Stock market setbacks do happen. So it can pay to buy defensive beverage stocks. Their valuations and dividends are usually favourable compared with those of, say, tech stocks.

We regularly review   Read More

Father and son team investment managers Bruce and Jamie Murray pick their two best stocks to buy—two each, that is.
What started out as a bull-market correction became a full-bore recession   Read More

Speculative opportunities abound in the travel and hospitality industries. Portfolio manager Margaret Samuel picks four stocks for brave-heart believers. Here are two of them.
Investors want to know when the bottom   Read More

Savaria Corp.’s shares have risen to reflect its acquisition of Sweden-based Handicare Group.

Savaria’s acquisition of Handicare Group is in an industry it knows well. The company “designs, manufactures, distributes, and   Read More

With small-cap stocks expected to do well in an economic recovery, we like these two small-cap funds for investment now.

Small-cap stocks are enjoying relatively strong returns this year. While the   Read More

Portfolio manager Mike Vinokur picks an oil and gas stock and a cargo and passenger air transportation services provider as his current ‘best buy’ stocks.

Taking a short breather after a   Read More

Financial planner Mark Halpern says now is the time to prepare for the tax increases that will help Ottawa pay for all its COVID relief efforts.

If only we could see   Read More

Rather than placing a lot of emphasis on this single indicator, you’ll be better off putting the time into developing a long-term investment plan that meets your needs and goals.
A   Read More

Speculative opportunities abound in the travel and hospitality industries. Portfolio manager Margaret Samuel picks four stocks for brave-heart believers. Here are two of them.

Investors want to know when the bottom   Read More

A revolutionary development for the mobile wireless industry would allow more than 5 billion phones to connect globally—even when out of terrestrial relay coverage.
It is estimated that 90 per cent   Read More

If past performance is no guarantee of future performance, how can you choose a fund?
Some statistics will help pick out the long-term, if not the short-term winners.

Picking tomorrow’s winners among   Read More

RBC analyst Irene Nattel picks two consumer goods stocks that are well-equipped to survive the pandemic and potentially flourish thereafter.
For the most part, consumer goods stocks have suffered during the   Read More

Growing demand for fossil fuels from economies that care little for appeasing climate advocates will offset current green policies says ValueTrend’s Keith Richards.

“Created in America but Parts from China” has   Read More

Make sure you have exposure to value funds as well as growth funds now. We currently favour Canadian equity funds over their US counterparts.

Fiscal stimulus and ultra-low interest rates helped   Read More

Long-term care homes have been hit hard by the pandemic. But there could be some “interesting” announcements in 2021’s first half, however.

CIBC analysts hosted a panel of leaders and advisors   Read More

Over the past 30+ years, The Hulbert Financial Digest calculates that The Investment Reporter recommendations have yielded an average annual gain of 12.88 per cent.

We are often asked about the   Read More

Development and use of renewable energy is on the rise as countries race to meet the 2030 Climate Target Plan.

A decade or two ago, most investors might have viewed environmental   Read More

Fidelity Canadian Opportunities is a buy for above-average long-term growth potential. It joins out Top 40 list in the Aggressive Canadian Stock Funds category.
We’ve added Fidelity Canadian Opportunities Fund (Fund   Read More

Global demand and supply for the commodities these two mining stocks produce improved considerably recently. The outlook for 2021 is positive.

Mining stocks had a nice run over the last weeks   Read More

Equity analyst Don Vialoux says current ‘best buys’ are Canadian securities or ETFs that will benefit from the recovery in the Far East.

As the bite of winter settles in, longtime   Read More

These three financial stocks—an insurance company, a bank and a financial services holding company—all offer growth and income to their investors.

Manulife Financial Corporation (TSX—MFC; NYSE—MFC)
Manulife has made progress building its   Read More

Now is as good a time as any to make changes in your investment program. Take a close look at your investment portfolio, and you may find some improvements are   Read More

One of the least understood, and most overly complex, terms is ‘asset allocation’. For many, this term is little more than an attempt to make market timing sound respectable.

Asset allocation   Read More

ValueTrend’s Keith Richards says emerging markets, Europe and Asia should be on your radar for portfolio diversification. This, along with some commodity plays.
Readers of The MoneyLetter know that I’ve harped   Read More

The Beardstown Ladies were an investment club who purported to beat the best on Wall Street. Alas, it was all a mistake.

The Beardstown Ladies were an investment club made up   Read More

Ideally, you want to buy bonds when interest rates are at their peak, or monetary policy is tightest, because bond prices are at their corresponding lows.

Bonds and debentures come in   Read More

PI Financial’s Guy Lapierre names financial stock Visa Inc. and technology stock Apple Inc. as his current ‘best buy’ choices.

