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

Margaret Samuel picks three technology stocks to buy in a robotics industry that’s expected to grow by about 11 per cent per year between 2018 and 2026.

Robotics is the analysis,   Read More

Historically, small stocks beat big stocks. But the better gains of small stocks was due to one unusual nine-year period. Big stocks should keep up with small stocks.

At first glance,   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

Financial planner Mark Halpern says your generosity can make a real difference in the lives and causes you are passionate about . . . and inspire your own future generations.

We   Read More

California money manager Russ Mathews is bullish on Canadian bank stocks and US oil and gas stocks. He picks two of each as his current ‘best buys’.
Money manager Russ Mathews   Read More

Asking a friend or relative to execute your estate may be a recipe for unpleasantness or worse after you’re gone.
As baby boomers husband their assets and approach the inevitable, many   Read More

Each quarter, we make a 180-day forecast of what we expect the economy and the stock market to do over the next six months.

Here’s our forecast of what we expect   Read More

Here are three REITs featured in a recent Investor’s Digest of Canada survey of 51 Income Trusts covered by leading analysts across Canada.

Managing challenges while awaiting direction
Business in Cominar REIT’s   Read More

The reinvestment of dividends is essential to building wealth. Only spend your dividends in retirement.

Investors building their wealth usually depend on stocks. Many studies have shown that stocks outperform bonds   Read More

Add to equity markets in Canada, Europe, the UK and Japan. Go easy on investing in US stocks.

The economic recovery continues to be propelled by monetary and fiscal stimuli, the   Read More

Margaret Samuel explores the world of plant-based food and finds three attractive dividend stocks to buy.
Veganism has existed for millennia as a diet and lifestyle, but it’s only recently that   Read More

Under-priced slower-growing dividend-paying stocks are often better investments than fast-growing companies. Investors often pay too much for promising growth stocks.
Jeremy Siegel is a finance professor at the Wharton School of   Read More

If investment optimism fades, consider Beutel Goodman Canadian Equity Fund. Its undervalued stocks are meant to offer a measure of downside protection.

In the first half of this year, positive trends   Read More

Here are two featured income trusts to buy from Investor’s Digest of Canada’s recent survey of 50 of the most widely-covered income trusts in Canada.
Dream Office REIT (TSX—D.UN)
The growth path   Read More

Accountant Mark Goodfield (aka The Blunt Bean Counter) reviews six common investment errors he has observed over the years.
I am involved in wealth advisory for some of my clients as   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

Ordinary investors need to know that these are not ordinary times. It’s time to review your risk tolerance. Ken Norquay asks: Are you satisfied with the profits you have just   Read More

Murray Leith explains Odlum Brown’s positioning this year to take advantage of a brighter economic outlook and also to hedge against the risk of higher inflation.

Equities have had a great   Read More

Here are two REITs to buy. One is focused on residential properties; the other has a portfolio of office, retail, industrial and residential properties.

CAP REIT (TSX—CAR.UN)
Despite the impact of the   Read More

A funeral and burial services company and a trucking and related logistic services company are portfolio manager Guy Lapierre’s current ‘best buys’.

Retail investors who still believe in big-name stocks such   Read More

Sideways patterns are rare, but they do happen. When you spot one, take a hard look at the fundamentals of the security. If they’re sound, take advantage.
I love to see   Read More

Algonquin Power & Utilities is a buy. It uses its growing earnings to regularly raise its dividends and its ability to provide renewable energy should raise its share price.

Algonquin Power   Read More

Trading to profit from anticipated declines in stock prices seldom works. In the case of the bank stocks, forget it.

The banks all reported strong results in the fiscal second quarter   Read More

A recent survey of analysts’ reports on makers of semiconductor chips featured four manufacturing stocks to buy.

While the demand for semiconductors skyrocketed last year, it also led to a worldwide   Read More

Each quarter, we make a 180-day forecast of what we expect the economy and the stock market to do over the next six months.

Here’s our forecast of what we expect   Read More

Blue Ribbon outperforms the broad market, though not its high-income benchmark. The fund should do well, though, if value, or bargain, stocks regain appeal as seems likely.

Blue Ribbon Income Fund   Read More

Here are three REITs featured in a recent Investor’s Digest of Canada survey of 51 Income Trusts covered by leading analysts across Canada.

