Doom and gloom… Or maybe not… My 2013 outlook… Pasta for tourists… Glenn Rogers updates Dentsply, Shaw Group, Flowserve, Darling International, SPDR Homebuilders ETF… A note on Aberdeen International


The race to debase… The tank car boom… Glenn Rogers updates TripAdvisor, Whirlpool, Kirby Corp., Flowserve Corp… RRSP Portfolio update… More updates: BMG BullionFund, RioCan REIT, Suncor Energy, CenturyLink, Canam Group… Your Questions: How much in precious metals, investing U.S. dollars


Sell in May?.. Car rental companies in high gear… Glenn Rogers updates Nuance Communications, Starbucks, Fluor, Teva Pharmaceutical, Seagate Technology… More updates: Stella Jones, Gibson Energy… Members’ Corner: Netfile fall-out


Let me start by saying I hope you and your loved ones are safe in these difficult times. Our health is the number priority as we work through this pandemic. The economy and our personal finances are close behind. A few weeks ago, I released a special r …


Spinoffs provide extra value… This month’s Top Pick: Haleon plc… Gavin Graham updates Watts Water Systems, Johnson & Johnson, Boardwalk REIT, Slate Grocery REIT, iShares MSCI UK ETF… Balanced Portfolio holds steady… Gordon Pape updates Algonquin Power & Utilities


Cash from energy… TC Energy spinoff coming soon… Adam Mayers updates TC Energy… Gordon Pape updates Firm Capital… Gavin Graham updates Boralex


Nasdaq joins the party… Profits from a new middle class… Gavin Graham updates Mead Johnson Nutrition, Leucadia National, Capstone Infrastructure… Irwin Michel’s updates: Genworth MI Canada, Canam Group… Gordon Pape’s updates: Silver Wheaton, CGI Group… Members’ Corner: Apple vs. Google


TD calls off First Horizon deal… Trucking stocks pull back… Why spin-offs add value for investors… McDonald’s, RBI hit new highs… Gordon Pape updates Norfolk Southern, Pfizer… Your Questions: Royalty trusts


Think growth… TFSA performance improves… From flop to high-flyer… Glenn Rogers updates Teck Resources, Freeport McMoRan, Yelp… Shawn Allen likes Melcor Developments… Your Questions: Life insurance or TFSA?, pension worries… Your Questions: Life insurance or TFSA?, pension worries… Members’ Corner: U.S. withholding tax


Misleading impressions… Glenn Rogers goes back to the Internet… Glenn Rogers’s ETF updates… A wine lover’s stock… Gordon Pape’s updates: ArcelorMittal, Southern Company… Your Questions: Buy and Hold Portfolio, considering an annuity


Socially-responsible investing… Two good SRI funds… Irwin Michael: Watch for M&A to spark markets… Irwin Michael updates Canam Group, Danier Leather, Daylight Resources Trust, Cogeco… Other updates: Stantec, Finning, Rogers, Thomson Reuters… TFSA talk… Your Questions: TFSAs, global investing, RRSPs


A pleasant surprise for the Triax fund…Tesma’s legal problems…What makes Phillips, Hager & North a great company…Members’ Corner: BPI Opps II Fund, mutual fund investment strategies, Nigerian scam…Seminar reminder


Blue Chip Portfolio Review…Members’ Corner – Newsletter deductibility, PH&N minimums, RRSP…foreign content trap…Hot IPO – Research in Motion…Update – Hurricane Hydrocarbons (HHL.A)…This week’s seminars – Ottawa, Oakville, Mississauga…Mutual Funds Update test transmission…New book – The Canadian Mortgage Book…Apology – E-mail stacking up


Cornerstone stocks… REIT carnage… The bust without a boom… Gordon Pape updates CAE, AT&T… Gavin Graham updates InterRent REIT… Help for small businesses… Your Questions: Sitting in cash; RRIF relief… Members’ Corner: Power Financial Preferreds


It gets worse!… Price targets a guide – not a guarantee… Tom Slee updates CN Rail, Norfolk Southern, Canadian Pacific, Bombardier and Enbridge preferreds… The pension crisis… Irwin Michal updates Equitable Group… Your Questions: RRSP savings, bond or income fund, CPP benefits… Members’ Corner: Eurozone woes, software bargain, Freedom 55


Hedged, unhedged, US dollars – an investor’s guide… The elephant in the room… Richard Croft updates Power Corp., CIBC… This month’s Top Pick: AT&T… A good time for pipeline stocks… Gordon Pape updates iShares 0-5 Years TIPS Bond Index ETF, Emera Inc…. Your Questions: Preferred shares


A new survivor trust…Bond credit ratings: A guide, not a crutch…Gavin Graham picks Leon’s Furniture…Updates: Enbridge common and preferreds…Your Questions: What to buy?


