Keith Richards, a regular market strategy columnist for The MoneyLetter, picks two U.S. technology stocks and a USD-dependant Canadian oil and gas stock for Canadians to profit from a further   Read More

Follow the money into cyclical emerging markets or hunker down with some steady defensive stalwarts? The MoneyLetter’s regular investment strategy columnist John Stephenson recommends a combination of two emerging market   Read More

U.S. global blue chip tech stock IBM is growing its profits in newer businesses to offset declining profits in older businesses. Its earnings per share are expected to grow next   Read More

CAE is one of Canada’s few successful global technology stocks. It’s expected to earn more this year and next and to keep raising its dividend. CAE describes itself as a   Read More

Technical analyst and portfolio manager Keith Richards says bonds, utilities and consumer staples tend to do well in the weaker market months of May to November. He names some favourite   Read More

Investor’s Digest of Canada columnist Jeana Deal reveals some potential swing trades to make during the slow period of the year. Consumer goods stocks and tech stocks stand out among   Read More

An ‘old school’ manufacturing stock and a ‘new age’ technology stock may seem like an odd couple for a ‘2 Best Buys’ story in Investor’s Digest of Canada. But here’s   Read More

Blue chip stock Microsoft Corp. did better than expected in fiscal 2016. This cash-rich U.S. multinational technology stock will continue to build its businesses and reward you. It remains a   Read More

If death and taxes are certain, then surely their close siblings, aging and debt, are never too far away. Portfolio manager Robert McWhirter has found a healthcare stock and a   Read More

Microsoft’s pending $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn is tinged with uncertainty. While the deal is expected to accelerate Microsoft’s earnings per share growth, a failure to integrate could hurt this   Read More

PI Financial analysts David Kwan and Victoria Chan say that Vancouver-based TIO Networks Corp.’s superior growth stock profile makes it their current favourite among Canadian tech stocks.
TIO Networks Corp. (TSXV─TNC)   Read More

Investor’s Digest of Canada columnist Jeana Deal reveals some potential swing trades to make during the slow period of the year. Consumer goods stocks and tech stocks stand out among   Read More

CAE is one of Canada’s few successful global technology stocks. It’s expected to earn more this year and next and to keep raising its dividend. CAE describes itself as a   Read More

Technical analyst and portfolio manager Keith Richards says bonds, utilities and consumer staples tend to do well in the weaker market months of May to November. He names some favourite   Read More

DH Corporation (D+H) is a leading financial technology provider to financial institutions worldwide. It provides global transaction banking, lending, payments and integrated core solutions. The company’s earnings should be hurt   Read More

Port Coquitlam, B.C.-based analyst Guy Lapierre is focused on finding companies with good dividend yields, but, more importantly, stability and long-term cash flow. Despite the uncertainty and turmoil of the   Read More

3M Co. is expected to earn record profits this year and next. This will give this U.S.-based global manufacturing stock the means to keep rewarding its shareholders. While not cheap,   Read More

A rising loonie has let the unhedged version of this top Canadian mutual fund outperform its hedged counterpart so far this year. But owning the currency-hedged version of this mutual   Read More

Barrie, Ont.-based ValueTrend portfolio manager Keith Richards thinks so and he offers nine indicators as the evidence that convinced him to adopt a bearish market outlook and a defensive investment   Read More

Recurring seasonal effects can and do occur even in so-called efficient markets that are supposed to reflect all relevant news and information. (For example, the cost of heating your home   Read More

Constellation Software Inc. is engaged in the development, installation and customization of software for both the public and private sectors in Canada, USA, UK and Europe. This Toronto-based Canadian technology   Read More

U.S.-based global stock 3M Co. is expected to earn record profits this year and next. This will give it the means to keep rewarding its shareholders. While not cheap, 3M   Read More

Global Securities in Vancouver has picked the three best sectors of the economy that they say are built to last: network security, green energy, and infrastructure. Global’s research vice president   Read More

The tech stock favourites of the stock market have fallen back and precious metals and the companies that produce them may pull back after a brief rally. Toronto-based Brian Hoffman,   Read More

When consumers have to spend less on gasoline, they have more disposable cash to spend elsewhere. Two groups which benefit from low oil prices are automobile manufacturing stocks and consumer   Read More

Financial technology stock DH Corp. seems to have shaken off the aftermath of an October U.S. short seller’s research report accusing the company of engaging in accounting tricks to cover   Read More

For the markets, these are indeed turbulent times. But while there are sectors to avoid, others offer opportunity. So says John Stephenson, portfolio manager and president of Stephenson & Company   Read More