Managing challenges while awaiting direction
Business in Cominar REIT’s   Read More

The reinvestment of dividends is essential to building wealth. Only spend your dividends in retirement.

Investors building their wealth usually depend on stocks. Many studies have shown that stocks outperform bonds   Read More

Or the Thanksgiving turkey, for that matter. Margaret Samuel explores the world of plant-based food and finds three attractive dividend stocks to buy.

Veganism has existed for millennia as a diet   Read More

Portfolio manager Mike Vinokur says his choice of Teck Resources and Taylor Morrison Home Corp., is based on long-term scarcity of the goods they produce.
The combined uncertainties of summer wildfires   Read More

Add to equity markets in Canada, Europe, the UK and Japan. Go easy on investing in US stocks.

The economic recovery continues to be propelled by monetary and fiscal stimuli, the   Read More

Under-priced slower-growing dividend-paying stocks are often better investments than fast-growing companies. Investors often pay too much for promising growth stocks.
Jeremy Siegel is a finance professor at the Wharton School of   Read More

California money manager Russ Mathews is bullish on Canadian bank stocks and US oil and gas stocks. He picks two of each as his current ‘best buys’.
Money manager Russ Mathews   Read More

The very contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 is expected to reduce the amount of air travel by tourists coming to Canada and Canadians flying abroad—a new blow to airlines.

We regularly   Read More

Asking a friend or relative to execute your estate may be a recipe for unpleasantness or worse after you’re gone.
As baby boomers husband their assets and approach the inevitable, many   Read More

A funeral and burial services company and a trucking and related logistic services company are portfolio manager Guy Lapierre’s current ‘best buys’.

Retail investors who still believe in big-name stocks such   Read More

Here are three stocks that may be appropriately held in a basket of stocks intended to participate in the future of medicine says Enriched Investing’s Margaret Samuel.

It’s a disturbing thought,   Read More

Here are two REITs to buy. One is focused on residential properties; the other has a portfolio of office, retail, industrial and residential properties.

CAP REIT (TSX—CAR.UN)
Despite the impact of the   Read More

Murray Leith explains Odlum Brown’s positioning this year to take advantage of a brighter economic outlook and also to hedge against the risk of higher inflation.

Equities have had a great   Read More

Oh yeah? Mark Goodfield (aka The Blunt Bean Counter) encourages discussing your will with your family and explaining your intentions to avoid or minimize sibling estate issues.

In December 2019, I   Read More

A long-term study found that share price gains accounted for about a third of most investors’ stock returns. Reinvested dividends made the other two-thirds of the returns.

A study found that   Read More

From Côte d’Ivoire to Chile, Raymond James analyst Craig Stanley scours the globe for junior gold mine stocks to buy.
Although leisure travel to faraway places remains largely restricted, the movement   Read More

Trading to profit from anticipated declines in stock prices seldom works. In the case of the bank stocks, forget it.

The banks all reported strong results in the fiscal second quarter   Read More

How have stocks and bonds done over the previous six months? If there are disparities in the relative performances of various types of your investments, it’s time to rebalance.

Your asset   Read More

“Bricks and mortar will still remain very, very important . . . consumers are very interested in getting back to the stores” says Scotiabank’s Patricia Baker.

With rising consumer spending high   Read More

The reinvestment of dividends is essential to building wealth. Only spend your dividends in retirement.

Investors building their wealth usually depend on stocks. Many studies have shown that stocks outperform bonds   Read More

Blue Ribbon outperforms the broad market, though not its high-income benchmark. The fund should do well, though, if value, or bargain, stocks regain appeal as seems likely.

Blue Ribbon Income Fund   Read More

California money manager Russ Mathews is bullish on Canadian bank stocks and US oil and gas stocks. He picks two of each as his current ‘best buys’.
Money manager Russ Mathews   Read More

Blind adherence to an asset allocation model may not always prove optimal. We suggest a seemingly counter-intuitive, but more flexible, approach.

Many’s the investor who, when faced with retirement and the   Read More

Here are three REITs featured in a recent Investor’s Digest of Canada survey of 51 Income Trusts covered by leading analysts across Canada.

Managing challenges while awaiting direction
Business in Cominar REIT’s   Read More