I continue to advise you to bet on the big five Canadian bank stocks: That is, Bank of Montreal (TSX-BMO), Bank of Nova Scotia (TSX-BNS), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce   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

It’s best to diversify across the five main sectors of the economy: finance, utilities, consumer products and services, manufacturing and resources. Each of these broad sectors is made up of   Read More

The Toronto market is up in peaceful fashion.

Please note the below data is to February 21, and the Toronto market has risen since then,

We are far enough into the New   Read More

If you prefer to invest in index funds or ETFs, make sure that you don’t stop with offerings that track the Canadian market. Invest also in offerings that give you   Read More

By Keith Richards

 If you’ve noticed that certain sectors of the stock market are now yielding ground to others, you’re not imagining things.

There is, as I’ve noted before, a rotation going   Read More

– John Stephenson, CFA

After the banner finish to the market last year, the price action on the S&P 500 has so far been somewhat dismal with stocks consolidating and digesting   Read More

– By T. Edward Gardiner

For some time now, I’ve been avoiding Canadian bank stocks. I believe they’re over-priced, given the banks’ big exposure to consumer debt.

In spite of this, their   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

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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

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

The Investment Reporter, MPL Communications Inc.
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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

Canadian Mutual Fund Adviser, MPL Communications Inc.
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Below, we discuss four equity funds we think you should consider investing in in 2014. They may   Read More

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

Canadian Mutual Fund Adviser, MPL Communications Inc.
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Recent market action indicates why it’s essential to hold Canadian
equity index ETFs as part of a   Read More

Canadian Mutual Fund Adviser, MPL Communications Inc.
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Northwest Canadian Equity Fund has performed reasonably well compared to its peers these past 10 years. But   Read More

Canadian Mutual Fund Adviser, MPL Communications Inc.
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Critics of market cap-weighted indexes argue they overweight overvalued stocks while underweighting undervalued ones. This leads to   Read More

The MoneyLetter, MPL Communications Inc.
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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

Money Reporter, MPL Communications Inc.
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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

Money Reporter, MPL Communications Inc.
133 Richmond St.W., Toronto, ON, M5H 3M8. 1-800-804-8846
The agreement between Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSX:TD) and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSX:CM) to split CIBC’s previously exclusive Aeroplan   Read More

Canadian Mutual Fund Adviser, MPL Communications Inc.
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Many small-cap equity funds are highly volatile. But others are able to minimize volatility by emphasizing “quality”   Read More

Investor’s Digest of Canada, MPL Communications Inc.
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Investors who follow seasonal trends know that the best-six- month strategy begins in late October or early   Read More

The MoneyLetter, MPL Communications Inc.
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Industrials offer great leverage to an improving economy and will outperform in the months ahead

The market was recently jolted   Read More

Canadian Mutual Fund Adviser, MPL Communications Inc.
133 Richmond St.W., Toronto, ON, M5H 3M8. 1-800-804-8846

You may be disappointed if you plunge into the U.S. markets now expecting near-term gains similar to   Read More

Those who follow seasonal investment trends will know that the “best six months” strategy begins in late October or early November.

Now that we’re about to enter into this favourable   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

This advisory is dropping American Express Co. (AXP-NYSE, $75.64) from its “buy” list. Yes, its shares are yelling “charge it!” (they’re up 29 per cent this year) and running ahead   Read More