But devote only a small part of your portfolio to small-cap stocks. It’s impossible to keep track of a 1,000-stock portfolio.
It stands to reason that huge winners—stocks that go up   Read More

Preferred shares have fared well for nearly two years now. But we believe there is still room for further gains ahead.

The S&P/TSX Preferred Share Index is up 72 per cent   Read More

Haywood Securities’ Colin Healey says “we maintain a long-term bullish thesis on uranium demand-to-supply and commodity price”.
Haywood Securities analyst Colin Healey is bullish on uranium and uranium miners alike. Mr.   Read More

There are countless sophisticated strategies you can use to achieve better investment results. But the best investment strategy is to use plain common sense and patience.

Devising an investment strategy that   Read More

Both Restaurant Brands International and McDonald’s Corp. are buys for growth and income.

Restaurant Brands International (TSX—QSR; NYSE—QSR)
Things are getting better at consumer stock Restaurant Brands. In its latest quarter, the   Read More

Portfolio manager Mike Vinokur says: “I think that there are still some very interesting buys in the home-building sector in the US.”

The world (including Canada) is almost certainly worse off   Read More

Manulife Financial is doing a lot of things right. That’s largely why we continue to recommend it as a buy for long-term gains as well as attractive and growing dividends.

One   Read More

Echelon Capital Markets’ Michael Mueller says “E3 is positioning itself to be a top-tier North American provider of lithium hydroxide monohydrate (LHM).”

Although Alberta is far better-known for the oil its   Read More

Ken Norquay notes that small investors can move in and out of markets without disturbing a thing. Large investors can’t. Our plans should take this into account.
Today the press is   Read More

Growing dividends give you advantages. Continue to seek stocks that regularly raise their dividends. Particularly Key stock ‘dividend aristocrats’ shown below.

At this time of the year, many stocks raise their   Read More

Inflation and rising interest rates may send investors searching for stocks that can pass on added costs quickly to customers.

While the market has been on a steamy rise upward for   Read More

There are countless sophisticated investment strategies to try to better your investment results. But experience shows that your best investment strategy is to use plain common sense.
Devising an investment strategy   Read More

Dividend ETFs generate current income and they also offer tax advantages that may make them better than bonds or GICs.
When a fund invests for dividend income it usually sticks with   Read More

Odlum Brown’s model portfolio is well-diversified with reasonably-priced, high-quality stocks that have the ability to grow and raise prices to offset inflationary pressures.
Twenty-seven years ago, on Dec. 15, 1994, our   Read More

Mullen Group’s investment quality is growing. Transat A.T.’s investment quality is declining. These two transportation stocks are going in opposite directions.
Our quality rating system uses a two-stage process to assess   Read More

Equity analyst Don Vialoux names two ETFs as his “best buys” to benefit from US President Joe Biden’s expanding infrastructure investment.

Joe Biden’s sophomore year has run in line with history   Read More

Adjusted earnings per share (EPS) at Canada’s six big banks rose an average of 50.1 per cent in fiscal 2021. That increase contrasts with a 16.1-per-cent EPS drop in fiscal   Read More

Most oil and gas producers are profiting handsomely from much higher prices. They have the means to raise your dividends, buy back shares and strengthen their balance sheets.

West Texas Intermediate   Read More

Haywood Securities’ Colin Healey says “we maintain a long-term bullish thesis on uranium demand-to-supply and commodity price”.
Haywood Securities analyst Colin Healey is bullish on uranium and uranium miners alike. Mr.   Read More

ValueTrend portfolio manager Keith Richards says MMT is like a dessert that you can eat in unlimited quantities, without weight gain or ever tiring of it.
As just another imperfect being,   Read More

Warrants cost a lot less than the stocks they give you a right to buy—and when stock prices rise, warrant prices often rise faster. But warrants are also far riskier   Read More

Nick Barisheff of BMG Group Inc. says this is the perfect time to allocate to gold based on all the factors and data during this “perfect storm for gold”.

In December   Read More

Margaret Samuel looks at four stocks that employ four disruptive technologies: online learning, 3D printing, cryptocurrency and GPS technology.
As a rule, the word “disruption” has negative connotations. But not all   Read More

Richelieu Hardware earned substantially more last year. It has raised its dividend sharply. Five acquisitions last year and three so far this year will add to its sales and earnings   Read More

With all our other investment choices, be it stocks or trusts or bonds or cash, we all make our own decisions on what and when to buy and sell. Not   Read More

Dan Bortolotti urges investors to contemplate whether their risk tolerance would be as strong in a bear market. “The going will get tough, no matter which strategy you choose.”
No matter   Read More

There are countless sophisticated strategies you can use to achieve better investment results. But the best investment strategy is to use plain common sense and patience.

