This week there were 24 Stock Top Picks and 2 ETF in a wide range of industries: Energy, Healthcare, Financials, Basic Materials, ETF, Consumer, Utilities, Telecommunications and Industrials. Here are this week’s Top Picks as selected by: Brian Acker, Ross […]
It’s another round of Battle of the Stocks. This week we focus on clusters of Canadian stocks that investors commonly compare, and weigh the strengths and drawbacks of each. Here we go: Alimentation Couche-Tard vs. Parkland Fuel Couche-Tard is one […]
Former Market Darlings As in physics, the law of markets decrees that stocks move up and down. However, the following stocks blazed to sudden, dizzying heights before sinking or crashing, caused by market forces or criminality. Have those stocks recovered […]
The medical space has been a hot sector these past few years, and have widely outperformed the market. These sectors are defensive as they are not tied to an economic cycle. Furthermore, medical, biotech and gene-editing firms will profit from […]
Sideways. Flat. Don’t buy. Hold. Range-bound. Sell. No, I’m not talking about oil stocks. I’m talking about banks, both Canadian and American. Nobody has said anything, but the banks have crept up this month. Royal Bank, for instance, has just […]
With interest rates slipping and expected to remain low, investors are scouring the traditional bond proxies for yield: utilities, telcos and REITs. Feel free to research names like Algonquin Energy, BCE and CAR.UN-T on Stockchcase, but this story focuses on […]
Last week we looked at restaurant stocks, meaning fast food. Some names were defensive, some not. In a recession, a safer bet for investors is food. Food stocks, whether meatless burders or supermartkets, are consumer staples. In a boom and […]
Hungry for restaurant stocks? With markets late in the cycle, are restaurant stocks still worth sampling? Any upside? Here’s the menu: Restaurant Brands International (QSR-T) Restaurant Brands International (QSR-T) remains the king of Canadian resto stocks, holding Timmy’s, Popeye’s and […]
It’s August. The US-China trade war is deepening, interest rates are sinking and a hard Brexit is looming. Volatility looms. when markets plunge 3% in one day, do you: a) sell b) buy c) do nothing? The best answer: B […]
Your RRSP is your money garden: plant some stocks and ETFs, walk away and watch them grow. Maybe you have five or 45 years to contribute to your RRSP until you must convert it into a RRIF at age 71. […]
Last week, we faced-off pairs of similar Canadian stocks to help investors choose the one for them. This week, we turn south to continue the Battle of the Stocks. Netflix vs. Disney It’s turning into the battle of the streamers […]
The Beatles or the Stones? London or Paris? Steak or salmon? Often, an investor wants to play a particular space, whether it’s banking or utilities, but can’t decide between two similar stocks. Which is better? Here, we face-off common pairs […]
The S&P just broke 3,000, the Dow made a new all-time high, and the TSX is flirting with its own. So, why worry about a recession? All analysts agree that the world economy is now late in the cycle and […]
American markets are hitting all-time highs and with it the U.S. tech stocks. The recovery of the FAANG stocks is breathtaking. Since the Christmas Eve trough, the NASDAQ has rebounded over 23%, outpacing the S&P at over 20% and the […]
Smart homes and buildings are becoming increasingly popular with a projected market growth of 18% according to Acumen Researching and Consulting. The internet of things, and IFTTT (If this then that) has allowed for individuals to create systems that works […]
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