At the Money Reporter, we take a portfolio approach to your investments, covering all asset classes: cash, fixed-income securities, income trusts and Canadian, U.S. and international equities. Sometimes a mutual   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

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

Dominant global technology stock Alphabet Inc. (parent of Google) and renewable energy stock Algonquin Power and Utilities are the two best stocks to buy now says Toronto-based Sentry Investments analyst   Read More

Regular MoneyLetter columnist John Stephenson offers his stock market outlook for the early days of a Trump administration. Financial stocks should be among the first big winners because of the   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

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

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

Here are two top Canadian automobile stocks to buy—one a consumer goods stock with new car dealer franchises in eight provinces, the other a global body parts and systems manufacturing   Read More

Keith Richards, a regular market strategy columnist for The MoneyLetter, picks two U.S. technology stocks and a USD-dependant Canadian oil and gas stock for Canadians to profit from a further   Read More

The Money Reporter’s ‘Mutual Fund Planning Guide’ highlights the 40 best Canadian mutual funds for long-term investment. The Guide has just added a new fund to its list of seven   Read More

Follow the money into cyclical emerging markets or hunker down with some steady defensive stalwarts? The MoneyLetter’s regular investment strategy columnist John Stephenson recommends a combination of two emerging market   Read More

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is a leading global infrastructure company that owns and operates long-life assets in the utilities, transport, energy and communications sectors across North and South America, Asia Pacific   Read More

U.S. global blue chip tech stock IBM is growing its profits in newer businesses to offset declining profits in older businesses. Its earnings per share are expected to grow next   Read More

CAE is one of Canada’s few successful global technology stocks. It’s expected to earn more this year and next and to keep raising its dividend. CAE describes itself as a   Read More

An ‘old school’ manufacturing stock and a ‘new age’ technology stock may seem like an odd couple for a ‘2 Best Buys’ story in Investor’s Digest of Canada. But here’s   Read More

U.S. Key stock FedEx earned record profits last year. It’s expected to set new records this year and next. This gives the company the cash to build its business and   Read More

Major metrics indicate that gold stock Iamgold Corporation is a quality business with longer-term appeal. Iamgold is a Toronto-based international gold producer with operating mines on three continents. The company   Read More

Blue chip stock Microsoft Corp. did better than expected in fiscal 2016. This cash-rich U.S. multinational technology stock will continue to build its businesses and reward you. It remains a   Read More

Microsoft’s pending $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn is tinged with uncertainty. While the deal is expected to accelerate Microsoft’s earnings per share growth, a failure to integrate could hurt this   Read More

CAE is one of Canada’s few successful global technology stocks. It’s expected to earn more this year and next and to keep raising its dividend. CAE describes itself as a   Read More

Tender your shares of the two giant manufacturing companies stocks, Dow Chemical and DuPont, for shares of the merged DowDuPont when the time comes. Then buy DowDuPont as it achieves   Read More

The price of oil has recovered somewhat, partly due to more demand. This has raised the prices of producers. But higher oil prices lead to more production causing oil prices   Read More

Buying into a downtrodden, neglected Cinderella stock before it turns into the enviable, desirable belle of the ball is the definition of good investing. Toronto analyst Mike Vinokur singles out   Read More

Mac Ivy Foreign Equity tries to balance growth with capital preservation. This top Canadian mutual fund is a buy if you’re seeking a very conservative global equity fund.
We’ve added Mackenzie   Read More

A frequent contributor to Investor’s Digest of Canada, Elvis Picardo is on a roll. His picks for the popular ‘Best Buys’ from Leading Analysts column in December, 2015, and March,   Read More

CIBC is a leading Canadian-based global financial stock with a market capitalization of about $36 billion. CIBC is a buy for long-term growth and income.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSX─CM)   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

Recent concerns about this blue chip financial stock are overblown in our view, making it a bargain stock for value investors seeking an attractive buy for growth and income.
Global   Read More

A rising loonie has let the unhedged version of this top Canadian mutual fund outperform its hedged counterpart so far this year. But owning the currency-hedged version of this mutual   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

Global Securities in Vancouver has picked the three best sectors of the economy that they say are built to last: network security, green energy, and infrastructure. Global’s research vice president   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

Toronto-based portfolio manager Mike Vinokur has named two financial stocks for his picks as currently-rated “best buys”. Canadian bank stock Scotiabank is “cheap on a P/E basis” and U.S. private   Read More

Couche-Tard has agreed to acquire Ireland’s largest convenience store and gas station operator. It should profit as its sites grow worldwide. Due to the high share price, the growing dividends   Read More

Canadian stocks are now in bear market territory. This setback gives you a chance to buy fine companies on the cheap. Follow our advice to invest both safely and profitably.   Read More

David Cockfield, Markham, Ont.-based portfolio manager and managing director of Northland Wealth Management, says determining how much a security can lose is a vital part of picking investments. He recommends   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

Occasionally, when a mutual fund becomes so famous for its characteristics, many think of it as just a cliché. When it comes to extra long term success in international investing,   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

“I haven’t lost interest” goes the old kids’ joke. So does professional courtesy get in the way when one of the top investment banks in the world rates another one?   Read More

PPG Industries Inc. is a U.S.-based world class manufacturing stock supplying paints, coatings, optical products, specialty materials, glass and fiber glass to customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction   Read More

Headquartered in Vancouver, Finning is the biggest dealer of Caterpillar equipment in the world. In addition to British Columbia, Alberta, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon, this Canadian global stock   Read More

Most individual investors tend to be ‘homers’ or ‘chauvinists’. As a result, they overweight their portfolios from their home stock market. It’s known as the equity ‘home bias’ puzzle. Buying   Read More

This top Canadian global equity fund performs well in almost any time frame.  It does so by seeking bargain stocks of companies that trade at a discount to their present   Read More

We’ve added Agrium Inc. to The Investment Reporter’s  list of Key stocks. (Key stocks in The Investment Reporter’s monthly Investment Planning Guide are the main building blocks of your portfolio.)   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

In the second quarter of 2015, the value of takeovers in the pharmaceutical and biotech sector topped US$1 trillion. And now Montreal-based drug giant Valeant Pharmaceuticals is offering US$1 billion   Read More