Manulife Financial is doing a lot of things right. That’s largely why we continue to recommend it as a buy for long-term gains as well as attractive and growing dividends.

One   Read More

Manulife Financial is doing a lot of things right. That’s largely why we continue to recommend it as a buy for long-term gains as well as attractive and growing dividends.

One   Read More

If investment optimism fades, consider Beutel Goodman Canadian Equity Fund. Its undervalued stocks are meant to offer a measure of downside protection.

In the first half of this year, positive trends   Read More

If investment optimism fades, consider Beutel Goodman Canadian Equity Fund. Its undervalued stocks are meant to offer a measure of downside protection.

In the first half of this year, positive trends   Read More

California money manager Russ Mathews is bullish on Canadian bank stocks and US oil and gas stocks. He picks two of each as his current ‘best buys’.
Money manager Russ Mathews   Read More

If investment optimism fades, consider Beutel Goodman Canadian Equity Fund. Its undervalued stocks are meant to offer a measure of downside protection.

In the first half of this year, positive trends   Read More

California money manager Russ Mathews is bullish on Canadian bank stocks and US oil and gas stocks. He picks two of each as his current ‘best buys’.
Money manager Russ Mathews   Read More

PI Financial’s Guy Lapierre names financial stock Visa Inc. and technology stock Apple Inc. as his current ‘best buy’ choices.

Vancouver-area portfolio manager Guy Lapierre says that since late September he   Read More

PI Financial’s Guy Lapierre names financial stock Visa Inc. and technology stock Apple Inc. as his current ‘best buy’ choices.

Vancouver-area portfolio manager Guy Lapierre says that since late September he   Read More

So says behavioural finance analyst Ken Norquay. “I recommend selling your long-term financial stocks before the next stock-market down wave begins.”
In past articles, I have referred to certain investing techniques   Read More

So says behavioural finance analyst Ken Norquay. “I recommend selling your long-term financial stocks before the next stock-market down wave begins.”
In past articles, I have referred to certain investing techniques   Read More

goeasy provides financial services to purchasers and lessees of its furniture, electronics, computers, and appliances.

Toronto-based Raymond James Financial analyst Stephen Boland resumes coverage of financial services stock goeasy Ltd. (TSX—GSY)   Read More

goeasy provides financial services to purchasers and lessees of its furniture, electronics, computers, and appliances.

Toronto-based Raymond James Financial analyst Stephen Boland resumes coverage of financial services stock goeasy Ltd. (TSX—GSY)   Read More

“Our bank pick is trading at valuations that are compelling enough to justify buying it at present prices. Our pipeline pick is a hedge of sorts against lower bond yields,”   Read More

“Our bank pick is trading at valuations that are compelling enough to justify buying it at present prices. Our pipeline pick is a hedge of sorts against lower bond yields,”   Read More

Vancouver-based Elvis Picardo, a financial analyst and portfolio manager at HollisWealth, a division of Industrial Alliance Securities, picks one of Canada’s largest insurers and a US communications giant as the   Read More

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

Vancouver-based Elvis Picardo, a financial analyst and portfolio manager at HollisWealth, a division of Industrial Alliance Securities, picks one of Canada’s largest insurers and a US communications giant as the   Read More

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

Vancouver-based portfolio manager and chartered financial analyst Elvis Picardo takes a look at recent market volatility and finds two stocks, both already giants in their sectors, as the two best   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

Junior stock specialist Mike Kachanovsky looks “higher up the food chain”  for a growth stock opportunity that’s got recurring earnings, a strong balance sheet and an outlook for growth. He   Read More

Writing in The MoneyLetter between the first round and final run-off French elections, portfolio manager John Stephenson admires the strong economic recovery underway in Europe. He picks two financial stocks   Read More

Scotiabank may not benefit as much from stronger U.S. economic growth than some of its peers, but this Canadian financial stock has good potential in emerging markets.
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Consumer goods and alternative financial services stock goeasy Ltd. is growing fast and raising its dividends quickly. Yet its shares, like Rodney Dangerfield, “don’t get no respect”. They trade at   Read More

Regular MoneyLetter columnist John Stephenson says the outlook for many emerging markets in 2017 is up, not sideways. India is headed for its third straight year as the fastest-growing major   Read More

Regular MoneyLetter columnist John Stephenson offers his stock market outlook for the early days of a Trump administration. Financial stocks should be among the first big winners because of the   Read More

Regular MoneyLetter columnist John Stephenson was prescient enough to give serious consideration to the possibility of a Trump presidency and picked three stocks—an aerospace and defence manufacturing stock, an oil   Read More

Intact Financial is Canada’s largest property and casualty (P&C) insurance provider, with a market share of approximately 17 per cent. The company offers a diverse set of insurance products, including   Read More

A frequent contributor to Investor’s Digest of Canada, Elvis Picardo is on a roll. His picks for the popular ‘Best Buys’ from Leading Analysts column in December, 2015, and March,   Read More

Alaris Royalty Corp. forms partnerships with and invests in private companies where owners want to maintain control of their business. Typically, this financial services provider participates in the form of   Read More

Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho observed: “Sometimes you have to travel a long way to find what is near.” Northland Wealth Management portfolio manager David Cockfield must concur. He names a   Read More

Monty Python’s “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” is the ultimate parody of syrupy songs meant to cheer someone up. “Some things in life are bad, They can   Read More

The TSX Venture Exchange is not your father’s stock exchange. Elvis Picardo, vice president of research and portfolio manager at Global Securities Corp. in Vancouver, notes that instead of being   Read More