ValueTrend portfolio manager Keith Richards (valuetrend.ca) takes note of five of the larger conglomerate stocks in Canada. He offers a brief bio of their divisions, and (of course!) a technical   Read More

Having come off a bad year for box office receipts, consumer stock Cineplex is determined to diversify its revenue streams so it’s not dependent on the fortunes of the latest   Read More

Investor’s Digest recently reported on Calgary-based Acumen Capital analysts Brian Pow, Nick Corcoran and Ted Bobier’s five favourite growth stock candidates for 2018.
Early trading in 2018 showed strong market   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

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

‘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

‘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

Blue-chip consumer goods stock Metro Inc. has agreed to acquire drugstore chain Jean Coutu Group. We think that Metro will profit from this transaction. It remains a buy. Coutu’s shares   Read More

Every month, Investor’s Digest of Canada reports on published securities analysts’ ‘buy’, ‘sell’, ‘hold’ advice and their earnings estimates for more than 1,000 Canadian companies. Here are an oil and   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 most suitable for new   Read More

TripAdvisor Inc. has been labouring to get its new Instant Booking feature humming smoothly. TripAdvisor wants to morph its travel website’s earnings toward bookings commissions from merely click-based revenue from   Read More

Canadian Tire money, or Sandy McTire loyalty bucks, have been around since 1958. People save them for years to make large purchases, other stores have been known to accept them   Read More

Costco’s low gross margin membership-only-warehouse-club model is still working fine, says BMO Capital Markets analyst Kelly Bania. And awareness of its online presence among Costco members, while currently disappointingly low,   Read More

PI Financial’s Guy Lapierre’s ‘best buy’ stock is The Walt Disney Company. But he sees a short window of opportunity while this consumer stock enjoys the world-wide release of both   Read More

Q. What do you do as a consumer goods stock when the 800-pound gorilla of online shopping gets into clothing retailing and the private labeling of food?
A. You try   Read More

High Liner Foods earned less last year. But this largely reflected the lower loonie and one less week than the year before. This consumer goods stock is expected to earn   Read More

Corus Entertainment has agreed to buy the media business of Shaw Communications. This should strengthen its position in the changing cable-TV industry. This puts the consumer stock back on buy   Read More

Park Lawn is a Toronto-based funeral services stock that owns and operates cemeteries, crematoriums, and funeral homes in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. The company owns certain investment properties   Read More

Quebecor Inc. is a communications stock with interests in printing, book, magazine and newspaper publishing, broadcasting, cable, telecommunications and retail operations. Quebecor operates via subsidiaries including Quebecor Media Inc., Videotron,   Read More

Headquartered in Mississauga, Ont., consumer goods stock Cott Corporation bottles and distributes retailer-brand beverages in North America and elsewhere. In addition to carbonated soft drinks, the company sells flavored waters,   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 favorites seen as most suitable for new   Read More

Consumer goods stock High Liner Foods reported disappointing results in the first quarter. But its earnings per share are expected to grow quickly this year and next. The company also   Read More