Small-company stocks that we rate ‘Speculative’ and ‘Higher Risk’ can offer attractive advantages. They offer higher potential rewards to compensate for their greater risk.

In 2020, you should focus on high-quality   Read More

Here’s an ETF that invests in companies that not only pay dividends, but raise them year after year. This gives you capital appreciation and a growing stream of income.

iShares S&P/TSX   Read More

Small-company stocks that we rate ‘Speculative’ and ‘Higher Risk’ can offer attractive advantages. They offer higher potential rewards to compensate for their greater risk.

In 2020, you should focus on high-quality   Read More

BPY units trade at a substantial discount to their asset value. Consequently, the company continues to buy back its units, believing they’re an attractive investment.

Brookfield Property Partners (TSX—BPY.UN), one of   Read More

This acquisition furthers communications stock Telus’ plan to bring state-of-the-art convenience, control and safety into the lives, homes and businesses of more Canadians.
Telus has agreed to acquire ADT Security Services   Read More

National Bank may be the smallest of the big six Canadian banks, but its latest earnings-per-share growth ranks at the top just behind Bank of Montreal.
Thanks to a strong Quebec   Read More

The steel cycle may have peaked but Russel Metals still offers good value and high income.
The US has finally removed its crippling tariffs against the Canadian steel and aluminum industries.   Read More

Despite a challenging outlook, Freehold Royalties Ltd.’s royalty structure bodes well for long-term cash flow.
Canadian oil and gas producers had a challenging year in 2018. A deterioration in the global   Read More

Acquisitions over the past five years have grown the utility company’s rate base by 156 per cent. It shares its growing earnings by raising its dividends.

St. John’s, Newfoundland-headquartered Fortis Inc.   Read More

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) offer you much lower management fees than do mutual funds. Plus, the best ETFs give you well-diversified, tax-efficient equity portfolios. And some are great for income investors   Read More

Manulife Financial trades at a low 7.7 times its likely 2019 earnings of $2.90 a share. Its annual dividend of $1.00 a share yields 4.5 per cent. Buy for growth   Read More

Here are two energy stocks to buy for growth and income. Both are integrated oil and gas stocks. By market cap, they are the first (Suncor) and third (Imperial) largest   Read More

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) offer you much lower management fees than do mutual funds. Plus, the best ETFs give you well-diversified, tax-efficient equity portfolios. And some are great for income investors   Read More

This Calgary-headquartered mid-stream oil and gas stock operates over 5,000 kilometers of gathering pipelines and 15 natural gas processing plants primarily in Alberta.
Oil and gas stock Keyera Corp. (TSX—KEY) operates   Read More

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) offer you much lower management fees than do mutual funds. Plus, the best ETFs give you well-diversified, tax-efficient equity portfolios. And some are great for income investors   Read More

Stock market weakness provides you with an opportunity to buy at lower prices and higher yields. Buy low, sell high. Sounds simple, but can you do it? Here’s a high-quality   Read More

CIBC performed above its peer group average this year, partly due to the results of its June, 2017 acquisition of CIBC Bank USA (formerly PrivateBancorp Inc.). But CIBC is still   Read More

In a rising rate environment, apartment REITs are attractive because they have short-term leases which gives them greater flexibility to increase their lease rates. But you may already be too   Read More

BCE’s shares tend to act very much like a bond. As interest rates rise, the price of the shares tends to fall to compensate new investors with a higher yield.   Read More

One way to maintain a balanced portfolio is to own a mix of stocks that both lead and lag the market. We have identified three blue chip stocks in the   Read More

One way to maintain a balanced portfolio is to own a mix of stocks that both lead and lag the market. We have identified three blue chip stocks in the   Read More

BCE’s shares tend to act very much like a bond. As interest rates rise, the price of the shares tends to fall to compensate new investors with a higher yield.   Read More

Algonquin Power’s increased ownership of of Atlantica Yield is part of its strategy to enter global clean energy and water infrastructure markets. Algonquin is a buy for growth and income.
Algonquin   Read More

Here are two limited partnership income trusts that are ‘buys’ for both growth and income. They are both part of the Brookfield Asset Management corporation, a global asset manager with   Read More

Canada’s two biggest banks keep duking it out for top spot among Canada’s big 5 banks. Both Royal Bank and Toronto-Dominion Bank are ‘buys’ for growth and income.
Unlike utility   Read More

Financial stock CIBC’s latest results include those of The PrivateBank, a recent acquisition that diversifies CIBC’s earnings and lessens its dependence on Canada. Its shares are attractive for their above-average   Read More

Canada’s two largest bank stocks, Royal and T-D, continue to rack up impressive earnings-per-share (eps) growth. Both of these blue chip financial stocks are rated buy for growth and income.
Royal   Read More

Manulife Financial has thrown cold water on the rumours that it was considering selling its US operations. It does have some underperforming assets in the US, but it would like   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

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

Canada’s two largest banks have been in business since before the 1867 birth of the now-150-year-old country that we celebrate this weekend. Royal Bank was founded in Halifax in 1864;   Read More

The Money Reporter regularly reviews the 20 top income stocks and trusts for the income-focused investor. From those 20 it highlights those it views as being its current choices for   Read More

Every month the Money Reporter reviews the 20 top income stocks and trusts for the income-focused investor. From those 20 it highlights those it views as being its current choices   Read More

Here are three companies that have recently undergone major transformational acquisitions. Two of them are in the business of transporting oil and natural gas through pipelines across Canada and the   Read More

H&R REIT has a portfolio of 38 office properties, 156 retail properties, 101 industrial properties, 12 residential properties and four development projects. The REIT is well diversified geographically and by   Read More

Here are two regulated utility stocks, both primarily electric power distributors, and both blue chip Canadian dividend stocks, that are buys for both share price growth and dividends.
Companies that raise   Read More

The MoneyLetter recently took a look at a Canadian global financial services provider, a specialized financial technology services provider and a global tech stock that is one of the world’s   Read More

Loblaw Companies is a very conservative defensive consumer stock with a low beta of 0.518 which makes it an excellent choice for income investors seeking stocks that are considerably less   Read More

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is a leading global infrastructure company that owns and operates long-life assets in the utilities, transport, energy and communications sectors across North and South America, Asia Pacific   Read More

The UK vote to leave the European Union could contribute to a near-term setback in the energy sector. The Money Reporter recommends that any new investments in this sector be   Read More

CIBC is a leading Canadian-based global financial stock with a market capitalization of about $36 billion. CIBC is a buy for long-term growth and income.
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (TSX─CM)   Read More

Recent concerns about this blue chip financial stock are overblown in our view, making it a bargain stock for value investors seeking an attractive buy for growth and income.
Global   Read More

Pembina Pipeline Corporation is a North American oil and gas stock that transports crude oil and natural gas liquids. The company’s high-quality assets and integrated structure should permit it to   Read More