Although cheap gas is great for motorists, it could wreak havoc with Canada’s energy sector, as well as the market for junk bonds.
Central banks throughout the West last year found   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

 “As a technical analyst, I tend to avoid making longer-term predictions about markets, sectors or commodity prices. I find that forecasting market movements or events out beyond a few months   Read More

It’s the job of any financial writer to see through fresh eyes, to look for traps and false assumptions in the world of money. Investors who weathered the stormy bear markets of 2000 to 2003 and 2008 to 2009 know only too well what can happen to the unwary.   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

Where should you put new money now?

Continue to add to stock funds, emphasizing diversified, conservative offerings. Longer-term, risk-tolerant investors may want to be more aggressive with specialized funds.

We think the   Read More

Over the past few decades, Steven Hudson started two businesses: Newcourt Capital and, later on, a hair club for men and women.  So, now that he’s started a third business,   Read More

Recently, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (or “OPEC”) decided against cutting its production. This sent the price of oil down further.

OPEC could have cut back its production to raise   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

When it comes to having a renewable resource, you can’t do much better than a forest products firm. That’s one reason why Michael Simpson likes Vancouver-headquartered West Fraser Timber Co.   Read More

American Depositary Receipts, or ADRs, give you ownership in companies based outside of Canada and the U.S. This can give you several benefits. One is diversification—geo-political and industrial. It’s tempting   Read More

Ethiopia might be the last place an outfit like Bombardier Inc. (BBD.B–TSX) would look for business.

After all, its stock in trade — zippy business jets and high-speed rail passenger cars   Read More

Gold may stay low. We still see more factors working against it than for it. Though you might hold a little gold for diversification purposes, remember its drawbacks.

In November, gold   Read More

What impresses Barry Schwartz about Gerald Soloway, CEO of Home Capital Group Inc. (HCG–TSX) is his commitment — and, obviously his love of what he does.

After all, Mr. Soloway may   Read More

The supply of oil and gas has risen. The demand growth for oil and gas has decreased. Both factors have sent down the price of oil. West Texas Intermediate—North America’s   Read More

Asia-Pacific stock markets have performed reasonably well this year, and that might continue over the near term. But we think the real investment lure in this region is its long-term   Read More

Charles Ellis, author of Winning the Loser’s Game, believes that you should build your portfolio as you would a house. Your house should be suitable to the climate, not last   Read More

Pierre Beaudoin is likely hoping Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t do anything else to raise Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s hackles.

Mr. Beaudoin, after all, is the president and CEO of   Read More

“Believe it or not, one asset class I’ve always found that stacks up well is timberland. This is especially true when stock market indexes seem on the verge of tumbling   Read More

Diversification is the best way to control risk in your portfolio of mutual funds. But there are several ways of achieving broad geographical diversification. A global fund may be the   Read More

We update you on each of our Recommended Common Stocks on a rotating basis every three months, as well as in between those regular updates where events warrant. The following   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