In view of our previous recommendation to ETF investors that they buy unhedged ETFs when investing in the U.S., we now recommend such an ETF for investors seeking exposure to   Read More

Correction will coincide with six-month seasonal downswing

We’re still tiptoeing through queasy stock markets. So, don’t rest easy just yet.

A correction of some sort is under way — one that neatly   Read More

Worries over emerging markets continue, but North America looks poised for a recovery

The stock market has been in quite a funk these last few weeks.

Expectations of a reduction in stimulus   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 goods   Read More

Speculating in biotech penny stocks can be a bit like spending a few hours at the local casino.

Yes, there are risks and unknowns aplenty. But the payoff if the startup   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

– 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

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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

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Northwest Canadian Equity Fund has performed reasonably well compared to its peers these past 10 years. But   Read More

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CCL Industries is one household goods stock that we regularly examine on The Back Page (of The Investment   Read More

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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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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