Stocks that we rate ‘Speculative’ and ‘Higher Risk’ offer advantages that can make them solid investments. They offer higher potential rewards to compensate for their greater risk.In 2014 you should   Read More

– Ken Norquay, CMT


Is there an economic indicator that can help the average investor sort out the long-term ups and downs of the financial markets?


In my book, Beyond the Bull,   Read More

The U.S. is doing better. So we’ve shifted our focus from U.S. companies that earn most of their sales abroad to those that also do lots of business at home.   Read More

Regardless of whether or not the U.S. stock market has another stellar year in 2014, we believe you should always have some exposure to U.S. equities. And if you’re an   Read More

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-By Brian Hoffman

Should American equities start to climb higher — and, steeper — we could see a   Read More

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– Digested from The Primary Trend, Arnold Investment Counsel, Inc., 3960 Hillside Dr., Delafield, WI 53018, (800)-443-6544,   Read More

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VERESEN INC.

Veresen is the former Fort Chicago Energy Partners L.P., and is principally invested in the energy   Read More

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– John Stephenson, CFA For better or for worse, Obamacare is now the law of the land in the   Read More

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What to do about common stocks

We experienced a nice little year-end rally in Canadian stocks. Over the past   Read More

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The global economy is expected to grow more quickly in 2014. Also, North American companies are sitting on   Read More

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THE MARKET THIS MONTH: January is in the best six-month period for stocks. The strengthening U.S. and global   Read More

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U.S. investors made out like bandits
The final numbers are now in, and it turns out that the S&P/TSX Composite   Read More

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Among resource issues, energy stocks have held up relatively well this year. That may reflect the   Read More

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The U.S. is doing better. So we’ve shifted our focus from U.S. companies that earn most of their   Read More

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The Canadian stock market may yet catch up to the U.S. market. Or perhaps the U.S.   Read More

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We’ve put Pfizer Inc. back on a buy back in May. That’s because it has made progress and   Read More

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Markets have come roaring back lately, fueled by optimism that the Fed is in no hurry to start scaling   Read More

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Canada and the TSE are only a small part of the world markets picture, which is one reason we   Read More

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– Edited from an article by Sunil Vidyarthi, M.B.A., PhD
 
What’s your take on the umpteenth version of   Read More

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According to Keith Richards (Portfolio Manager at Value Trend), the major U.S. markets have entered into a new mega-year   Read More

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– Edited from an article by Peter Pham
 
As strange as it might now seem, big oil these   Read More

 
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American Depositary Receipts diversify your portfolio, reduce risk and give you industry access.

Since we last updated   Read More

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Critics of market cap-weighted indexes argue they overweight overvalued stocks while underweighting undervalued ones. This leads to   Read More

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– Edited from an article by Michael Smedley
 
The black gold of the 21st Century. That’s how Kiril   Read More

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For 2014, market momentum and technological innovation will give world-class Canadian companies a solid base.
  
This year, more   Read More

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You may have to take a long-term perspective to see it, but the Canadian equity market is gradually improving.   Read More

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Key stock Barrick Gold is earning far less these days. It angered big investors by issuing 163.5 million   Read More

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Rebalancing leads to trading costs. These include brokerage fees when you sell one investment and reinvest in another,   Read More

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  – Edited from an article by Keith Richards By this time, you already know America isn’t going to   Read More

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In the months leading up to the October ’87   Read More

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With financial markets focused on recent events in Washington – specifically the federal government slowdown and looming debt ceiling   Read More

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Though many investors believe that equities will, over time, outperform fixed-income investments, they still fear the stock   Read More

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Investors who follow seasonal trends know that the best-six- month strategy begins in late October or early   Read More

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Industrials offer great leverage to an improving economy and will outperform in the months ahead

The market was recently jolted   Read More

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Technology is already changing the way you are, and will be, doing your banking. Now, the latest   Read More

Those who follow seasonal investment trends will know that the “best six months” strategy begins in late October or early November.

Now that we’re about to enter into this favourable   Read More

Are we in the middle of a “veritable U.S. energy renaissance?” Editor Richard Stavros seems to think so. He cites all the cheap natural gas from the bountiful shale plays   Read More

With domestically-focused industries outperforming the overall market, portfolio editor Genia Turanova thinks U.S. consumers are starting to relax. Not only that, but they’re growing increasingly willing to open their wallets   Read More

For every industry, there’s a leader – even if that industry is the “unattended point of sales sector. Out in front of this particular market (think vending machines, service kiosks   Read More

Ask editor Stephen Leeb for a nearer-term market portrait. He’ll paint you a mostly sunny picture in which the landscape is dominated by “relatively” low resource prices – especially for   Read More

This advisory has an appropriately succinct overview of a company that specializes in simplifying complex manual business processes. Direct Insite Corp. (DIRI-OTCBB, $1.65), it informs us, “helps businesses to operate   Read More

“We are now,” says editor Ray Blanco, “in the early stages of a huge change in how we treat cancer.” He believes that “serious progress” is being made in the   Read More

“Stocks that soar 178 per cent in six months don’t come along every day,” notes editor Chloe Lutts Jensen. But soar Invivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. (NVIV-OTCBB, $4.22) did, with a   Read More

This advisory is dropping American Express Co. (AXP-NYSE, $75.64) from its “buy” list. Yes, its shares are yelling “charge it!” (they’re up 29 per cent this year) and running ahead   Read More

None of the latest data on U.S. housing starts and retail sales suggest that America’s recovery is slamming the door closed. But there are doubts among some observers about the   Read More