As if they’re aren’t enough potential sources of stock market volatility, we also have to contend with abusive short-selling practices from time to time.
Short selling has long been a legitimate   Read More

A Purpose Investments report says “an investor can generate a pre-tax equivalent income stream of six per cent to eight per cent from the most credit-worthy corporations in Canada”.
Contrary to   Read More

A top-10 Canadian bank and a CAD-hedged ETF tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average are PI Financial portfolio manager’s current top two stock picks.
Feeling bullish? If so, Vancouver-area portfolio manager   Read More

Based on valuations and dividends alone, we see CIBC as the Canadian bank stock that offers the greatest total return potential over the next year.

Canada’s big   Read More

Split shares can really boost your yield. They offer you the choice of doubling your eligible dividend income or doubling your capital gain with the potential bonus of any extra   Read More

Manulife Financial trades at a low 7.7 times its likely 2019 earnings of $2.90 a share. Its annual dividend of $1.00 a share yields 4.5 per cent. Buy for growth   Read More

A top-10 Canadian bank and a CAD-hedged ETF tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average are PI Financial portfolio manager’s current top two stock picks.
Feeling bullish? If so, Vancouver-area portfolio manager   Read More

Toronto-based Desjardins Capital Markets analysts Doug Young and Gary Ho name their ‘top picks’ from the Canadian financial sector for 2019—an insurance company, a bank and an alternative credit services   Read More

A top-10 Canadian bank and a CAD-hedged exchange-traded fund tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average are PI Financial portfolio manager’s current top two stock picks.
Feeling bullish? If so, Vancouver-area portfolio   Read More

Based on valuations and dividends alone, we see CIBC as the Canadian bank stock that offers the greatest total return (capital appreciation plus dividend yield) potential over the next year.   Read More

Toronto-based Desjardins Capital Markets analysts Doug Young and Gary Ho name their ‘top picks’ from the Canadian financial sector for 2019—an insurance company, a bank and an alternative credit services   Read More

Split shares can really boost your yield. They offer you the choice of doubling your eligible dividend income or doubling your capital gain with the potential bonus of any extra   Read More

Growth in revenue and earnings for the big five Canadian banks may be more difficult in 2019. The spread on interest rates between their borrowing costs and income is narrowing;   Read More

Royal Bank of Canada is Canada’s largest financial institution and the 24th largest bank in the world based on total assets. The bank serves 16 million clients in 36 different   Read More

We’ve added a new fund to our recommended Conservative Canadian Stock Funds on the Money Reporter’s ‘The Top 40: Canada’s Best Mutual Funds’ list. Mackenzie Canadian Growth Fund’s investment approach   Read More

When everyone else is selling, ValueTrend portfolio manager Keith Richards starts looking for buying opportunities. He recently reviewed four of the dominant trends in seasonally favourable groups. They are technology   Read More

This market is not an easy one for investors. What worked yesterday may cause damage today. Yesterday’s dogs, on the other hand, can become tomorrow’s heroes. You need to watch   Read More

CIBC performed above its peer group average this year, partly due to the results of its June, 2017 acquisition of CIBC Bank USA (formerly PrivateBancorp Inc.). But CIBC is still   Read More

The big five Canadian banks are expected to earn more this year and next. They remain dividend aristocrats as they continue to raise their generous dividends. Despite getting better, the   Read More

The big five Canadian banks are expected to earn more this year and next. They remain dividend aristocrats as they continue to raise their generous dividends. Despite getting better, the   Read More

We’ve added a new fund to our recommended Conservative Canadian Stock Funds on the Money Reporter’s ‘The Top 40: Canada’s Best Mutual Funds’ list. Mackenzie Canadian Growth Fund’s investment approach   Read More

Vancouver-based Elvis Picardo, a financial analyst and portfolio manager at HollisWealth, a division of Industrial Alliance Securities, picks one of Canada’s largest insurers and a US communications giant as the   Read More

ValueTrend portfolio manager Keith Richards (valuetrend.ca) takes note of five of the larger conglomerate stocks in Canada. He offers a brief bio of their divisions, and (of course!) a technical   Read More

A global oil and gas stock that yields about six per cent and a financial services stock yielding about 10 per cent are Toronto-based portfolio manager Michael Sprung’s two favourite   Read More

