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

To paraphrase its own popular 1960s slogan, Imperial Oil needs to put a tiger back in its own tank. Planned and unplanned outages resulted in a second-quarter loss. But this   Read More

Investor’s Digest of Canada columnist David Chapman says the current bull market which began in 2009 should be over by the first quarter of 2018. Both stocks and bonds are   Read More

So a stock pays you less than a dollar a share. Are those pennies really all that important? Maybe more than you think. Long-time strategic investors look particularly for stocks   Read More

Key stock goeasy’s earnings are growing fast as it expands across Canada. Especially since it buys back its shares. The company has raised its dividend for three years in a   Read More

Every month Investor’s Digest of Canada surveys leading securities analysts for their advice on over 1,000 Canadian stocks. This month the survey found two junior western Canadian oil and gas   Read More

The MoneyLetter columnist Ken Norquay creates a long-term investment strategy based on his study of behavioural finance and its effect on the stock markets. He says if the S&P 500   Read More

Consumer goods stock Canada Goose Holdings is a buy for long-term share price gains. But only if you need no dividends and you can accept buying stock in a company   Read More

Recent weakness in the Canadian market leads us to recommend Canadian equity funds now. Higher stock valuations in the US have made international equity funds the more attractive choice globally.
The   Read More

Seasonal financial analyst Don Vialoux says precious metals and their mining stocks generally reach a seasonal low in July and pick up speed again until late September. Cyclical stocks usually   Read More

After a big beer conference, the presidents of all the breweries decide to have a drink in the bar. The president of Labatt orders a Blue, the president of Molson   Read More

US stock Cardinal Health did well in the year to June 30. This year it’s expected to struggle. But the shares are cheap for a blue chip stock that rewards   Read More

Despite rising interest rates, income securities still have a place in conservative stock portfolios. Yielding 4.1 per cent, Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust is a buy for growth and income.
The   Read More

While waiting for major US technology stocks to pull back, portfolio manager Guy Lapierre is  putting his clients into two exchange traded funds that he says will profit from the   Read More

Selling the family cottage (or, depending on where you live in Canada, the cabin, the bungalow, the lake, the chalet, the camp, the shack, the farm or the summer house)   Read More

Experience has taught us, and billionaire Warren Buffett, that bad acquisitions create a bad conglomerate stock. But a company can improve its chance of success by making acquisitions within its   Read More

While the latest pullback in the technology sector might represent a decent buying opportunity, MoneyLetter columnist John Stephenson believes that 2017’s second half strategy is to favor value stocks over   Read More

Beacon Securities head of research, Toronto-based Doug Cooper, analyzed New Look Vision Group’s latest acquisition and concluded that the transaction not only grows New Look’s store count by about 66   Read More

Mining stocks and oil and gas stocks have compelling valuations right now which makes a specialty fund such as RBC Global Resources attractive. If you’d rather track a broad index,   Read More

Canadian global manufacturing stock Magna International should earn record profits this year and next. This, plus a solid balance sheet and growing cash flow, gives it the means to raise   Read More

Investing in mortgages is a lot like investing in real estate, except without the headaches and capital required to actually purchase a property. Corwin Mortgage Capital vice president Jason Geall   Read More

Brookfield Renewable Partners LP is a renewable power generating company. Its portfolio of renewable electric power generating facilities is spread across North America, Latin America and Europe.
Brookfield Renewable Partners   Read More

US consumer goods stock Procter & Gamble rewards its shareholders with dividend increases and share buybacks. Its solid balance sheet and high cash flow will let it continue to reward   Read More

The Bank of Canada targeted overnight rate was recently raised to 0.75 per cent. Bond prices fell, of course, so that yields would rise and keep pace with the higher   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

ValueTrend portfolio manager Keith Richards doesn’t think the Canadian dollar will rise beyond the $0.79 to $0.80 US dollar range. And, says Keith: “I’m putting my money where my mouth   Read More

U.S. Key stock Paychex earned record profits again in the year to May 31. Its profits are expected to set new records this year and next. While they’re costly, the   Read More

Floating-rate preferred shares have advantages and disadvantages. You earn higher income, along with the potential for capital gains, when interest rates rise. But the opposite can occur when rates fall.

