Shredding some old tax returns was an eye-opening experience for Toronto-based accountant Mark Goodfield, a.k.a. The Blunt Bean Counter.

When I was a young accountant and happened upon an estate return,   Read More

Based on securities analysts’ buy, sell, hold advice for over 1,000 Canadian companies, here are two oil and gas stocks that made the Investor’s Digest survey’s Top 10 ‘Time to   Read More

Two of National Bank’s ‘dividend all-stars’ are able to fund their dividend hikes simply from free cash flow, says the bank’s managing director of research.
Considering the state of Canada’s energy   Read More

Consumer goods stock Rogers Sugar and oil and gas stock Inter Pipeline have solid fundamentals specific to their companies and outside of general market concerns.
Today’s stock market is one for   Read More

Ken Norquay recalls the late Richard Russell’s admonition in making the case that investors who have not adopted financial plans that include selling, should do so immediately.

I remember those carefree   Read More

Natural gas prices have plunged since last fall. And so have the shares of oil and gas stock Arc Resources, a natural gas producer. In fact, they now trade at   Read More

Some investors get an urge to take one last speculative fling before they retire. For most of us, it’s better to plan a transitional portfolio.
Changing a portfolio to suit new   Read More

Investor’s Digest monthly ‘Morning Call’ survey of analysts’ opinions on more than 1,000 stocks highlighted two junior energy sector stocks: one to sell and one to buy.
Oil and gas stock   Read More

Natural gas prices have plunged since last fall. And so have the shares of oil and gas stock Arc Resources, a natural gas producer. In fact, they now trade at   Read More

Some investors get an urge to take one last speculative fling before they retire. For most of us, it’s better to plan a transitional portfolio.
Changing a portfolio to suit new   Read More

Management’s decision to cut capital expenditures is disappointing. But this oil and gas stock’s value is still there.
Lower commodity prices have weighed on the shares of oil and gas stocks   Read More

PI Financial’s Guy Lapierre picks two Canadian pipeline stocks to buy. Their pipelines are full and one has a new polypropylene plant coming on line.
Although Vancouver-area financial professional Guy Lapierre   Read More

Oil and gas stock TC Energy is selling 85 per cent of its Northern Courier Pipeline. This and the sale of another asset will raise $1.75 billion.
Calgary-based TC Energy Corp.   Read More

A Purpose Investments report says “an investor can generate a pre-tax equivalent income stream of six per cent to eight per cent from the most credit-worthy corporations in Canada”.
Contrary to   Read More

Long term buy-and-hold strategies rely on up trending markets. Long term buy-low-sell-high strategies rely on volatility. That’s why behavioural finance analyst Ken Norquay recommends incorporating selling into your investment strategy.

Previously   Read More

A Purpose Investments report says “an investor can generate a pre-tax equivalent income stream of six per cent to eight per cent from the most credit-worthy corporations in Canada”.
Contrary to   Read More

In its monthly survey of security analysts’ recommendations on more than 1,000 Canadian companies, Investor’s Digest of Canada featured two recently published reports on the second and fourth most frequently   Read More

Despite a challenging outlook, Freehold Royalties Ltd.’s royalty structure bodes well for long-term cash flow.
Canadian oil and gas producers had a challenging year in 2018. A deterioration in the global   Read More

Every month Investor’s Digest of Canada surveys securities analysts’ opinions and recommendations for over 1,000 Canadian stocks. Here are two of the March survey’s top 10 best stocks to buy.
Oil   Read More

Behavioural finance analyst Ken Norquay says when you have an investment plan that buys and sells securities in harmony with ever-changing financial risk, your portfolio is safest.

In the 1970s, when   Read More

Every month Investor’s Digest of Canada surveys securities analysts’ opinions and recommendations for over 1,000 Canadian stocks. Here are two of the March survey’s top 10 best stocks to buy.
Oil   Read More

Here are two energy stocks to buy for growth and income. Both are integrated oil and gas stocks. By market cap, they are the first (Suncor) and third (Imperial) largest   Read More

This Calgary-headquartered mid-stream oil and gas stock operates over 5,000 kilometers of gathering pipelines and 15 natural gas processing plants primarily in Alberta.
Oil and gas stock Keyera Corp. (TSX—KEY) operates   Read More

It’s tough to get analysts excited about natural resource stocks these days. Words like ‘neutral’, ‘hold’ and ‘average’ reflect the mood of the street for many Canadian natural resource companies.
Pretium   Read More

