To maximize your risk-adjusted returns, don’t mix investments and emotions. Toronto-based Craig Jerusalim, a portfolio manager at CIBC Global Asset Management, identifies five desirable traits of high-quality companies including defendable   Read More

Stock markets have plunged around the world. But we see no 2008- and 2009-style market meltdown on the way. As a result, make the most of this market setback. Continue   Read More

Knowing when to sell stocks, as we point out from time to time, is one of the most pitfall-riddled aspects of strategic investing. Selling is a skill nobody ever masters.   Read More

The 10 conglomerates followed by The Investment Reporter have out-performed the market recently. But they can suffer from some of the drawbacks outlined below. Often strategic investment planning for ‘De-conglomeration’   Read More

Benjamin Graham wrote that investors should ignore the stock market most of the time. They should buy shares that the market greatly undervalues. And sell shares that the market has   Read More

Behavioural finance author Ken Norquay says generals need to be cunning, decisive, resourceful, while privates are loyal, obedient, self-sacrificing. As an investor, you need to establish the best long term   Read More