We’ve   Read More

‘Le jour de gloire est arrivé,’ according to Equium Capital Management president Cameron Hurst. Mr. Hurst sees more stability in Germany and riskier opportunities in Italy and Spain, but he   Read More

According to Weddingbells.ca, 67 per cent of Canadian weddings occur between June and September. They offer no statistics for common-law or non-traditional unions but financial, trust and estate planner Mark   Read More

Thomson Reuters, one of our Key financial services stocks, is expected to earn record profits this year and next. This and excess cash flow will let it continue to reward   Read More

Here are two blue chip utility stocks to buy for continued growth and dividends. Canadian Utilities is engaged in the transmission & distribution of electricity and natural gas. Fortis Inc.   Read More

DHX Media is a content production, distribution, licensing and broadcasting company headquartered in Halifax. It develops films & television programs for kids and family across domestic & international markets. DHX’s   Read More

Cyclical investing works if the timing is right. The key question is: “Is this the right time?” Our current expansion (begun in 2009) is getting long in the tooth. Sectors   Read More

Since 1802, the US dollar has lost 95 per cent of its purchasing power. After inflation, that dollar invested in US stocks would’ve soared to $704,997 by 2012; invested in   Read More

Junior mining stock analyst Mike Kachanovsky reveals a zinc mining stock that he says combines able management, a prudent acquisition strategy and competent operating strength at a strategic moment in   Read More

Would starting all over again from scratch make you a better investor? For behavioural finance analyst Ken Norquay, a friend’s sudden and total move across the country caused him to   Read More

CCL Industries may be a dividend aristocrat, but this global manufacturing stock is also a growth stock to buy for capital gains based on its rapid earnings-per-share growth.
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Rising interest rates have historically benefitted cyclical securities like mining stocks, fertilizer stocks and gold stocks. The Money Reporter picks a mutual fund with broad exposure to the sector, a   Read More

Now that people are living longer, it’s no surprise that one of the biggest concerns among aging Canadians is the genuine fear of outliving retirement savings. And most people would   Read More

A recent MoneyLetter survey of published securities analysts’ reports on junior mining stocks found three precious metals penny mining stocks with interesting gold and silver prospects.
SilverCrest Metals Inc. (TSXV—SIL) has   Read More

On ‘The Back Page’, a weekly feature that examines the market outlook with a focus on a particular industry, The Investment Reporter recently rated seven beverage stocks as ‘buys’—including Molson   Read More

The S&P/TSX hasn’t shared in the current strength of global stock markets. In fact, the Toronto market has lost ground since it reached an all-time high in February. Only a   Read More

Boyd Group Income Fund yields the lowest percentage distribution of the 50 most widely-covered income trusts surveyed by Investor’s Digest of Canada. But AltaCorp Capital analysts that follow the trust   Read More

There are many reasons to liquidate your investments. But before seeking the safety of cash and low-risk income investments, you must consider the potential tax implications. Toronto-based Minden Gross tax   Read More

Transportation and logistics stock FedEx Corp. earned record profits in the year to May 31. It expects to earn record profits in fiscal 2018 and 2019. This global, blue chip   Read More

The MoneyLetter recently surveyed a number of published securities analysts’ reports on technology stocks. It found a Toronto-based aerospace and defence technology stock and an Ottawa-based developer of software solutions   Read More

Portfolio manager Lorne Zeiler picks a US-based global healthcare stock and a Canadian preferred share exchange traded fund as his current two ‘best buys’ for investors seeking high dividend income   Read More

Every month the Money Reporter, the newsletter for investors whose interest is more interest,   publishes its list of recommended bonds and preferred shares. The longer-term outlook is for yields to   Read More

Our Investment Planning Committee has upgraded Canadian mining stock Teck Resources to a ‘buy’. Its shares are better priced and its earnings are expected to jump as the global economy   Read More

Every month, Investor’s Digest of Canada reports on published securities analysts’ ‘buy’, ‘sell’, ‘hold’ advice and their earnings estimates for more than 1,000 Canadian companies. Here are an oil and   Read More

Five big tech stocks have accounted for 41 per cent of the S&P 500’s market capitalization advance of this year. Portfolio manager John Stephenson picks two of them, plus a   Read More