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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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We recently surveyed cash flow ratios for the stocks we follow and discovered there are still good buys available. We’ve selected two stocks trading below our acceptable price-to-cash-flow ratios which   Read More

MoneyLetter columnist Keith Richards thinks that the market is ripe for a stronger-than-normal tendency for sector and stock rotation from strong to weak performers in the coming weeks. He names   Read More

It’s best to diversify your portfolio across all five sectors of the economy: finance, utilities, consumer, manufacturing and resources. Remember, though, there’s danger in loading up on stocks in sectors   Read More

Canadian energy stocks have been performing well of late. However, energy stock Veresen Inc. has been delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange after it was taken over by its peer,   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

American shale oil production is growing quickly. It’s set to make the US a net oil exporter again. This will reduce or eliminate Americans’ need for Canadian oil. Shale oil   Read More

Canadian energy stocks have been performing well of late. However, energy stock Veresen Inc. has been delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange after it was taken over by its peer,   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

Stock market speculators should continue to work in Canadian oil and gas stocks and precious metals stocks. Gold, silver, oil and natural gas are all in long-term up trends right   Read More

Top Canadian stocks like financial stocks and oil and gas stocks are doing very well right now. Rising interest rates are boosting the former, while infrastructure investment has created greater   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

Drivers of Canadian growth today (real estate and consumer debt) may be tomorrow’s burst bubble. Solid blue chip stocks like Canadian banks or Canadian oil and gas stocks are safe   Read More

“Irrational exuberance” is how former US Fed chairman Alan Greenspan described the stock market during the dot-com bubble of the 1990s. Investor’s Digest of Canada columnist Edward Gardiner looks at   Read More

Four times a year The Investment Reporter reviews its outlook for the economy’s five main sectors—financial, utilities, manufacturing, consumer and resources. Its guiding rule is that investors keep at least   Read More