Devising an investment strategy that   Read More

Inflation and rising interest rates may send investors searching for stocks that can pass on added costs quickly to customers.

While the market has been on a steamy rise upward for   Read More

These three REITs were highlighted from a recent Investor’s Digest of Canada review of 52 income trusts followed by leading analysts across Canada.
Killam Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX—KMP.UN)

The winds   Read More

There are countless sophisticated investment strategies to try to better your investment results. But experience shows that your best investment strategy is to use plain common sense.
Devising an investment strategy   Read More

Equity analyst Don Vialoux names two ETFs as his “best buys” to benefit from US President Joe Biden’s expanding infrastructure investment.

Joe Biden’s sophomore year has run in line with history   Read More

Two Canadian oil and gas stocks selected by analysts as ‘buys’ were recently featured in ‘The Oil Patch’ review section of The MoneyLetter.
Gibson Energy Inc. (TSX—GEI)
On December 6, oil and   Read More

Mullen Group’s investment quality is growing. Transat A.T.’s investment quality is declining. These two transportation stocks are going in opposite directions.
Our quality rating system uses a two-stage process to assess   Read More

Dividend ETFs generate current income and they also offer tax advantages that may make them better than bonds or GICs.
When a fund invests for dividend income it usually sticks with   Read More

Odlum Brown’s model portfolio is well-diversified with reasonably-priced, high-quality stocks that have the ability to grow and raise prices to offset inflationary pressures.

Twenty-seven years ago, on Dec. 15, 1994, our   Read More

Behavioural finance analyst Ken Norquay warns: “Stay vigilant. Remember the old stock market slogan: “In a bear market, whoever sells first, wins.”
What financial forces are at work as the year   Read More

Warrants cost a lot less than the stocks they give you a right to buy—and when stock prices rise, warrant prices often rise faster. But warrants are also far riskier   Read More

If you’re like many people, you’ve rushed into your bank near the end of February and put as much as you could manage into an RRSP.

After 2019’s 19-per-cent gain in   Read More

Nick Barisheff of BMG Group Inc. says this is the perfect time to allocate to gold based on all the factors and data during this “perfect storm for gold”.

In December   Read More

Margaret Samuel looks at four stocks that employ four disruptive technologies: online learning, 3D printing, cryptocurrency and GPS technology.
As a rule, the word “disruption” has negative connotations. But not all   Read More

These three Canadian stocks all made cutbacks pre-COVID and have since been able to produce more than they did with the same amount of labour.
Average investors happy to simply pick   Read More

Income trusts have creative ways of sustaining their cash distributions through returns of capital.
Many investors question how any organization can continue to distribute cash to its owners in excess of   Read More

Dan Bortolotti urges investors to contemplate whether their risk tolerance would be as strong in a bear market. “The going will get tough, no matter which strategy you choose.”
No matter   Read More

CGI Inc. earns more each year. This blue chip Canadian technology stock is reasonably priced. It’s a buy for long-term capital gains, but only if you need no dividends.

We regularly   Read More

With all our other investment choices, be it stocks or trusts or bonds or cash, we all make our own decisions on what and when to buy and sell. Not   Read More

Some income investors are turning to straight preferred shares to increase the cash they earn. But this can cost them money if they ignore the yield-to-call of older preferred shares.
Some   Read More

Despite the recent strength in real estate investment trusts, they still offer a compelling opportunity.
Real estate investment trusts, or REITs, have been market leaders this year. And they may continue   Read More

BMO analyst Devin Dodge picks Brookfield Business Partners and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners as the two best stocks to buy now.
After meeting executives in September, Toronto BMO Capital Markets analyst Devin   Read More

NFI Group has a strong outlook. Its share price should recover along with its earnings and cash flow in the months ahead. Meanwhile, it pays an attractive dividend.
We regularly review   Read More

Technology stocks aren’t immune from post-pandemic labor shortages and the demand for cloud talent has skyrocketed since the acceleration of remote (i.e. home) work.

While much of the conversation around post-pandemic   Read More

Aim for balance when you diversify your portfolio. Decide how much you should invest in each stock or industry group so that it will have meaningful representation.
Most investors learn the   Read More

CIBC analyst names two technology stocks in the software industry helping other companies adapt the use of digital technology in all aspects of business as “outperformers”.

Many months after March 2020,   Read More