Analyst Dan Hincks of Vancouver-based investment firm Odlum Brown maintains his “buy” recommendation for real estate development firm The Howard Hughes Corporation (HHC—NYSE). He also reiterates his 12-month target price   Read More

“In the stock market — or in any widely traded market — there’s an inevitable fact of life: bear markets happen. It’s a topic I’d just as soon avoid. After   Read More

More and more, it seems, people are waking up to the importance of graphite.

Some of this simply reflects its increased demand as a raw material in the manufacture of brake   Read More

There’s been little market action in either gold or silver over the past few months, says John Embry, chief investment strategist for Toronto-based Sprott Asset Management.

For one thing, both July   Read More

Pierre Beaudoin is likely hoping Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t do anything else to raise Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s hackles.

Mr. Beaudoin, after all, is the president and CEO of   Read More

Dave Keil, P.Eng., MBA, CFA, runs a small closely held fund from his base at Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos. Originally from Toronto, Dave draws on a wealth of   Read More

Analysts Doug Young and Bradley Romain of Desjardins Capital Markets are keeping the Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS-TSX) on deposit as a “hold” with average risk and a 12-month price   Read More

Christos Doulis, an analyst with Western Canadian-based PI Financial, is giving top billing to Premier Gold Mines Limited. (PG-TSX) adding it to his coverage list as a “speculative buy.”

He’s also   Read More

Between now and 2016, Montreal-based Dollarama Inc. (DOL-TSX) reportedly wants to open from 70 to 80 new stores a year in Canada. Does that make it recklessly ambitious?

No, it doesn’t,   Read More

“Believe it or not, one asset class I’ve always found that stacks up well is timberland. This is especially true when stock market indexes seem on the verge of tumbling   Read More

Analyst Sheila Broughton, head of research for Western Canadian-based PI Financial, was pleasantly surprised when Premium Brands Holdings Corp. (PBH-TSX) reported stronger than forecast first quarter results.

Saying the company’s outlook   Read More

We live in an era of celebrity athletes, judges, CEOs — even celebrity chefs.

But there are few geologists who’ve become household names.

Except Charles “Chuck” Fipke. He’s one person who seems   Read More

Quick now, what’s Canada’s biggest export to China? A metal like copper or zinc; fuel like coal, oil or gas, or even a fertilizer like potash?  Well, how about canola,   Read More

If you’re Guy Hachey, you need the patience of Job. And a big dose of optimism, it would seem. The bigger, the better.

Mr. Hachey is chief operating officer at Bombardier   Read More

Most investors would consider a loss of, say, 30 per cent in a year a disaster. Many would be completely shocked to lose money over 10 years. But what about   Read More

Quick, now: can you name the new whipping boy in the investment world? If you said bonds, you’d be right. After last year’s “taper tantrum” — i.e., the sell-off in   Read More

Back in September 2013, when Canadian Edge was adding Aggressive Holding Lightstream Resources Ltd. (LTS-TSX, $7.21) to its Dividend Watch List, CE noted that the company would likely “enjoy a   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

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

In the film, The Music Man, we were told of the importance of a salesman knowing his customers.

Indeed, one of the travelling salesmen repeatedly blasts Prof. Harold Hill, a consummate   Read More

Not too long ago, this advisory sold its remaining stake in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT-NYSE, $77.11) at the $56 US level for a tidy profit. As editor Barry S. Arnold   Read More

Just in case you haven’t yet noticed, we’ve been getting mixed signals on interest rates of late.

True, yields on corporate bonds have been creeping up to around 4.5 per cent.

And   Read More

Knowing when to sell stocks is as important as knowing when to buy

Whether you’re a professional money manager, or an individual retail investor, success in the stock market comes down   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

Target price raised as Detour strengthens its balance sheet

Analyst Michael Parkin updated his model after Detour Gold Corp. (DGC-TSX, $9.97) completed a bought-deal share offering that strengthened its balance sheet.

Mr.   Read More

Instead of declaring special dividend income, company should have continued with its growth strategy

For Winalta Inc. (WTA-TSX/VEN, $0.95), Mr. Mills continues to recommend a “buy.”

