Investor's Digest of Canada •March 13, 2015 •
New digital initiatives, such as the “buy online, pick up in store” sales channel, are important drivers in attracting long-term, repeat customers.
After speaking with Home Depot Inc.’s (NYSE─HD) management, equity Read More
Investor's Digest of Canada •March 3, 2015 •
With the recent plunge in petroleum prices, PFB Corp. (TSX─PFB) is likely laughing all the way to the bank. That, at least, is what Don Walker might tell you.
Mr. Walker Read More
The MoneyLetter •February 4, 2015 •
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
Investor's Digest of Canada •January 29, 2015 •
Whistler Blackcomb Holdings Inc. (TSX─WB) showed some pretty impressive slope side action during its fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 according to Sheila Broughton, managing director and head of research at Read More
The MoneyLetter •January 1, 2015 •
Hamilton, Ont.-based Ken Norquay is a CMT (Chartered Market Technician) and the author of the behavioural finance book Beyond the Bull which discusses the impact of your personality on your Read More
Investor's Digest of Canada •December 8, 2014 •
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
The Investment Reporter •October 29, 2014 •
Hardwoods Distribution (TSX—HWD) is doing better than it seems. We expect it to earn more this year and next. It remains a buy for long-term share price gains and dividends.
In Read More
Investor's Digest of Canada •October 16, 2014 •
If Calgary-based Mainstreet Equity Corp. (MEQ–TSX) is anything, it’s a growth story. Just ask Jeffrey Olin, president and chief executive officer of Toronto-based Vision Capital Corp., an investment counseling and Read More
The Investment Reporter •September 23, 2014 •
Atco Ltd. (TSX—ACO.X) suffered temporary setbacks in the second quarter and the first half of 2014. But its earnings are expected to recover in the second half of the year Read More
Investor's Digest of Canada •July 30, 2014 •
Mention Canadian auto parts makers and you immediately think of such heavyweights as Magna Intl. Inc. (MG-TSX), or Linamar Corp. (LNR-TSX). But Martinrea Intl. (MRE-TSX)?
Yet Martinrea is an outfit worth Read More
Investor's Digest of Canada •August 16, 2013 •
The latest data on U.S. housing starts and retail sales have caused doubts among some observers about the strength of the American economic recovery. In June, housing starts declined 9.9 Read More