Every month Investor’s Digest of Canada surveys securities analysts’ opinions and recommendations for over 1,000 Canadian stocks. Here are two of the survey’s top 10 picks that garnered the most   Read More

The MoneyLetter recently reviewed three analysts’ reports from the junior oil and gas stock stronghold of Calgary. These analysts clearly are not just home-town cheerleaders as their ‘hold’, ‘underperform’ and   Read More

Growth in revenue and earnings for the big five Canadian banks may be more difficult in 2019. The spread on interest rates between their borrowing costs and income is narrowing;   Read More

The MoneyLetter recently surveyed the oil and gas markets which traditionally have been kind to investors from late November to early May. Income investors especially will find some rewarding yields   Read More

Legendary New Brunswick oil (and everything else) magnate K.C. Irving’s three sons were both affectionately and derisively known as Oily, Gassy and Greasy. Seasonality financial analyst Don Vialoux’s use of   Read More

The peak six months of market activity has arrived, and seasonal investing analyst and portfolio manager Brooke Thackray picks the two sectors—and names two specific ETFs—that he’s targeting to rotate   Read More

Legendary New Brunswick oil (and everything else) magnate K.C. Irving’s three sons were both affectionately and derisively known as Oily, Gassy and Greasy. Seasonality financial analyst Don Vialoux’s use of   Read More

PI Financial portfolio manager Guy Lapierre picks three oil and gas stocks and a sugar producer as his ‘best buys’. [ed.–How did a sugar producer get in with his oil   Read More

A global oil and gas stock that yields about six per cent and a financial services stock yielding about 10 per cent are Toronto-based portfolio manager Michael Sprung’s two favourite   Read More

If China starts to sell a small portion of its holdings of US bonds and bills, US interest rates could go even higher. China has a very significant ‘ace in   Read More

US fundamentals remain very strong, and even though this is one of the longest bull markets in history, the economic recovery is also one of the shallowest in history, suggesting   Read More

If China starts to sell a small portion of its holdings of US bonds and bills, US interest rates could go even higher. China has a very significant ‘ace in   Read More

PI Financial portfolio manager Guy Lapierre picks three oil and gas stocks and a sugar producer as his ‘best buys’. [ed.–How did a sugar producer get in with his oil   Read More

‘Buy high, sell low, repeat until broke’ is an emotional investment strategy best left to lemmings. The MoneyLetter’s behavioural finance columnist Ken Norquay says feeling emotions is okay: reacting to   Read More

A global oil and gas stock that yields about six per cent and a financial services stock yielding about 10 per cent are Toronto-based portfolio manager Michael Sprung’s two favourite   Read More

‘Buy high, sell low, repeat until broke’ is an emotional investment strategy best left to lemmings. The MoneyLetter’s behavioural finance columnist Ken Norquay says feeling emotions is okay: reacting to   Read More

A global oil and gas stock that yields about six per cent and a financial services stock yielding about 10 per cent are Toronto-based portfolio manager Michael Sprung’s two favourite   Read More

“If we had a rating above ‘top pick’ we would be applying it to STEP.” Clearly CIBC Capital Markets is enthused about a recent acquisition by STEP Energy Services. The   Read More

In February, pipeline stock Enbridge Inc. became the poster company for what can happen when a stable, solid, dividend-producing blue chip stock takes a walk on the wild side, at   Read More

Every month Investor’s Digest of Canada surveys security analysts for their buy, sell, hold recommendations on more than 1,000 Canadian companies. Most recently, Canadian Natural Resources topped the list with   Read More

The MoneyLetter recently surveyed security analyst reports on the oil and gas industry and found some very mixed feelings about the prospects for the near-term future of the industry. A   Read More

TransCanada has raised its dividend by more than 10 per cent. What’s more, the dividend may continue to grow at an average annual rate of eight to 10 per cent   Read More

Here are two very conservative energy stocks with dividends that should satisfy income-oriented investors.
Canadian Utilities’ (TSX—CU) unregulated businesses weighed on its financial results in the fourth-quarter. But most of the   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

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 stocks.   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

Portfolio manager John Stephenson says that while there is plenty to keep investors up at night these days, equity markets still remain the best relative alternative in a world of   Read More

Behavioural finance author Ken Norquay adopts a Buddhist prayer to offer his take on some strategic investment advice for the new year.
We’ve just been through what I call The   Read More