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

TD Entertainment and Communications Fund is a buy for above-average appreciation potential if you’re willing to accept a higher level of risk to achieve that goal.
We’ve added TD Entertainment   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

Most fund-industry observers like to comment on the management style of various funds. And some believe stock markets go through cycles of rewarding different styles, such as growth or value   Read More

TD Entertainment and Communications Fund is a buy for above-average appreciation potential if you’re willing to accept a higher level of risk to achieve that goal.
We’ve added TD Entertainment   Read More

Investor’s Digest of Canada columnist Mike Kachanovsky has uncovered a micro-cap stock that harbours the desire to become the dominant platform serving the Russian e-commerce and social media market. He   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

We’re always on the lookout for small companies that, over time, may grow into solid, mature entities. Two US companies—The Gorman-Rupp Company and PC Connection, Inc.—have that potential.
In the course   Read More

A number of established medical marijuana producers are preparing themselves for expansion and entry into the soon-to-be-legal recreational marijuana market. The MoneyLetter recently surveyed a number of security analysts’ reports   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

PI Financial analysts Devin Schilling and Jason Zandberg are ‘fired up’ about a new supplier of medical cannabis, whose mission, in turn, is to ‘light up’ the cannabis sector.
BC-based   Read More

Strong free cash flow growth at an attractive price has prompted CIBC Capital Markets analysts Robert Bek and Kulveer Grewal to initiate coverage of Canadian growth stock Stingray Digital, a   Read More

Investor’s Digest recently reported on Calgary-based Acumen Capital analysts Brian Pow, Nick Corcoran and Ted Bobier’s five favourite growth stock candidates for 2018.
Early trading in 2018 showed strong market   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

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

Electric vehicle adoption is pushing up demand for rare earth elements (REEs), according to contributor Mike Kachanovsky. As of now, he says, China controls most of the global supply. However,   Read More

Looking out for bargain gold mining stocks? The mining industry as a whole has worked diligently to keep costs minimal and valuations high. Even so, more than a few gold   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

While the latest pullback in the technology sector might represent a decent buying opportunity, MoneyLetter columnist John Stephenson believes that 2017’s second half strategy is to favor value stocks over   Read More

At ValueTrend, as the name suggests, portfolio management is driven by value-based principles. But, says portfolio manager Keith Richards, any system worth its salt will save you in the long   Read More

GBC International Growth Fund is well diversified by industry sector. It has exposure to most sectors of the global economy, and its greatest exposure to a single sector is just   Read More

Key stock goeasy’s earnings are growing fast as it expands across Canada. Especially since it buys back its shares. The company has raised its dividend for three years in a   Read More

While the latest pullback in the technology sector might represent a decent buying opportunity, MoneyLetter columnist John Stephenson believes that 2017’s second half strategy is to favor value stocks over   Read More

DHX Media is a content production, distribution, licensing and broadcasting company headquartered in Halifax. It develops films & television programs for kids and family across domestic & international markets. DHX’s   Read More

CCL Industries may be a dividend aristocrat, but this global manufacturing stock is also a growth stock to buy for capital gains based on its rapid earnings-per-share growth.
We regularly review   Read More

Boyd Group Income Fund yields the lowest percentage distribution of the 50 most widely-covered income trusts surveyed by Investor’s Digest of Canada. But AltaCorp Capital analysts that follow the trust   Read More

One question that mutual fund investors commonly ask is: “How many funds should I own?” The number will vary according to how much money you have and how much effort   Read More

Savaria Corp.’s earnings are growing fast. And this manufacturing stock’s earnings are expected to keep rising quickly for years to come as an aging population needs more accessibility equipment. Aggressive   Read More

Junior stock specialist Mike Kachanovsky looks “higher up the food chain”  for a growth stock opportunity that’s got recurring earnings, a strong balance sheet and an outlook for growth. He   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

U.S. consumer goods stock Amazon.com, Inc. earned a lot more in 2016. We expect it to keep growing fast as it takes sales away from ‘bricks and mortar’ retailers. It   Read More

Mike Kachanovsky is a regular contributor to Investor’s Digest of Canada. He specializes in ferreting out junior resource and technology stocks on the cusp of becoming growth stocks whose value   Read More

Montreal-headquartered CGI Group Inc. is an information technology stock specializing in application software. This growth stock’s services include the management of IT and business functions, systems integration and consulting, as   Read More

H2O Innovation designs, produces and installs integrated water treatment solutions based on membrane filtration technology to municipal, energy and mining end users. The recent acquisition of Utility Partners could eventually   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

Well, maybe not in your hands. But here’s a one-stop mutual fund for global investing that puts a very big part of the whole world into your portfolio.
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CRH Medical offers services and related medical instruments and equipment to physicians focused on providing screening and treatment of gastrointestinal ailments. Investment dealer Acumen Capital says the CRH Q2 results   Read More

We regularly review Intertape Polymer Group. This dividend aristocrat plans to grow quickly over the next five to seven years. The stock remains a buy for further long-term share price   Read More

Q. What do you do as a consumer goods stock when the 800-pound gorilla of online shopping gets into clothing retailing and the private labeling of food?
A. You try   Read More

With the strong performance of the Canadian stock market this year, there is an increased risk that investors will start to overpay for stocks. But that’s not a risk you’ll   Read More

Intact Financial is Canada’s largest property and casualty (P&C) insurance provider, with a market share of approximately 17 per cent. The company offers a diverse set of insurance products, including   Read More

Key stock Hardwoods Distribution is acquiring Rugby Architectural Building Products, which operates across the U.S. Hardwoods expects the acquisition to add to its earnings per share and cash flow. It   Read More

With the strong performance of the Canadian stock market this year, there is an increased risk that investors will start to overpay for stocks. But that’s not a risk you’ll   Read More

PI Financial analysts David Kwan and Victoria Chan say that Vancouver-based TIO Networks Corp.’s superior growth stock profile makes it their current favourite among Canadian tech stocks.
TIO Networks Corp. (TSXV─TNC)   Read More

Barrie, Ont.-based ValueTrend portfolio manager Keith Richards thinks so and he offers nine indicators as the evidence that convinced him to adopt a bearish market outlook and a defensive investment   Read More

Investor’s Digest of Canada recently surveyed market analysts who follow 40 real estate investment trusts (REITs). The analysts surveyed found three that were being driven by acquisition growth in both   Read More

Dividends pay you regardless of where the market goes. They let you live off income, not capital. And they let you beat inflation. So seek stocks with growing dividends from   Read More

goeasy Ltd. is a provider of consumer goods and alternative financial services. The Company is engaged in merchandise leasing of household furnishings and home electronic products and offering unsecured installment   Read More

Stella-Jones Inc., headquartered in Montreal, produces pressure-treated wood products, including treated railway ties, wood poles for electrical utilities and telecommunications companies, industrial lumber for marine and construction applications. Two recently-announced   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

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

We regularly review Saint-Georges, Quebec-based Canam Group in The Investment Reporter. Since we published our June 5 issue, its shares have fallen by 13.7 per cent. The company’s outlook, however,   Read More