Shrewd investors use compounding to make sure all their money works for them. Combine that with a sound plan, and you’re well on the way to success. This is the   Read More

Preferred shares have fared well for nearly two years now. But we believe there is still room for further gains ahead.

The S&P/TSX Preferred Share Index is up 72 per cent   Read More

Preferred shares have fared well for nearly two years now. But we believe there is still room for further gains ahead.

The S&P/TSX Preferred Share Index is up 72 per cent   Read More

The reinvestment of dividends is essential to building wealth. Only spend your dividends in retirement.

Investors building their wealth usually depend on stocks. Many studies have shown that stocks outperform bonds   Read More

The reinvestment of dividends is essential to building wealth. Only spend your dividends in retirement.

Investors building their wealth usually depend on stocks. Many studies have shown that stocks outperform bonds   Read More

The reinvestment of dividends is essential to building wealth. Only spend your dividends in retirement.

Investors building their wealth usually depend on stocks. Many studies have shown that stocks outperform bonds   Read More

The reinvestment of dividends is essential to building wealth. Only spend your dividends in retirement.

Investors building their wealth usually depend on stocks. Many studies have shown that stocks outperform bonds   Read More

The kicker with preferred split shares is that you can get double the dividend you would normally get holding the same shares directly, or even more.
Among our recommended preferred shares,   Read More

How do split shares work? It’s not exactly like having your cake and eating it too. You do give up something to double your dividends or double your capital gain.
Split   Read More

Growing dividends give you advantages. Continue to seek stocks that regularly raise their dividends. Particularly the nine ‘dividend aristocrats’ shown below.

At this time of the year, many stocks raise their   Read More

You will get the most from your income portfolio by following the four guidelines below. Also, be sure to own at least one good dividend or equity income fund, and,   Read More

Growing dividends give you advantages. Continue to seek stocks that regularly raise their dividends. Particularly the nine ‘dividend aristocrats’ shown below.

At this time of the year, many stocks raise their   Read More

Split shares can really boost your yield. They offer you the choice of doubling your eligible dividend income or doubling your capital gain with the potential bonus of any extra   Read More

Split shares can really boost your yield. They offer you the choice of doubling your eligible dividend income or doubling your capital gain with the potential bonus of any extra   Read More

You will get the most from your income portfolio by following the four guidelines below. Also, be sure to own at least one good dividend or equity income fund, and,   Read More

We’re approaching that time of year when many mutual funds distribute the capital gains they’ve realized throughout the year to their unit holders. This event should serve as a reminder   Read More

Pondering taxes can be a headache-inducing exercise so we hope not to compound the after effects of anyone’s riotous holiday partying. In any event, TaxLetter columnist Mark Goodfield (aka The   Read More

It’s the start of 2017 and a brand new year. However, for RRSP purposes, it’s still 2016 until the end of the day on March 1, as that is the   Read More

The bond market is the largest securities market in the world. High quality bonds provide investors with low-risk income. And ‘laddering’ your portfolio lets you match maturity dates to your   Read More

DRIPs (Dividend Re-Investment Plans) and cash option plans let individual investors build their wealth. That’s thanks to the dozen advantages that we outline below.
Studies have shown that dividend reinvestment is   Read More

We’re approaching that time of year when many mutual funds distribute the capital gains they’ve realized throughout the year to their unit-holders. This event should serve as a reminder to   Read More

Every month the Money Reporter, the newsletter for investors whose interest is more interest, publishes its list of recommended bonds and preferred shares. In September it recommended 38 government bonds,   Read More

We’re not talking about the results of a share split when we talk about split shares. A split share corporation is established for the specific purpose of transforming the dividends   Read More

Every month the Money Reporter, the newsletter for investors whose interest is more interest,  publishes its list of recommended bonds and preferred shares. In July it recommended 38 government bonds,   Read More

Every month the Money Reporter, the newsletter for investors whose interest is more interest,  publishes its list of recommended bonds and preferred shares. In July it recommended 38 government bonds,   Read More

Watch the mutual funds outside your registered accounts. Otherwise, you may find yourself on the hook for taxes if you buy just prior to an end-of-year capital gains distribution. And   Read More

Investors building their wealth usually depend on stocks. Many studies have shown that stocks outperform bonds and cash over long periods of time. And the reinvestment of dividends is essential   Read More

The Liberal government’s 2016 federal budget was built around the theme of “growing the middle class”. Samantha Prasad, a tax partner with the Toronto-based law firm Minden Gross LLP, takes   Read More

Every month the Money Reporter publishes its list of recommended bonds and preferred shares. In February it recommended 38 government bonds, 13 corporate bonds and 15 preferred shares suitable for   Read More

DRIPs (Dividend Re-Investment Plans) and cash option plans let individual investors build their wealth. That’s thanks to the dozen benefits that we outline below.
Dividend Re-Investment Plans (DRIPs) can build   Read More

A dividend reinvestment plan is the most efficient way there is of adding to your shareholdings of top Canadian dividend paying stocks. Investor’s Digest of Canada regularly monitors 100 Canadian   Read More

Every month the Money Reporter publishes a comprehensive list of best Canadian corporate bonds, Canadian federal and provincial government bonds and Canadian preferred shares─both straight and floating rate─that it recommends   Read More

ADRs (American Depositary Receipts) make it easy for you to buy overseas companies and provide you with an extra measure of safety that you would not get with a direct   Read More

The federal government’s new budget contains a number of personal tax measures that may affect you. Samantha Prasad, a tax partner with the Toronto-based law firm Minden Gross and a   Read More