Vancouver-area portfolio manager Guy Lapierre says that since late September he   Read More

DRIPs (Dividend Re-Investment Plans) and cash option plans help you build wealth. That’s thanks to the dozen advantages that we outline here.

Dividend reinvestment is critical to building wealth. So make   Read More

Behavioural finance analyst Ken Norquay says when the central bankers change direction, we should too.
2020, the so-called Year of Good Vision, turned out to be the Year of ‘We’ve Never   Read More

Long-term care homes have been hit hard by the pandemic. But there could be some “interesting” announcements in 2021’s first half, however.

CIBC analysts hosted a panel of leaders and advisors   Read More

Make sure you have exposure to value funds as well as growth funds now. We currently favour Canadian equity funds over their US counterparts.

Fiscal stimulus and ultra-low interest rates helped   Read More

Over the past 30+ years, The Hulbert Financial Digest calculates that The Investment Reporter recommendations have yielded an average annual gain of 12.88 per cent.

We are often asked about the   Read More

Here are two REITs rated ‘sector perform’ and one rated ‘sector outperform’ from a survey of the most widely covered income trusts by Canadian analysts.
Minto Apartment REIT (TSX—MI.UN)
How was the   Read More

Portfolio manager Keith Richards of ValueTrend Wealth Management says the time will come to buy back into the FAANGs and stay-at-home stocks. It’s just not today.

This summer I was harping   Read More

Global demand and supply for the commodities these two mining stocks produce improved considerably recently. The outlook for 2021 is positive.

Mining stocks had a nice run over the last weeks   Read More

Fidelity Canadian Opportunities is a buy for above-average long-term growth potential. It joins out Top 40 list in the Aggressive Canadian Stock Funds category.
We’ve added Fidelity Canadian Opportunities Fund (Fund   Read More

Equity analyst Don Vialoux says current ‘best buys’ are Canadian securities or ETFs that will benefit from the recovery in the Far East.

As the bite of winter settles in, longtime   Read More

Executive chairman Alain Bouchard wants consumer stock Couche-Tard “to become the world’s preferred destination for convenience and fuel.”

Montreal-based consumer goods stock Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (TSX—ATD.B) operates nearly 14,350 stores worldwide.   Read More

If you have a family and assets, you need an estate plan and a will. And, says WealthInsurance.com CEO Mark Halpern, you need to review it at least every five   Read More

This closed-ended investment trust is cautiously optimistic about higher yielding stocks.
Blue Ribbon Income Fund (TSX—RBN.UN) outperformed the S&P/TSX High Dividend Total Return Index in the first three quarters of this   Read More

Scotiabank equity research analysts Michael Doumet and Jonathan Goldman compare the pace of recovery between Caterpillar dealers Finning and Toromont.

We recently hosted industrial stocks Finning International Inc. (TSX—FTT) and Toromont   Read More

Some chemical stocks trade at high P/E ratios based on their 2020 earnings. But they look reasonably-priced based on their expected 2021 earnings.

We regularly follow 10 chemical stocks. Since July,   Read More

Ken Norquay says in times of aggressive monetary policy, pandemic, potential deflation, potential hyperinflation and economic melt down, focus on preservation of capital.

The financial winds have shifted. Eight months after   Read More

Development and use of renewable energy is on the rise as countries race to meet the 2030 Climate Target Plan.

A decade or two ago, most investors might have viewed environmental   Read More

One of the least understood, and most overly complex, terms is ‘asset allocation’. For many, this term is little more than an attempt to make market timing sound respectable.

Asset allocation   Read More

Now is as good a time as any to make changes in your investment program. Take a close look at your investment portfolio, and you may find some improvements are   Read More

PI Financial’s Guy Lapierre names financial stock Visa Inc. and technology stock Apple Inc. as his current ‘best buy’ choices.

Vancouver-area portfolio manager Guy Lapierre says that since late September he   Read More

These three financial stocks—an insurance company, a bank and a financial services holding company—all offer growth and income to their investors.

Manulife Financial Corporation (TSX—MFC; NYSE—MFC)
Manulife has made progress building its   Read More

DRIPs (Dividend Re-Investment Plans) and cash option plans help you build wealth. That’s thanks to the dozen advantages that we outline here.

Dividend reinvestment is critical to building wealth. So make   Read More

Ideally, you want to buy bonds when interest rates are at their peak, or monetary policy is tightest, because bond prices are at their corresponding lows.

Bonds and debentures come in   Read More

Here are two REITs rated ‘sector perform’ and one rated ‘sector outperform’ from a survey of the most widely covered income trusts by Canadian analysts.
Minto Apartment REIT (TSX—MI.UN)
How was the   Read More

ValueTrend’s Keith Richards says emerging markets, Europe and Asia should be on your radar for portfolio diversification. This, along with some commodity plays.
Readers of The MoneyLetter know that I’ve harped   Read More