Recent weakness in the Canadian market leads us to recommend Canadian equity funds for new purchases right now. Higher stock valuations in the US have made international equity funds the   Read More

Retail stocks have been struggling for some time now, but all is not lost. There are some bright spots in the consumer discretionary sector—those companies that are off-price retailers or   Read More

Here are seven conglomerate stocks that offer capital gains potential over the next few years. Three other conglomerates we follow remain on ‘hold’, including General Electric whose turnaround will likely   Read More

Recent federal tax reforms in the US will have a positive effect on restaurateurs’ tax bills, says Jason West, lead Credit Suisse analyst for the US restaurant sector. He predicts   Read More

Every month the Money Reporter, the newsletter for income-oriented investors, publishes its list of 25 recommended common stocks and 16 recommended mutual equity funds.
What to do about common stocks now
After   Read More

If we may be allowed to mix the musings of a former prime minister with a children’s pastime, The MoneyLetter recently spotted an American elephant and a Canadian mouse playing   Read More

You are better off picking individual stocks rather than buying an ETF for Canadian tech stocks. That’s because 70 per cent of the iShares Canadian technology ETF is weighted in   Read More

With the rapid rise of US stock prices these past several years, it has become increasingly difficult to find reasonably valued stocks in the US market. Here are three stocks   Read More

The Dow Jones Industrial Index has gone parabolic. (Prices are increasing and the rate of increase is increasing.) This pattern usually occurs in commodities or speculative individual stocks, rarely in   Read More

While most market analysts tend to focus on the energy or technology sectors, the mining sector has experienced a bit of a revival that hasn’t gone unnoticed. Columnist Mike Kachanovsky   Read More

Portfolio manager John Stephenson says that while there is plenty to keep investors up at night these days, equity markets still remain the best relative alternative in a world of   Read More

Recent weakness in the Canadian market leads us to recommend Canadian equity funds for new purchases right now. Higher stock valuations in the US have made international equity funds the   Read More

The US economy is once again expected to grow the fastest of the G-7 countries in 2018. So we continue to focus on US stocks that do lots of business   Read More

MoneyLetter columnist Keith Richards thinks that the market is ripe for a stronger-than-normal tendency for sector and stock rotation from strong to weak performers in the coming weeks. He names   Read More

We expect consumer stock Walgreens Boots Alliance to deliver long-term share price gains. We also expect this ‘dividend aristocrat’ to continue to raise its dividend each year. And we further   Read More

Vanguard’s Dividend Appreciation Index Fund gives you a diversified portfolio of stocks that have raised their dividends for at least 10 years in a row. It should go up with   Read More

Scotia Canadian Dividend has been a relatively strong performer compared to its peers in the Canadian dividend and equity-income mutual fund category. It’s a fund that will fit with an   Read More

‘Laissez les bon temps rouler.’ And the Cajun French certainly know how to do that. It’s that ability to spend and celebrate, no matter what hardships or geopolitical tensions exist,   Read More

American Depositary Receipts, or ADRs, give you benefits. One is diversification. It’s tempting to call ADRs American ‘Diversification’ Receipts. They give you industries that Canada lacks or has in short   Read More

Our ‘buy-low-sell-high’ approach to getting higher-than-average long-term returns has nothing to do with being brilliant when the stock market goes UP. It’s all about not losing when the market goes   Read More

Timing the Market and Equity Clock founder, Don Vialoux says the season for investing in gold and silver is now (especially silver). He lists his two recommendations for gold and   Read More

NASDAQ has been the hottest US stock market over 2017. However, PI Financial vice-president Guy Lapierre warns that some of NASDAQ’s brightest stars may be burning out. Instead of tech   Read More

Scotia Canadian Dividend has been a relatively strong performer compared to its peers in the Canadian dividend and equity-income mutual fund category. It’s a fund that will fit with an   Read More

American Depositary Receipts, or ADRs, give you benefits. One is diversification. It’s tempting to call ADRs American ‘Diversification’ Receipts. They give you industries that Canada lacks or has in short   Read More

US blue chip stock IBM’s shares have jumped since it reported better-than-expected third-quarter results. Even so, it should do better. We continue to rate the company’s shares a buy for   Read More

‘Laissez les bon temps rouler.’ And the Cajun French certainly know how to do that. It’s that ability to spend and celebrate, no matter what hardships or geopolitical tensions exist,   Read More

Vanguard’s Dividend Appreciation Index Fund gives you a diversified portfolio of stocks that have raised their dividends for at least 10 years in a row. It should go up with   Read More

Stock market speculators should continue to work in Canadian oil and gas stocks and precious metals stocks. Gold, silver, oil and natural gas are all in long-term up trends right   Read More

The emerging markets are in the best economic shape they have been in for years and they offer something that the developed world does not—explosive growth and dynamism. John Stephenson   Read More

You can profit from shorter-term swings in value by looking for stocks that are stuck within a sideways trading range. ValueTrend portfolio manager Keith Richards reveals four stocks stuck in   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

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

Hydro One is a buy for long-term share price gains and attractive growing dividends. It’s building a bright future in Ontario and the US.
Hydro One’s shares (TSX—H) are somewhat costly   Read More

At this time of the year, the forward-looking stock market is more and more using outlooks for 2018 to set stock prices. Before you sell a stock that looks over   Read More

You can profit from shorter-term swings in value by looking for stocks that are stuck within a sideways trading range. ValueTrend portfolio manager Keith Richards reveals four stocks stuck in   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

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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Four times a year, we make a 180-day forecast for the economy and stocks. We pick 25 stocks we expect to beat the market over that period and 25 stocks   Read More