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

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

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

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

Key stock Hardwoods Distribution is acquiring Rugby Architectural Building Products, which operates across the U.S. Hardwoods expects the acquisition to add to its earnings per share and cash flow. It   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

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

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

When you buy stocks in sectors and sub-sectors of the market, keep your goals in mind. If you’re a conservative, income-seeking investor, focus on utilities, financial stocks and consumer stocks.   Read More

Corus Entertainment’s shares are up. We expect its price to continue to recover. That’s because the company’s earnings are expected to rebound next year. The shares are likely to continue   Read More

Port Coquitlam, B.C.-based analyst Guy Lapierre is focused on finding companies with good dividend yields, but, more importantly, stability and long-term cash flow. Despite the uncertainty and turmoil of the   Read More

3M Co. is expected to earn record profits this year and next. This will give this U.S.-based global manufacturing stock the means to keep rewarding its shareholders. While not cheap,   Read More

Performance Sports Group reported dreadful results in the third quarter of fiscal 2016. This has reduced its quality rating by one notch. It carries heavy debt. But it’s building its   Read More

Economist Paul Samuelson quipped: “The stock market has forecast nine of the last five recessions.” So, advises Toronto-based portfolio manager John Stephenson, dial down the noise about continuing market gyrations   Read More

Barrie, Ont.-based ValueTrend portfolio manager Keith Richards thinks so and he offers nine indicators as the evidence that convinced him to adopt a bearish market outlook and a defensive investment   Read More

U.S.-based global stock 3M Co. is expected to earn record profits this year and next. This will give it the means to keep rewarding its shareholders. While not cheap, 3M   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

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

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

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

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

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

McDonald’s global branding campaign based on the “i’m lovin’ it” slogan and song was clearly meant to promote the sale of its fast food products. But this dividend aristocrat’s shareholders   Read More

When consumers have to spend less on gasoline, they have more disposable cash to spend elsewhere. Two groups which benefit from low oil prices are automobile manufacturing stocks and consumer   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

Park Lawn is a Toronto-based funeral services stock that owns and operates cemeteries, crematoriums, and funeral homes in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. The company owns certain investment properties   Read More

The cash-strapped Quebec government’s move to introduce a tendering system to lower generic drug prices dragged down the share price of top retail grocery chains Loblaw Cos. and Jean Coutu   Read More

The U.S. economy is growing more quickly. So we continue to focus on U.S. companies that do lots of business at home in addition to their sales abroad. We picked   Read More

For the markets, these are indeed turbulent times. But while there are sectors to avoid, others offer opportunity. So says John Stephenson, portfolio manager and president of Stephenson & Company   Read More

An Investment Reporter Key stock, wine producer Andrew Peller Ltd. is earning much more this year. It’s using its growing cash flow to reinvest in the business, to repay debt   Read More

The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage corporation and manufacturer, retailer, and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. New York based consumer goods stock analyst, Bill Schmitz of   Read More

Quebecor Inc. is a communications stock with interests in printing, book, magazine and newspaper publishing, broadcasting, cable, telecommunications and retail operations. Quebecor operates via subsidiaries including Quebecor Media Inc., Videotron,   Read More

Keith Richards, portfolio manager of Barrie, Ont.-based ValueTrend Wealth Management says his favorite market indicators are flashing ‘buy’ signals in five market sectors. He names his favorite stock picks in   Read More

In a tough market, there are good opportunities for top U.S. retail stocks . . . but only for those firms that are rewriting the rules. John Stephenson, an award-winning   Read More

High Liner Foods’ growth is slowing and its shares have been driven down into bargain stocks territory. Still, it should continue to earn and pay more. That’s why the shares   Read More

If you watched Saturday night hockey games on TV in the 1960s, you’ll remember the commercials with always friendly ‘nice guy’ Esso dealer Murray Westgate assuring you that you could   Read More

Headquartered in Valcourt, Que., BRP Inc. turns out recreational products such as the iconic Ski-Doo snowmobile, Sea-Doo personal watercraft, the Can-Am series of both on- and off-road vehicles and Evinrude/Johnson   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 favorites seen as most suitable for new   Read More

AutoCanada earned less in the first half of 2015. And its share price has fallen enough that it’s been reduced to the bargain basement stocks section at this price based   Read More

Procter & Gamble: The street says ‘hold’. We say ‘buy’. This dividend aristocrat is one of a few dividend kings—stocks that have raised their dividends for more than 50 consecutive   Read More

It’s still summer here in the Great White North. So while you’re lounging by the pool or lake or wherever you do your summer lounging with a cool drink near   Read More

Healthcare stock Johnson & Johnson offers attractive, rising dividends. It’s what’s known as a “dividend aristocrat”. In the U.S., that’s a firm that has hiked its dividend for at least   Read More

Jeremy Siegel is a professor of finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and author of the book Stocks for the Long Run. Professor Siegel points out   Read More

Headquartered in Mississauga, Ont., consumer goods stock Cott Corporation bottles and distributes retailer-brand beverages in North America and elsewhere. In addition to carbonated soft drinks, the company sells flavored waters,   Read More

 A recent Globe and Mail story highlighted one of the market’s occasional paradoxes: investors are using exchange-traded funds (or “ETFs”) to short the consumer staples sector, but aren’t shorting the   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 favorites seen as most suitable for new   Read More

Consumer goods stock High Liner Foods reported disappointing results in the first quarter. But its earnings per share are expected to grow quickly this year and next. The company also   Read More

Transcontinental Inc.’s shares remain in the bargain basement stocks section and are a buy for long-term price gains as well as high and rising dividends. Transcontinental is a ‘dividend aristocrat’   Read More

The TSX Venture Exchange is not your father’s stock exchange. Elvis Picardo, vice president of research and portfolio manager at Global Securities Corp. in Vancouver, notes that instead of being   Read More

Overall, the stock market outlook remains volatile, while the bond market outlook could be on the verge of a tantrum. Here’s where to find some comfort food for the soul—and   Read More