Some income investors are turning to straight preferred shares to increase the cash they earn. But this can cost them money if they ignore the yield-to-call of older preferred shares.
Some   Read More

Some income investors are turning to straight preferred shares to increase the cash they earn. But this can cost them money if they ignore the yield-to-call of older preferred shares.
Some   Read More

Each quarter, we make a 180-day forecast of what we expect the economy and the stock market to do over the next six months.

Here’s our forecast of what we expect   Read More

Accountant Mark Goodfield (aka The Blunt Bean Counter) reviews six common investment errors he has observed over the years.
I am involved in wealth advisory for some of my clients as   Read More

Each quarter, we make a 180-day forecast of what we expect the economy and the stock market to do over the next six months.

Here’s our forecast of what we expect   Read More

On few occasions have we seen a fund that dominates its category for more than seven years in a 10-year period. But such funds do exist—even in the bond fund   Read More

Your investment horizon should play a large role in determining how you invest your money across different ‘asset classes’, or types of investments.

The longer your investment horizon, the more you   Read More

On few occasions have we seen a fund that dominates its category for more than seven years in a 10-year period. But such funds do exist—even in the bond fund   Read More

Accumulating a portfolio is half the battle. The other half involves getting your money back when you need it. After all, future cash is surely what present investing is all   Read More

Accumulating a portfolio is half the battle. The other half involves getting your money back when you need it. After all, future cash is surely what present investing is all   Read More

Fixed-income investments like bonds have a place in most portfolios. But they yield little as central banks have cut interest rates to soften the blow of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The coronavirus   Read More

Canadian banks face some headwinds, but the big five are expected to earn more in 2020. They pay attractive dividends and they trade at low price-to-earnings ratios.

We cover Canada’s big   Read More

The key to making money with junk bonds is to diversify across industries. That’s because failing companies are often concentrated in problem industries.
Investors should diversify across many ‘asset classes’. One   Read More

PI Financial’s Guy Lapierre picks two Canadian pipeline stocks to buy. Their pipelines are full and one has a new polypropylene plant coming on line.
Although Vancouver-area financial professional Guy Lapierre   Read More

A Purpose Investments report says “an investor can generate a pre-tax equivalent income stream of six per cent to eight per cent from the most credit-worthy corporations in Canada”.
Contrary to   Read More

A Purpose Investments report says “an investor can generate a pre-tax equivalent income stream of six per cent to eight per cent from the most credit-worthy corporations in Canada”.
Contrary to   Read More

Probable interest rate hikes this year may be subdued but will still limit the attraction of current fixed-income investments. These rate hikes will, however, benefit our recommended floating-rate preferreds.
What to   Read More

Bond funds seem like the answer to a number of investor needs. They provide income, apparent safety in your portfolio and even speculation on interest rates. But they fail to   Read More

Since 1802, the US dollar has lost 95 per cent of its purchasing power. After inflation, that dollar invested in US stocks would’ve soared to $704,997 by 2012; invested in   Read More

Guy Lapierre, a Port Coquitlam, BC-based vice president at PI Financial, really likes Calgary-based Parkland Fuel Corp.’s six per cent bonds and two stocks—BCE for its dividend yield and Transcontinental   Read More

PI Financial portfolio manager Guy Lapierre picks three oil and gas stocks and a sugar producer as his ‘best buys’. [ed.–How did a sugar producer get in with his oil   Read More

A global oil and gas stock that yields about six per cent and a financial services stock yielding about 10 per cent are Toronto-based portfolio manager Michael Sprung’s two favourite   Read More

PI Financial portfolio manager Guy Lapierre picks three oil and gas stocks and a sugar producer as his ‘best buys’. [ed.–How did a sugar producer get in with his oil   Read More

A global oil and gas stock that yields about six per cent and a financial services stock yielding about 10 per cent are Toronto-based portfolio manager Michael Sprung’s two favourite   Read More

A global oil and gas stock that yields about six per cent and a financial services stock yielding about 10 per cent are Toronto-based portfolio manager Michael Sprung’s two favourite   Read More

Since 1802, the US dollar has lost 95 per cent of its purchasing power. After inflation, that dollar invested in US stocks would’ve soared to $704,997 by 2012; invested in   Read More

Barrie, Ontario-based ValueTrend portfolio manager Keith Richards picks four income stocks that share the characteristics of: 1) consistency in dividend payment over time; 2) potential for growth of the dividend;   Read More

Or “one man’s loss becomes another man’s gain”, according to 1707’s A General Treatise of Monies and Exchanges. There are so many versions of this truism that no credit can   Read More

Peter Lynch is a highly successful investor. He’s enthusiastic about stocks that increase their dividends year after year. By contrast, Mr. Lynch cares little for investing in bonds. But a   Read More