DRIPs (Dividend Re-Investment Plans) and cash option plans let individual investors build their wealth. That’s thanks to the dozen advantages that we outline here.
Here are 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
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
A study shows that from 1900 to 2017, dividends produced 90 per cent of the returns of investors worldwide. So focus as much on dividends as on profits and government Read More
We expect consumer stock Walgreens Boots Alliance to deliver long-term share price gains. We also expect this ‘dividend aristocrat’ to continue to raise its dividend each year. And we further Read More
Atco Ltd. has slumped due to rising interest rates in the U.S. But the shares of this blue chip utility stock look cheap relative to their expected earnings of $3.05 Read More
Supermarket customers like to complain about long cashier line-ups endured to pay for the ever-rising cost of their groceries. You’ll dislike this a whole lot less if you own the Read More
These days you hear a lot about “enhancing shareholder value”. That is, managements of many firms want their shares to perform well. Management, of course, has a fair bit of Read More
The U.S. economy is growing more quickly. So we continue to focus on U.S. companies that do lots of business at home in addition to their sales abroad. We picked Read More
AutoCanada earned less in the first half of 2015. And its share price has fallen enough that it’s been reduced to the bargain basement stocks section at this price based Read More
Thomson Reuters reported lower earnings in the first half of 2015. Had foreign exchange rates remained unchanged, its earnings per share would’ve gone up by 10.3 per cent. Among dividend Read More
Manufacturing stock Stella-Jones will earn record profits again. It keeps raising your dividends. The shares remain a buy for further long-term price gains and small, but rising, dividends.
We regularly review Read More
Paychex, Inc. is rated a ‘buy’ for long-term gains and attractive, rising dividends. It earned record profits for the second year in a row—and expects to set a new record Read More
The Investment Reporter has upgraded U.S. tech stock IBM from a hold to a buy. IBM should leave behind its recent rough patch and earn record profits next year. It’s Read More
Design and consulting firm Stantec Inc. is expected to earn more money this year and next. It’s using part of this growing income to raise its dividend. The shares of Read More
A decline in BCE’s landline legacy home phone business has been more than offset by increases in its wireless, Fibe TV and internet divisions. Odlum Brown equity analyst Cory O’Krainetz Read More
U.S. Key stock PepsiCo earned more in 2014, excluding currency changes and one-time items. It expects to earn more in 2015. This gives this global consumer goods stock the means Read More
Toromont Industries remains a buy. This manufacturing company’s stock has raised its dividends for 26 years in a row. This attracts income-seeking investors. The company’s growing earnings should lead to Read More
BCE Inc. earned more last year and expects to earn more in 2015. Given its aim of paying out 65 to 75 per cent of its earnings in profits, the Read More
CAE Inc.’s shares have climbed in recent months. That’s because its sales and earnings per share have risen. Earnings-per-share growth is accelerating and its outlook is favorable. CAE remains a Read More
Metro Inc. (TSX─MRU) did well in the first quarter of fiscal 2015. Its sales and earnings per share climbed. The company is expected to earn more for the full year. Read More
In fiscal 2014, Richelieu Hardware (TSX─RCH) earned record profits for the fifth year in a row. It’s expected to earn record profits again in fiscal 2015 (fiscal years end November Read More
PPG Industries (NYSE─PPG), one of our U.S. Key stocks, earned record profits in 2014. It’s expected to earn more this year and next. The world’s leading coatings and specialty-materials company Read More
In the first quarter of fiscal 2016, Shaw Communications’ existing businesses generated lower revenue and operating income than a year earlier. But newly-acquired ViaWest offset the shortfall.
The company has Read More
Alimentation Couche-Tard (TSX—ATD.B), one of our Key stocks, is acquiring The Pantry in the U.S. That company operates 1,512 convenience stores in 13 states. This transaction is large. But given Read More
Oil prices have plunged, of course. We expect prices to remain lower for an extended period of time. That’s partly because ‘fracking’ shale oil can be turned on and off Read More
Montreal-based Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSX—GIL; NYSE—GIL) earned more in the year to October 5. It expects to earn more in the year ahead. This supplier of branded basic family apparel Read More
We regularly point out that it pays to buy the big five Canadian banks. They remain buys for long-term price gains as well as high and rising dividends.
All five earned Read More
Dividend Re-Investment Plans, or “DRIPs,” can assist you in building your wealth. You can instruct companies with DRIPs to reinvest your dividends into new shares. You can build your wealth Read More
Alimentation Couche-Tard is earning record profits again. We expect the company to earn record profits this year and next. It remains a buy for further long-term gains and small but Read More
Metro Inc. earned more in fiscal 2014, which sent its share up. This supermarket chain is expected to earn more in fiscal 2015 (which began on September 28) and fiscal Read More
Magna International is profiting from a strong demand for cars. It should earn more money this year and next. It remains a buy for further gains and rising dividends.
Vehicle manufacturers Read More
TransCanada Corp. (TSX—TRP), one of our Key stocks, is pleased with the outcome of the U.S. mid-term elections. That’s because the pro-business Republican party now controls both the Senate and Read More
Corus Entertainment (TSX—CJR.B) earned more in fiscal 2014. But since it earned less than expected and lowered its expectations for 2015, its share price fell.
Corus is expected to earn more Read More
Canadian Pacific Railway earned record results in the first nine months of 2014. As trade with Asia and traffic grows, so should its earnings. This will give the railroad the Read More
Ensign Energy Services’ shares fell in a recent selloff of oil services stocks. But the company is building its fleet of rigs in Canada, the U.S. and overseas. This will Read More
CAE’s share price has fallen recently but it did better than it seems in the first quarter of fiscal 2015. It has also sharpened its strategic focus. The company raised Read More
Charles Ellis, author of Winning the Loser’s Game, believes that you should build your portfolio as you would a house. Your house should be suitable to the climate, not last Read More
We believe that it pays to buy dividend-paying stocks. Dividends can assist you in paying your bills, of course. Even better, dividends are likely to improve your returns from your Read More
One of our U.S. Key stocks is Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ—ITRI). While it remains profitable, we’re disappointed with its mediocre performance.
In 2014, Itron is expected to earn $1.65 a share. That’s Read More
Saputo Inc. earned more in the first quarter of fiscal 2015. It has raised its dividend for 15 years in a row. The company is also paying a stock Read More
Buy-rated TransForce Inc. is acquiring Contrans Group—after recently acquiring Vitran Corp. and Clarke Transport. Since Contrans’ management is tendering, you should too.
One transportation stock we used to regularly review in Read More
Registered Retirement Savings Plans, or RRSPs, help you to save for a more comfortable retirement while deferring taxes – hopefully on more favorable terms – into the future.
But the investment Read More
PPG Industries’ earnings per share keep setting new records. This lets it reinvest and reward its shareholders with attractive dividends and buybacks.
PPG operates three segments in nearly 70 countries worldwide. Read More
BCE Inc. wants to buy the Bell Aliant shares that it doesn’t already own. BCE (TSX—BCE) remains a buy. If you hold Bell Aliant (TSX—BA), you should perform your own Read More
Founded in 1985, Contrans Group (TSX-CSS) has grown by acquiring specialized transportation companies. It owns independently-operated trucking companies in van, flatbed, waste, tank, dump and logistics, and provides these transportation Read More
When Scotiabank unveiled plans to sell some of its shares of CI Financial, the latter’s share price fell. This gives you the opportunity to buy CI as a bargain stock, Read More
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We’ve added Hardwoods Distribution to our Key stocks. This ‘Higher Risk’ stock is a buy for long-term gains Read More