When you buy stocks in sectors and sub-sectors of the market, keep your goals in mind. If you’re a conservative, income-seeking investor, focus on utilities, financial stocks and consumer stocks.   Read More

Every month the Money Reporter, the newsletter for income-oriented investors, publishes its list of 25 recommended common stocks and 16 recommended mutual equity funds.
What to do about common stocks now
After   Read More

It’s best to diversify your portfolio across all five sectors of the economy: finance, utilities, consumer, manufacturing and resources. Remember, though, there’s danger in loading up on stocks in sectors   Read More

Top Canadian stocks like financial stocks and oil and gas stocks are doing very well right now. Rising interest rates are boosting the former, while infrastructure investment has created greater   Read More

Four times a year The Investment Reporter reviews its outlook for the economy’s five main sectors—financial, utilities, manufacturing, consumer and resources. Its guiding rule is that investors keep at least   Read More

Mining stocks and oil and gas stocks have compelling valuations right now which makes a specialty fund such as RBC Global Resources attractive. If you’d rather track a broad index,   Read More

Portfolio manager Lorne Zeiler picks a US-based global healthcare stock and a Canadian preferred share exchange traded fund as his current two ‘best buys’ for investors seeking high dividend income   Read More

The combination of two midstream oil and gas stocks—Pembina and Veresen—will create a leading North American energy infrastructure company. Assuming approvals are received, we advise tendering your Veresen shares to   Read More

When you buy stocks in sectors and sub-sectors of the market, keep your portfolio balance goals in mind. If you’re a conservative, income-seeking investor, focus on utilities, financial and consumer   Read More

Columnist Edward Gardiner looks at the uncertainties surrounding NAFTA negotiations, the U.S. budget and events in Europe. He’s encouraged enough to recommend holding pipelines, oil and gas stocks and automotive   Read More

Saudi Arabia and Russia, among others, plan to limit their production until at least March, 2018. This has raised oil prices and the loonie. It should increase the profits of   Read More

The Investment Reporter recently analyzed 24 oil and gas stocks that are all ‘buys’ or ‘holds’. Of those, it selected only four that it rates as current ‘best buys’. They   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 favourites seen as most suitable for new   Read More

Regular MoneyLetter columnist Ken Norquay is struggling to remain objective during the word war being waged by the U.S. media and their new president. As an investment advisor, his value   Read More

Oil services stocks will not profit from rising energy prices as quickly as oil and gas producers. Producers are able to work properties that are already in production. They don’t   Read More

Any industry-wide decline will usually highlight significant opportunities in exceptional companies within that sector. The challenges in the worldwide energy market have negatively impacted most Canadian oil and gas stocks.   Read More

Portfolio manager Keith Richards, a regular Investor’s Digest columnist, reminds us that mining is not just a precious metals game. He finds some industrial metals that offer intriguing possibilities as   Read More

The UK vote to leave the European Union could contribute to a near-term setback in the energy sector. The Money Reporter recommends that any new investments in this sector be   Read More

The price of oil has recovered somewhat, partly due to more demand. This has raised the prices of producers. But higher oil prices lead to more production causing oil prices   Read More

When you buy stocks in sectors and sub-sectors of the market, keep your goals in mind. If you’re a conservative, income-seeking investor, focus on utilities, financial stocks and consumer stocks.   Read More

Your best long term strategic investment plan is to balance your portfolio across the five main sectors of the economy: finance, utilities, consumer products and services, manufacturing and resources. Each   Read More

We think that a couple of short-term factors have driven up the price of oil and the shares of oil and gas stocks. But oil supplies are likely to remain   Read More

Among the oil and gas stocks included in the Money Reporter’s “Best Income Trusts For You”, we continue to find ARC Resources Ltd. the most attractive if you’re seeking a   Read More

Fortis Inc. operates as an electricity and natural gas distribution utility for residential, commercial, and industrial markets in Canada, the United States, and the Caribbean. Equity analyst Cory O’Krainetz of   Read More

The price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil continues to fall. OPEC launched a price war. No one knows how low oil prices will go nor for how long. But   Read More

Keith Richards, portfolio manager of Barrie, Ont.-based ValueTrend Wealth Management says his favorite market indicators are flashing ‘buy’ signals in five market sectors. He names his favorite stock picks in   Read More

If you watched Saturday night hockey games on TV in the 1960s, you’ll remember the commercials with always friendly ‘nice guy’ Esso dealer Murray Westgate assuring you that you could   Read More

Suncor Energy has made a hostile takeover bid for Canadian Oil Sands. Suncor offered 0.25 of its own shares for each share of COS. Both these oil and gas stocks   Read More

Oil and gas stocks are difficult to gauge right now. Uncertainty over the price of oil and forecasts of where prices will be a year or two from now are   Read More

Resource stocks should make up at least 10 per cent of your portfolio. Buy those likely to maintain or raise their dividends. Buy companies that profit from lower commodity prices.     Read More

Oil prices are at multi-month lows. Why? And where are the opportunities for investors? John Stephenson, president and CEO of Toronto-based Stephenson & Company Capital Management Inc. says savvy investors   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

With oil prices still low, it’s more crucial than ever for an energy play to keep its costs down if it wants to make money. Canadian Natural Resources Limited., a   Read More

Examine the risk-versus-reward relationship of a security before you take the plunge. Strategic investment planning starts with an honest appraisal of your own risk tolerance.
There are many investments you can   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

Canadian Oil Sands Limited (TSX─COS) has reduced its quarterly dividend to $0.05 a share for the first quarter of 2015. The company had previously indicated its intention to reduce its   Read More

B.C.-based Kelso Technologies describes itself as a “railroad equipment supplier that produces and sells proprietary tank car service equipment used in the safe loading, unloading and containment of hazardous materials   Read More

The supply of oil and gas has risen. The demand growth for oil and gas has decreased. Both factors have sent down the price of oil. West Texas Intermediate—North America’s   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

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Recently, TransCanada Corporation (TSX:TRP), the oil and gas / energy infrastructure giant, announced the startup of commercial operation of what is called the Gulf Coast   Read More