The big five banks reported their results for the second quarter of fiscal 2018. They remain buys for further long-term share price gains as well as attractive and growing dividends.   Read More

This market is not an easy one for investors. What worked yesterday may cause damage today. Yesterday’s dogs, on the other hand, can become tomorrow’s heroes. You need to watch   Read More

Vancouver-based Elvis Picardo, a financial analyst and portfolio manager at HollisWealth, a division of Industrial Alliance Securities, picks one of Canada’s largest insurers and a US communications giant as the   Read More

US fundamentals remain very strong, and even though this is one of the longest bull markets in history, the economic recovery is also one of the shallowest in history, suggesting   Read More

ValueTrend portfolio manager Keith Richards (valuetrend.ca) takes note of five of the larger conglomerate stocks in Canada. He offers a brief bio of their divisions, and (of course!) a technical   Read More

‘Buy high, sell low, repeat until broke’ is an emotional investment strategy best left to lemmings. The MoneyLetter’s behavioural finance columnist Ken Norquay says feeling emotions is okay: reacting to   Read More

The big five banks reported their results for the second quarter of fiscal 2018. They remain buys for further long-term share price gains as well as attractive and growing dividends.   Read More

A global oil and gas stock that yields about six per cent and a financial services stock yielding about 10 per cent are Toronto-based portfolio manager Michael Sprung’s two favourite   Read More

Portfolio manager John Stephenson has concerns that peaking earnings, economic growth, rising inflation, a flattening yield curve, and a maturing business cycle are weighing on stocks. Despite investor angst, fundamentals   Read More

The Canadian stock market has trailed other markets and is down so far in 2018. Growing company profits have done little to revive stock prices. We’re not comfortable sounding like   Read More

‘Buy high, sell low, repeat until broke’ is an emotional investment strategy best left to lemmings. The MoneyLetter’s behavioural finance columnist Ken Norquay says feeling emotions is okay: reacting to   Read More

A global oil and gas stock that yields about six per cent and a financial services stock yielding about 10 per cent are Toronto-based portfolio manager Michael Sprung’s two favourite   Read More

The Canadian stock market has trailed other markets and is down so far in 2018. Growing company profits have done little to revive stock prices. We’re not comfortable sounding like   Read More

Portfolio manager John Stephenson has concerns that peaking earnings, economic growth, rising inflation, a flattening yield curve, and a maturing business cycle are weighing on stocks. Despite investor angst, fundamentals   Read More

Vancouver-based portfolio manager and chartered financial analyst Elvis Picardo takes a look at recent market volatility and finds two stocks, both already giants in their sectors, as the two best   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

‘How High is Up?’ The Three Stooges, in the 1940 short film of that name, found it was on the 97th floor of a Manhattan construction site. MoneyLetter columnist Keith   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

Every month the Money Reporter, the newsletter for income-oriented investors, publishes its list of 25 recommended common stocks and 16 recommended mutual equity funds.
What to do about common stocks now
After   Read More

Canada’s two biggest banks keep duking it out for top spot among Canada’s big 5 banks. Both Royal Bank and Toronto-Dominion Bank are ‘buys’ for growth and income.
Unlike utility   Read More

In the debate over whether it’s best to invest actively or passively, it’s easy to lose track of the availability of a third option. Combining both investment approaches can be   Read More

MoneyLetter columnist Keith Richards thinks that the market is ripe for a stronger-than-normal tendency for sector and stock rotation from strong to weak performers in the coming weeks. He names   Read More

It’s best to diversify your portfolio across all five sectors of the economy: finance, utilities, consumer, manufacturing and resources. Remember, though, there’s danger in loading up on stocks in sectors   Read More

The big five Canadian banks remain buys for further long-term share price gains, an attractive and growing stream of dividends, and for being high-quality blue chip stocks that should hold   Read More

Scotia Canadian Dividend has been a relatively strong performer compared to its peers in the Canadian dividend and equity-income mutual fund category. It’s a fund that will fit with an   Read More

‘Laissez les bon temps rouler.’ And the Cajun French certainly know how to do that. It’s that ability to spend and celebrate, no matter what hardships or geopolitical tensions exist,   Read More

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

Financial stock CIBC’s latest results include those of The PrivateBank, a recent acquisition that diversifies CIBC’s earnings and lessens its dependence on Canada. Its shares are attractive for their above-average   Read More