This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Gordon Reid including Bank of America (A Top Pick Nov 13/18, Up 23%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. A week that […]
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This week we’re marrying two popular stories–Battle of the Stocks and ETFs—into one. Canadian ETFs to invest the world We’re pitting pairs of ETFs that cover Canada, the U.S. and the rest of the world (including emerging markets) against each […]
Forget FANG, FANG or FANGM, here comes HOLEMAN Forget FANG, FAANG or FANGM (Microsoft at the end). H.O.L.E.M.A.N. is an (admittedly awkward) acronym that includes tech stocks that have performed well, but don’t receive as much love as the tech […]
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 […]
Who are ETFs for? Are you a passive investor who doesn’t have time to study individual stocks, but wants to invest in the markets? Then, buy some ETFs. If you don’t know them, ETFs are exchange-traded funds, which you can […]
Markets were jolted last week upon bad manufacturing data and geopolitical tensions. Though the indices turned positive to end the week, they still haven’t recovered from this pullback. Did you panic and sell? Did you hold? Or did you buy? […]
October. A time when sunshine gives way to falling leaves; baseball ends while hockey and basketball begin; and seasonality reigns. Seasonality tracks the long-term performance patterns of stocks and sectors. Some stocks rise during certain months, and others fall in […]
On Wednesday, the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P regained the ground they lost from Tuesday’s jittery session, and closed positive. The Nasdaq recovered the most, up 1.05% to finish 8,077. The TSX rallied in the last two hours of the session […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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