Companies that raise their dividends each year enable you to beat inflation and maintain or improve your lifestyle over the long haul. The 16 dividend stocks below remain buys.
Stocks that   Read More

 The Money Reporter has added Fidelity Canadian Large Cap Fund to its top-40 list of Canada’s best mutual funds.
Fidelity Canadian Large Cap (Series B fund code: FID231 (FE)) aims to   Read More

Beautiful young trophy prospect seeks wealthy established senior partner. Yes, but maybe not quite what you may be thinking. Mike Kachanovsky reports on junior mining stock projects. He recently told   Read More

Fort McMurray captured everyone’s attention for the past few weeks. Would the winds drive the wildfires through the entire town? Would major oil and gas companies face huge losses of   Read More

CIBC is a leading Canadian-based global financial stock with a market capitalization of about $36 billion. CIBC is a buy for long-term growth and income.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSX─CM)   Read More

Most forest stocks should do better in 2016. The U.S. and British economies are growing the fastest of the Group of Seven industrial countries. With so many exports going there,   Read More

Recent concerns about this blue chip financial stock are overblown in our view, making it a bargain stock for value investors seeking an attractive buy for growth and income.
Global   Read More

Alaris Royalty Corp. forms partnerships with and invests in private companies where owners want to maintain control of their business. Typically, this financial services provider participates in the form of   Read More

The Investment Reporter has added manufacturing stock New Flyer Industries to its list of Key stocks that it recommends as core portfolio holdings. New Flyer’s earnings are expected to jump   Read More

CanWel Building Materials Group has made a sound acquisition. Its earnings are set to rise this year and next. It remains a buy for long-term price gains and attractive dividends.   Read More

Pembina Pipeline Corporation is a North American oil and gas stock that transports crude oil and natural gas liquids. The company’s high-quality assets and integrated structure should permit it to   Read More

Reflecting on the rise and fall of one-time TSX favourite healthcare stock Valeant Pharmaceuticals, performance improvement specialist Sam Watts warns readers that a company’s continuous acquisitions can cause management to   Read More

Canadian Pacific Railway has caught up to rival Canadian National Railway when it comes to its operating ratio. CN now expects to earn no more than last year. CP’s share   Read More

The Money Reporter currently recommends a 40-per-cent portfolio allocation to fixed income securities, and 55 per cent of that in corporates. It is worth considering using some preferred shares to   Read More

The price of gold has recovered somewhat so far in 2016. While you might hold a little gold for diversification purposes, remember its disadvantages.
Gold has been trading above US$1,250 an   Read More

Constellation Software Inc. is engaged in the development, installation and customization of software for both the public and private sectors in Canada, USA, UK and Europe. This Toronto-based Canadian technology   Read More

We hold a high opinion of Winpak Ltd. It’s earning record profits, year after year. The company is using its excellent balance sheet and solid cash flow to build the   Read More

“…there are known knowns; …there are known unknowns; …there are also unknown unknowns.”–Donald Rumsfeld.  “Don’t pretend to know the unknowable.”–Ken Norquay.
Behavioural finance strategist Ken Norquay is a frequent contributor to   Read More

Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho observed: “Sometimes you have to travel a long way to find what is near.” Northland Wealth Management portfolio manager David Cockfield must concur. He names a   Read More

Lower water levels and unfavorable international currency exchange rates hurt top Canadian income trust Brookfield Renewable Energy’s 2015 financial results.   However, that failed to dampen the partnership’s management’s outlook and   Read More

PFB Corp. earned much more in 2015 and is expected to earn more this year and next. Its solid balance sheet and cash flow is enabling it to expand. This   Read More

“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant,   Read More

High Liner Foods earned less last year. But this largely reflected the lower loonie and one less week than the year before. This consumer goods stock is expected to earn   Read More

Investor’s Digest of Canada recently surveyed market analysts who follow 40 real estate investment trusts (REITs). The analysts surveyed found three that were being driven by acquisition growth in both   Read More

Floating-rate preferred shares have advantages and disadvantages. You earn higher dividend income, along with the potential for capital gains, when interest rates rise. But the opposite can occur when rates   Read More

Dividends pay you regardless of where the market goes. They let you live off income, not capital. And they let you beat inflation. So seek stocks with growing dividends from   Read More