What if it’s no joke?… The Week… Tariff wars and your money… Adam Mayers updates Disney… Buy and Hold posts big gain… Holiday binge watching guide… Members’ Corner: Tariffs and China… Price increase


The markets and our portfolios…Livent Debacle…Manalta/Luscar…Members’ Corner – royalty trust liabilities, buying gold…Updates – Hurricane Hydrocarbons, Global Equity…Guides orders…Education book…Hotmail addresses


Predictions past… Predictions future… Stocks to watch in 2010… Irwin Michael: Best of times, worst of times… Irwin Michael updates Fortress Paper, Morguard Corp. … Your Questions: Lithium, EnCana split… New TFSA book published


Interest rates hold the key to 2010/11… Tom Slee expects a good year… New pick: BCE Preferreds… Tom Slee updates BMO, Manulife notes… Flow-through flood… Gordon Pape’s updates: Progress convertibles, bond funds and ETFs, PH&N Dividend Income Fund… Your Questions: Superficial loss rule, can’t decide which stock… Best Books: 2010 Essential Tax Facts


First Half Review… The Best of the First Half… Best Bets for the Second Half… Portfolio Strategy – Understanding Bond Duration… Are You Paying Too Much?


Nervous markets…Defensive portfolio updated…Defensive mutual funds…Bank of Montreal Managed Futures CDS…Updates: Hurricane Hydrocarbons (HHL.A), Westshore Terminals (WTE.IR), Gold Reserve (GLR)…Mutual funds data base now on-line…Time to renew?


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Multi-Fund Income Trust…Income Portfolio Review…Leaky condo solution…Update: Strategic Value Corp….Mutual Funds On-Line Database


Start of a major correction?…The Luscar/Manalta battle…Target 10 Trust…Dogs vs. Diamonds…Members’ Corner – U.S. dollar investments…Buying mutual funds in U.S. dollars…Pre-publication book offer


Some good news…A bad week…So now what?…The prospect for bonds…Mortgages…Loonie tunes…Luscar/Manalta…Members’ Corner: Selling quality now…Updates: Hurricane Hydrocarbons (HHL.A), TomaNet (TOMA.A)…Renewal reminder…Book special to end


Another wild week…IWB Defensive Portfolio Update…Tax considerations…More federal bond options…World’s Leading Brands Trust…Updates: Pharmaceutical Trust 98; Triax High-Yield Diversified Trust (TRH.UN)…Luscar/Manalta…Apology…New book off the press…Last days for Guides’ special…On-Line Mutual Funds Database…Upcoming seminars – Sept. 12 and 1


Markets defy the October hex…Teleglobe shares called…Risk of covered calls…Ultra-Conservative Portfolio…Koch soars…Members’ Corner – small cap stocks, effect of a PQ victory, prospect of lower U.S. interest rates…Updates – Hurricane Hydrocarbons (HHL.A)…1999 Guides due this week – last chance for special price…Nov. 4 seminar in Toronto


Beware euphoria…Blue Chip Portfolio update…Financial Institutions Trust 1998…Trying to track bonds…Members’ Corner – buying closed-end funds on IPOs, high yields on trust units…CD-ROM special to end…1999 Guides…Circulation problems


1930s redux?… A stock picker’s market… Tom Slee’s Growth Portfolio… Tom Slee updates Rogers Communications… Gordon Pape’s updates: Tim Hortons, BCE Inc., Silver Wheaton, Brookfield Asset Management… Your Questions: TFSA overcontributions… Housekeeping


What happens next?…The diving loonie…IWB defensive portfolio…Members’ Corner – