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

We’ve added Gildan Activewear to our Key stocks. It gives you a manufacturer, of which the Canadian market has relatively few.
Gildan manufactures family apparel including sports shirts, T-shirts, fleece, socks   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

At first glance, it appears that small stocks do much better than big stocks.

But look closer and both groups do about the same most of the time.

From 1926 through 2006,   Read More

THE MARKET THIS MONTH: April is the last month in the best six-month period for stocks. The U.S. and global economies are expected to grow faster in 2014 and raise   Read More

Stocks that we rate ‘Speculative’ and ‘Higher Risk’ offer advantages that can make them solid investments. They offer higher potential rewards to compensate for their greater risk.In 2014 you should   Read More

The U.S. is doing better. So we’ve shifted our focus from U.S. companies that earn most of their sales abroad to those that also do lots of business at home.   Read More

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– Digested from a Dec. 5 report by analyst Chase Bethel, Desjardins Capital Markets
 
Talented managers infuse workforce   Read More

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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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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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Falling ice-laden trees can bring down power lines. So demand for utility poles may slip and hurt the   Read More

The Investment Reporter, MPL Communications Inc.
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The U.S. is doing better. So we’ve shifted our focus from U.S. companies that earn most of their   Read More

 
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American Depositary Receipts diversify your portfolio, reduce risk and give you industry access.

Since we last updated   Read More

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We regularly review ATS Automation Tooling Systems on The Back Page. Since we published our July 5 issue,   Read More

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Bombardier’s CSeries planes have now flown. After their test flight program over the next 12 to 18 months   Read More

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We’ve added Hardwoods Distribution to our Key stocks. This ‘Higher Risk’ stock is a buy for long-term gains   Read More

Optical component manufacturer LightPath Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ-LPTH) has its eye on the prize of three growing markets: glass aspheres (i.e., laser tools and gun sights), specialty optics (such as scientific   Read More