Open Text is a Canada-based info tech stock operating in enterprise information market systems. The Company provides software products and services to organizations in finding, utilizing and sharing business information.   Read More

Analysts follow as many as 20 stocks, most of which are rated ‘buys’.  Of those buys, an analyst has one or two special favourites seen as the best stocks to   Read More

From the universe of top financial stocks, we continue to advise you to buy the big five Canadian bank stocks. They’re safer than most companies, such as suffering commodities producers.   Read More

Keith Richards, portfolio manager of Barrie, Ont.-based ValueTrend Wealth Management says his favorite market indicators are flashing ‘buy’ signals in five market sectors. He names his favorite stock picks in   Read More

Despite warnings of rich valuations from the U.S. Federal Reserve, investors in biotech stocks continued to snap up anything that moved. Elvis Picardo, vice president, research, and portfolio manager at   Read More

Vancouver-headquartered Odlum Brown’s technology stocks analyst, Steven Zicherman, says the view that Microsoft is primarily a consumer-oriented PC/Windows-and-Xbox-dependent company is wrong. More than 70 per cent of Microsoft’s profit now   Read More

In the second quarter of 2015, the value of takeovers in the pharmaceutical and biotech sector topped US$1 trillion. And now Montreal-based drug giant Valeant Pharmaceuticals is offering US$1 billion   Read More

Financial technology, or FinTech, refers to the business activity of technology stocks that provide software to help financial services providers conduct business with their customers. FinTech stock DH Corp. has   Read More

Headquartered in Montreal, Tecsys develops software for supply chain management, as well as for related services, such as warehouse, transportation and distribution management. PI Financial technology analyst Pardeep Sangha continues   Read More

The Investment Reporter has upgraded U.S. tech stock IBM from a hold to a buy. IBM should leave behind its recent rough patch and earn record profits next year. It’s   Read More

The TSX Venture Exchange is not your father’s stock exchange. Elvis Picardo, vice president of research and portfolio manager at Global Securities Corp. in Vancouver, notes that instead of being   Read More

Open Text Corporation has dropped in price due to some uncertainties. This gives you an opportunity to buy these high-quality shares on the cheap. Buy them for long-term price gains   Read More

We’ve often noted the advantage of small mutual funds. Most notably, they have greater flexibility to make significant portfolio changes without affecting the stock market. Then too, a single winning,   Read More

Manufacturing stock General Electric will focus on its technology and advanced manufacturing businesses. It’s disposing of most of its financial companies. It remains a buy for high dividends and long-term   Read More

Former Investor’s Digest of Canada editor Carlyle Dunbar argues that deflation is on its way. But when? In the meantime large-cap healthcare and information technology stocks are now starring on   Read More

Remember all the talk a year or so ago how gold would take off? Well, guess what? It didn’t. In fact, it’s now trading at an even lower price. Keith   Read More

A decline in BCE’s landline legacy home phone business has been more than offset by increases in its wireless, Fibe TV and internet divisions. Odlum Brown equity analyst Cory O’Krainetz   Read More

The European Central Bank, or ECB, ushered in a new era by launching an aggressive bond-buying program in January. The euro zone is one of the global economy’s biggest trouble   Read More

Often a small mutual fund is able to outperform large funds by getting a couple of big winners early on. This may attract the attention of investors who can quickly   Read More

Oil prices have plummeted since June, 2014. Other commodity prices have declined. This has hurt the share prices of the producers. Oil companies are a lot cheaper than they were. The same is true of many mining companies that we review   Read More

Forecasting market performance is notoriously tricky. That would be true even if you were handed information about significant economic factors predestined to play out in the year ahead. Writing in   Read More

This past year, 2014, was a difficult one for Europe. According to estimates provided by The Economist, the euro area is likely to have grown just 0.8 per cent for   Read More

For Odlum Brown analyst Steven Zicherman, Constellation Software Inc. (CSU–TSX) is definitely a star. Based in Toronto, Constellation Software buys, runs and grows business software. It boasts more than 30,000   Read More

For Deutsche Bank analysts Sherri Scribner, Larry Zhong and Joakim Mahlberg, Toronto-based Celestica Inc. (CLS–TSX; CLS–NYSE) remains a “hold.” They report:

For the third quarter of fiscal 2014, Celestica had sales   Read More

Key market indicators are back in a ‘buy’ mode and it’s time to buy says Keith Richards, a portfolio manager at ValueTrend Wealth Management in Barrie, Ontario.

“It’s no secret that   Read More