In the first quarter of 2014, Canadian Utilities, or CU, earned an adjusted $186 million, or 71 cents a share. This was up marginally from adjusted earnings of $180 million,   Read More

When the baby boomers retire in large numbers, they’ll need a flow of goods. To pay for them, retired boomers will have to sell financial assets including stocks. The baby   Read More

Canadian Natural Resources hikes payout twice in five months

Tyler Reardon and Jeff Martin help cover Canada’s oil and gas industry for Calgary-based Peters & Co.

And they’re nothing if not enthusiastic   Read More

TransAlta Corp. (TSX-TA, $12.65) has long been the acknowledged weak sister in my Canadian Stocks for Dividends 6-Pak. I concluded my last article (February/First Report) keeping my fingers crossed for   Read More

The quest for income can lead in many directions. And capital markets offer plenty of tools for the income investor’s needs. But a little planning can make things easier and   Read More

Making money is just what these blue chip stocks do so well.

They say that, as go the bank earnings, so eventually goes the rest of the market. If that’s the   Read More

Winnipeg-based IGM Financial is one of Canada’s largest personal financial services companies. It’s one of the largest managers and distributors of Canadian mutual funds and other managed asset products.

IGM earned   Read More

This $99,516 portfolio for income shows how you can buy stocks and trusts to receive a regular paycheque. Seven stocks pay dividends at different times of the year. Cycle 1   Read More

Announcing a REAL target for your retirement savings goals.

For a couple of issues of this newsletter advisory, I have been (more than) hinting at how the retirement/planning complex has been   Read More

THE MARKET THIS MONTH: April is the last month in the best six-month period for stocks. The U.S. and global economies are expected to grow faster in 2014 and raise   Read More

THE MARKET THIS MONTH: March is in the best six-month period for stocks (from November through April). Also, the U.S. and global economics  are expected to grow in 2014 and   Read More

If stock markets correct in the near term, we advise you to add to your holdings when prices are down. Among funds that make good candidates for buying during corrections   Read More

At the Money Reporter, we rely on mutual funds especially to cover off your U.S. and international exposure, but also to give you some diversity in your Canadian equity allocation.   Read More

We update you on each of our Recommended Common Stocks on a rotating basis approximately every three months, as well as in between those regular updates where events warrant. The   Read More

– Marc Johnson, CFA

Here’s a quick and easy way to spot a possible takeover candidate.

First, add the company’s total debt plus other obligations that an acquiror would have to assume.   Read More

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSX:CM) Recent price $88.93 dividend $3.84; yield 4.32%; EPS $8.24; PE 10.8; 52-week high $91.90; 52-week low $73.89;  one-year price change +8.0%

CM continues to   Read More

We’ve replaced Sun-Rype Products with Ten Peaks Coffee on The Back Page. We think that Ten Peaks earned more last year and it’s expected to earn more in 2014, It   Read More

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– Digested from a Dec. 5 report by analyst Chase Bethel, Desjardins Capital Markets
 
Talented managers infuse workforce   Read More

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– Samantha Prasad, LLB

In my last TaxLetter article, I wrote about winding up a family trust and how to   Read More

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What to do about common stocks

We experienced a nice little year-end rally in Canadian stocks. Over the past   Read More

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The global economy is expected to grow more quickly in 2014. Also, North American companies are sitting on   Read More

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–  by Keith Richards
 
If you don’t want to buy individual names, consider iShares S&P/TSX Small-Cap Index fund.
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THE MARKET THIS MONTH: January is in the best six-month period for stocks. The strengthening U.S. and global   Read More

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– Keith Richards

As we begin the New Year, many of us find ourselves reflecting on past decisions we’ve made   Read More

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Below, we discuss four equity funds we think you should consider investing in in 2014. They may   Read More

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U.S. investors made out like bandits
The final numbers are now in, and it turns out that the S&P/TSX Composite   Read More

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The TSX Composite Index turned in a good performance in   Read More

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Among resource issues, energy stocks have held up relatively well this year. That may reflect the   Read More

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The U.S. is doing better. So we’ve shifted our focus from U.S. companies that earn most of their   Read More

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– Edited from an article by Sunil Vidyarthi, M.B.A., PhD
 
What’s your take on the umpteenth version of   Read More

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According to Keith Richards (Portfolio Manager at Value Trend), the major U.S. markets have entered into a new mega-year   Read More

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For 2014, market momentum and technological innovation will give world-class Canadian companies a solid base.
  
This year, more   Read More

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Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSX:CM) Recent price $82.76 dividend $3.84; yield 4.64%; EPS $8.21; PE 10.1; 52-week high   Read More

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  – Edited from an article by Keith Richards By this time, you already know America isn’t going to   Read More

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Many small-cap equity funds are highly volatile. But others are able to minimize volatility by emphasizing “quality”   Read More

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We sometimes don’t fully appreciate all the hard work that is done on our behalf
On page four of   Read More

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We’ve added Hardwoods Distribution to our Key stocks. This ‘Higher Risk’ stock is a buy for long-term gains   Read More

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THE MARKET THIS MONTH: In October, stocks rise on average. But one risk is the gains stocks made earlier this   Read More

T he big six Canadian banks have now all reported their third-quarter earnings and, generally speaking, they are doing very well indeed. This time, just to change things up a   Read More

It is important to have the right type of income when you retire.

There are various types of investment income that are more tax-efficient before and after retirement. and corporate class   Read More