The Money Reporter regularly reviews the 20 top income stocks and trusts for the income-focused investor. From those 20 it highlights those it views as being its current choices for   Read More

The MoneyLetter recently took a look at four financial stocks—two of the big five Canadian banks, a financial services and asset manager and a global life insurance stock. Three of   Read More

We have four reasons to rate Atlantic Power Corp. a ‘sell’. You should move your cash into one of the five blue chip electric utility stocks that we rate as   Read More

Barrie, Ontario-based ValueTrend portfolio manager Keith Richards picks four income stocks that share the characteristics of: 1) consistency in dividend payment over time; 2) potential for growth of the dividend;   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.
What to do about bonds now
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Vancouver-area investment adviser Guy Lapierre says he is “pleasantly surprised” by the ongoing post-election rally in the United States. He is optimistic that stock market gains will continue for the   Read More

Here are two transportation stocks that offer long-term share price gains and growing dividends. 1) A trucking company whose stock price is rising, dividends are raised each year and its   Read More

Scotiabank may not benefit as much from stronger U.S. economic growth than some of its peers, but this Canadian financial stock has good potential in emerging markets.
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Every month the Money Reporter reviews the 20 top income stocks and trusts for the income-focused investor. From those 20 it highlights those it views as being its current choices   Read More

Consumer goods and alternative financial services stock goeasy Ltd. is growing fast and raising its dividends quickly. Yet its shares, like Rodney Dangerfield, “don’t get no respect”. They trade at   Read More

Open Text Corporation did well in the first half of fiscal 2017. It’s adapting to changes in the technology industry. To that end, the company made a big acquisition and   Read More

Every month the Money Reporter, the newsletter for income-oriented investors, publishes its list of 24 recommended common stocks and 16 recommended mutual equity funds.
What to do about common stocks now
North   Read More

Here are three companies that have recently undergone major transformational acquisitions. Two of them are in the business of transporting oil and natural gas through pipelines across Canada and the   Read More

Here are eight auto parts stocks that are ‘buys’ for capital gains potential over the next few years. But we also name two auto parts stocks you should sell—despite what   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.
What to do about bonds now
The Canadian bond   Read More

Canadian Tire money, or Sandy McTire loyalty bucks, have been around since 1958. People save them for years to make large purchases, other stores have been known to accept them   Read More

Toronto-based global manufacturing stock CCL Industries plans to split its common shares five-for-one. This is a plus for individual investors. 100 shares now cost about $30,000. After the split, that   Read More

The Money Reporter is “for investors whose interest is more interest”. The pursuit of higher income in a low interest rate environment brings us to a preferred split stock that   Read More

We’ve added Lowe’s Companies to the household goods stocks that we regularly review. This chain of hardware and home-improvement superstores is thriving. It’s a buy for long-term share price gains   Read More

H&R REIT has a portfolio of 38 office properties, 156 retail properties, 101 industrial properties, 12 residential properties and four development projects. The REIT is well diversified geographically and by   Read More

If you’re like many new investors, you’ve rushed into your bank near the end of February and put as much as you could manage into your RRSP. You may have   Read More

The big five Canadian banks pay much higher dividend yields than the overall Canadian stock market. They increase their dividends each year. The big five are all blue chip stocks   Read More

Blue chip technology stock Open Text Corporation did well in the first half of fiscal 2017. It’s adapting to changes in the technology industry. To that end, the company made   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.
What to do about bonds now
After falling from   Read More

Here are two regulated utility stocks, both primarily electric power distributors, and both blue chip Canadian dividend stocks, that are buys for both share price growth and dividends.
Companies that raise   Read More

Blue chip stock Canadian National Railway earned a little more last year and will earn more this year and next. It will continue to raise its dividends. The railroad greatly   Read More

Use price weakness to buy stocks that pay a rising stream of income over time. Here’s a utility income trust that’s an independent renewable power generating company that pays you   Read More

Regular MoneyLetter columnist John Stephenson says the outlook for many emerging markets in 2017 is up, not sideways. India is headed for its third straight year as the fastest-growing major   Read More

Shaw Communications is expected to earn more in fiscal 2017. This blue chip stock’s climbing cash flow will enable it to continue to pay generous, sustainable and growing monthly dividends.   Read More

If you’re like many new investors, you’ve rushed into your bank near the end of February and put as much as you could manage into your RRSP. You may have   Read More

The big five Canadian banks pay much higher dividend yields than the overall Canadian stock market. They increase their dividends each year. The big five are all blue chip stocks   Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump has bullied car manufacturers to shift production from Mexico to the U.S. Some worry that he will start to bully Canadian manufacturers too. Even so, Key   Read More

Canadian Dividend aristocrats are stocks that have raised their dividends for at least five years in a row. These growing income streams increase your stocks’ attractiveness and are likely to   Read More

The North West Company Inc. is a retailer of food and everyday products and services to rural communities and smaller urban neighborhoods in Canada, Alaska, the South Pacific, and the   Read More

2016 saw no movement in administered interest rates in Canada after they fell in 2015. While the Bank of Canada remained on the sidelines in 2016, the U.S. Federal Reserve   Read More

In 2017, you should focus on high-quality stocks. After all, markets remain volatile. But if you can accept more risk, consider buying stocks we rate ‘Higher Risk’ and ‘Speculative.’ Their   Read More

Atco Ltd. has slumped due to rising interest rates in the U.S. But the shares of this blue chip utility stock look cheap relative to their expected earnings of $3.05   Read More

The bond market is the largest securities market in the world. High quality bonds provide investors with low-risk income. And ‘laddering’ your portfolio lets you match maturity dates to your   Read More

DRIPs (Dividend Re-Investment Plans) and cash option plans are cost-effective and convenient ways of building your holdings in the companies that offer them. The benefits of DRIPs are substantial. But   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

Gildan Activewear is a supplier of basic family apparel including T-shirts, fleece, sport shirts, underwear and socks. Management owns 11 per cent of the shares, so its interests are very   Read More

Should higher inflation and less regulation come to pass in the U.S., Toronto-Dominion is one of the financial stocks that should benefit. This member of Canada’s big five banks has   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

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

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

Wisconsin-based Oshkosh Corp. reported better earnings in the year ended September 30. It’s expected to earn more in fiscal 2017, particularly with the launch of its new joint light tactical   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

American Depositary Receipts, or ADRs, give you benefits. One is global portfolio diversification. It’s tempting to call ADRs American ‘Diversification’ Receipts. They give you industries that Canada lacks or has   Read More

Air Products and Chemicals’ shares aren’t particularly cheap. Even so, this U.S. manufacturing stock is a buy for long-term share price gains, decent and growing dividends and to further diversify   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