The key issue these days is runaway inflation and high and rising interest rates in an attempt to bring it back under control.

In 2022, inflation has soared to heights not   Read More

Credit services company goeasy Ltd. and insurance company Manulife Financial Corporation are both financial services stocks to buy for capital gains and growing dividends.

goeasy Ltd. (TSX—GSY)
goeasy Ltd.’s earnings are growing   Read More

Credit services company goeasy Ltd. and insurance company Manulife Financial Corporation are both financial services stocks to buy for capital gains and growing dividends.

goeasy Ltd. (TSX—GSY)
goeasy Ltd.’s earnings are growing   Read More

Portfolio manager Margaret Samuel looks at two global bank stocks as potential investments against a backdrop of rising interest rates.
The pandemic has created a level of forced savings not seen   Read More

Portfolio manager Margaret Samuel looks at two global bank stocks as potential investments against a backdrop of rising interest rates.
The pandemic has created a level of forced savings not seen   Read More

Floating-rate bonds and floating-rate bond ETFs offer you a way to protect your fixed-income portfolio from rising interest rates.
In view of rising interest rates, we’ve advised you to shorten the   Read More

Floating-rate bonds and floating-rate bond ETFs offer you a way to protect your fixed-income portfolio from rising interest rates.
In view of rising interest rates, we’ve advised you to shorten the   Read More

Because they trade like stocks, one advantage of ETFs over mutual funds is that you can use limit orders, stop orders and good-through orders for example, and often ETFs also   Read More

Floating-rate bonds and floating-rate bond ETFs offer you a way to protect your fixed-income portfolio from rising interest rates.
In view of rising interest rates, we’ve advised you to shorten the   Read More

BCE’s shares tend to act very much like a bond. As interest rates rise, the price of the shares tends to fall to compensate new investors with a higher yield.   Read More

Lester Asset Management CEO Stephen Takacsy argues that the risk-to-reward ratio is best among emerging stocks, a description that fits both of his ‘best buy’ picks, manufacturing stock Grande West   Read More

BCE’s shares tend to act very much like a bond. As interest rates rise, the price of the shares tends to fall to compensate new investors with a higher yield.   Read More

Despite rising interest rates, income securities still have a place in conservative stock portfolios. Yielding 4.1 per cent, Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust is a buy for growth and income.
The   Read More

Four times a year, we make a 180-day forecast for the economy and stocks. We pick 25 stocks we expect to beat the market over that period and 25 stocks   Read More

Continue to add to your Canadian equity mutual funds portfolio. Aggressive small-cap equity mutual funds are starting to reward risk takers now.
Economic data and market sentiment have improved in recent   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

Foreign investors are buying Canadian and U.S. bonds. This is reducing bond yields to record lows. One way to generate more income and beat inflation is to buy blue chip   Read More

Foreign investors are buying Canadian and U.S. bonds. This is reducing bond yields to record lows. One way to generate more income and beat inflation is to buy blue chip   Read More

Are you concerned about rising interest rates effect on stocks in the U.S.? Keith Richards, portfolio manager at Barrie, Ont.-based ValueTrend Wealth Management and a frequent contributor to The MoneyLetter,   Read More