He’s also giving the dividend stock   Read More

Building an investment portfolio is a particularly difficult task at potential turning points in the market.

At market lows, investors not only have to be aware of additional downside risk, but   Read More

With a big turnaround in the mining sector, mineral producers could regain much of what’s been lost since the highs of 2011

In the business of determining if the glass is   Read More

Correction will coincide with six-month seasonal downswing

We’re still tiptoeing through queasy stock markets. So, don’t rest easy just yet.

A correction of some sort is under way — one that neatly   Read More

Acquisition and reserves update lift target price

Mr. Parkin updated his model for Primero Mining Corp. (P-TSX, $7.10) after the precious metals producer made a pair of announcements: the acquisition of   Read More

Canadian Natural Resources hikes payout twice in five months

Tyler Reardon and Jeff Martin help cover Canada’s oil and gas industry for Calgary-based Peters & Co.

And they’re nothing if not enthusiastic   Read More

Speculating in biotech penny stocks can be a bit like spending a few hours at the local casino.

Yes, there are risks and unknowns aplenty. But the payoff if the startup   Read More

As 2014 continues to unfold, both gold and silver are starting to perform impressively.

Both metals appear to have made major bottoms following gold’s plunge to US$1,180 an ounce at the   Read More

Just when folks are told to steer clear of certain investments, the trend changes. But that’s typical, is it not?

At the start of this year, the market mavens told investors   Read More

– Analysts: Bill Schmitz Jr./Eric Katzman, Deutsche Bank

PepsiCo Inc.’s (PEP-NYSE, $76.69, Consumer Products Sector) product portfolio is “a tale of two cities”, with beverages struggling as snacks thrive, according to   Read More

By Keith Richards

 If you’ve noticed that certain sectors of the stock market are now yielding ground to others, you’re not imagining things.

There is, as I’ve noted before, a rotation going   Read More

– Keith Richards

Take advantage of short-lived reprieves to buy U.S. Dollars

The loonie recently cracked $0.93, a key support level against the U.S. dollar, fueling the likelihood of an even bigger decline.

Moreover,   Read More

– John Embry

If you’ve always suspected the world’s central banks of keeping gold prices down, Dimitri Speck’s investigation will come as no surprise

As we head into February, gold and silver   Read More

– By T. Edward Gardiner

For some time now, I’ve been avoiding Canadian bank stocks. I believe they’re over-priced, given the banks’ big exposure to consumer debt.

In spite of this, their   Read More

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-By Brian Hoffman

Should American equities start to climb higher — and, steeper — we could see a   Read More

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– Digested from The Primary Trend, Arnold Investment Counsel, Inc., 3960 Hillside Dr., Delafield, WI 53018, (800)-443-6544,   Read More

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– Digested from a Dec. 5 report by analyst Chase Bethel, Desjardins Capital Markets
 
Talented managers infuse workforce   Read More

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–  by Keith Richards
 
If you don’t want to buy individual names, consider iShares S&P/TSX Small-Cap Index fund.
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The TSX Composite Index turned in a good performance in   Read More

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Tyler Reardon and Jeff Martin think the world of Canadian Natural Resources Inc. (CNQ-TSX, $34.58). Both gents   Read More

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 – Digested from a Nov. 7 report by analysts Pardeep Sangha and Neil Bakshi 
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Third quarter numbers   Read More

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– Edited from an article by Sunil Vidyarthi, M.B.A., PhD
 
What’s your take on the umpteenth version of   Read More

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– Edited from an article by Peter Pham
 
As strange as it might now seem, big oil these   Read More

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– Edited from an article by Nick Barisheff
 
Ask the man on the street where all the world’s   Read More

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In picking stocks, David Cockfield tries to avoid a flash in the pan. “Typically, you might be   Read More

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  – Edited from an article by Keith Richards By this time, you already know America isn’t going to   Read More

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CGI Group, one of our Key stocks, did well in the first nine months of fiscal 2013. Its   Read More