Telus may be facing some headwinds in Western Canada because of Alberta’s oil-related economic challenges and Shaw Communications’ recent entry into the wireless telecommunications arena with its acquisition of Wind   Read More

Potash Corp. has temporarily halted production at two mines in order to reduce overall output by about 400,000 metric tonnes. Capstone Mining began laying off employees at its Minto mine   Read More

Key stock TransCanada Corp. is acquiring U.S.-based Columbia Pipeline Group. This gives TransCanada many benefits, including access to liquefied natural gas terminals on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Acquire TransCanada as   Read More

Chartered Market Technician Don Vialoux combines technical, fundamental and seasonality analysis to predict that Canadian metals and mining companies and U.S. industrial companies are set to rise this spring. He   Read More

Loan demand is down and defaults are rising but the big six Canadian banks are well-positioned to weather the storm in the energy-producing areas of the country. In the meantime,   Read More

goeasy Ltd. is a provider of consumer goods and alternative financial services. The Company is engaged in merchandise leasing of household furnishings and home electronic products and offering unsecured installment   Read More

Your best long term strategic investment plan is to balance your portfolio across the five main sectors of the economy: finance, utilities, consumer products and services, manufacturing and resources. Each   Read More

We think that a couple of short-term factors have driven up the price of oil and the shares of oil and gas stocks. But oil supplies are likely to remain   Read More

Stella-Jones Inc., headquartered in Montreal, produces pressure-treated wood products, including treated railway ties, wood poles for electrical utilities and telecommunications companies, industrial lumber for marine and construction applications. Two recently-announced   Read More

With our current recommendation of a 40-per-cent allocation to fixed income, and 55 per cent of that in corporates, it is worth considering using some preferred shares to boost the   Read More

Cable and wireless services fees, like bank fees and service charges, drive some people nuts. A simple way to finesse the problem is to buy the company’s stock. Both Telus   Read More

Among the oil and gas stocks included in the Money Reporter’s “Best Income Trusts For You”, we continue to find ARC Resources Ltd. the most attractive if you’re seeking a   Read More

Global Securities in Vancouver has picked the three best sectors of the economy that they say are built to last: network security, green energy, and infrastructure. Global’s research vice president   Read More

Key stock Loblaw Companies earned more last year. It’s expected to earn significantly more this year and next. This gives the company the means to reinvest in its businesses and   Read More

The banks can suffer when longer-term interest rates are only slightly above short-term interest rates. But they can offset this by expanding their businesses, particularly with higher-yielding assets. So the   Read More

The tech stock favourites of the stock market have fallen back and precious metals and the companies that produce them may pull back after a brief rally. Toronto-based Brian Hoffman,   Read More

Loan demand is down and defaults are rising but the big six Canadian banks are well-positioned to weather the storm in the energy-producing areas of the country. In the meantime,   Read More

Saudi Arabia and Russia have agreed to limit their oil production to January’s levels. But only if other countries also limit their production. But this proposal faces several hurdles. So   Read More

Chartered Market Technician Don Vialoux combines technical, fundamental and seasonality analysis to predict that Canadian metals and mining companies and U.S. industrial companies are set to rise this spring. He   Read More

Monty Python’s “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” is the ultimate parody of syrupy songs meant to cheer someone up. “Some things in life are bad, They can   Read More

Fortis Inc. has agreed to acquire U.S. stock ITC Holdings. This company will cost a lot. But ITC should also add a lot to Fortis’ earnings and growth potential. Fortis   Read More

Every month the Money Reporter publishes its list of recommended bonds and preferred shares. In February it recommended 38 government bonds, 13 corporate bonds and 15 preferred shares suitable for   Read More

Jean Coutu Group’s earnings are rising very slowly. But with lots of cash and excess cash flow, this debt-free consumer goods stock can afford to continue paying rising dividends. It   Read More

Financial technology stock DH Corp. seems to have shaken off the aftermath of an October U.S. short seller’s research report accusing the company of engaging in accounting tricks to cover   Read More

Canadian Pacific Railway earned record-high earnings per share in 2015. It expects its earnings per share to grow by double digits in 2016. This Canadian railway stock remains a buy   Read More

Corus Entertainment has agreed to buy the media business of Shaw Communications. This should strengthen its position in the changing cable-TV industry. This puts the consumer stock back on buy   Read More