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

– 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

Markets have behaved perversely in recent months. Good economic news was sometimes greeted with a selloff as investors feared better times would only encourage the U.S. Federal Reserve to begin   Read More

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Most investment strategies stress one of two approaches. One of these is to chase after the action;   Read More

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– John Stephenson, CFA For better or for worse, Obamacare is now the law of the land in the   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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We’ve put Pfizer Inc. back on a buy back in May. That’s because it has made progress and   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

The Investment Reporter, MPL Communications Inc.
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CCL Industries is one household goods stock that we regularly examine on The Back Page (of The Investment   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

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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

“We are now,” says editor Ray Blanco, “in the early stages of a huge change in how we treat cancer.” He believes that “serious progress” is being made in the   Read More

“Stocks that soar 178 per cent in six months don’t come along every day,” notes editor Chloe Lutts Jensen. But soar Invivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. (NVIV-OTCBB, $4.22) did, with 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