also want it   Read More

Dorel Industries and Gildan Activewear are both attractively priced consumer goods manufacturing stocks to buy for long term share price gains. Each also pays a modest but stable dividend.
Since May,   Read More

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is a leading global infrastructure company that owns and operates long-life assets in the utilities, transport, energy and communications sectors across North and South America, Asia Pacific   Read More

Any industry-wide decline will usually highlight significant opportunities in exceptional companies within that sector. The challenges in the worldwide energy market have negatively impacted most Canadian oil and gas stocks.   Read More

Outstanding summer weather in both British Columbia and Ontario is leading to a superior grape harvest this year. Combine that with a recent stock split and a new dividend reinvestment   Read More

CRH Medical offers services and related medical instruments and equipment to physicians focused on providing screening and treatment of gastrointestinal ailments. Investment dealer Acumen Capital says the CRH Q2 results   Read More

Portfolio manager Keith Richards, a regular Investor’s Digest columnist, reminds us that mining is not just a precious metals game. He finds some industrial metals that offer intriguing possibilities as   Read More

We regularly review Intertape Polymer Group. This dividend aristocrat plans to grow quickly over the next five to seven years. The stock remains a buy for further long-term share price   Read More

Have your cake and eat it too. Impossible? Maybe not, says portfolio manager Keith Richards. Mr. Richards names some stock sectors and specific exchange traded funds that you can use   Read More

Every month the Money Reporter, the newsletter for investors whose interest is more interest, publishes its list of recommended bonds and preferred shares. In September it recommended 38 government bonds,   Read More

The outcome of the U.S. election is making investors skittish. However, notes market observer Edward Gardiner, a Trump victory will precipitate a stock market disaster—but the price of gold will   Read More

We’re not talking about the results of a share split when we talk about split shares. A split share corporation is established for the specific purpose of transforming the dividends   Read More

CAE is one of Canada’s few successful global technology stocks. It’s expected to earn more this year and next and to keep raising its dividend. CAE describes itself as a   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

Every month the Money Reporter, the newsletter for investors whose interest is more interest,  publishes its list of recommended bonds and preferred shares. In July it recommended 38 government bonds,   Read More

Technical analyst and portfolio manager Keith Richards says bonds, utilities and consumer staples tend to do well in the weaker market months of May to November. He names some favourite   Read More

Investor’s Digest of Canada columnist Jeana Deal reveals some potential swing trades to make during the slow period of the year. Consumer goods stocks and tech stocks stand out among   Read More

An ‘old school’ manufacturing stock and a ‘new age’ technology stock may seem like an odd couple for a ‘2 Best Buys’ story in Investor’s Digest of Canada. But here’s   Read More

Intact Financial is Canada’s largest property and casualty (P&C) insurance provider, with a market share of approximately 17 per cent. The company offers a diverse set of insurance products, including   Read More

Have your cake and eat it too. Impossible? Maybe not, says portfolio manager Keith Richards. Mr. Richards names some stock sectors and specific exchange traded funds that you can use   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

Major metrics indicate that gold stock Iamgold Corporation is a quality business with longer-term appeal. Iamgold is a Toronto-based international gold producer with operating mines on three continents. The company   Read More

Here’s a solution for the ‘wannabe’ real estate investor searching for the simple answer to ‘How to make money in real estate’. You can earn almost six per cent—and someone   Read More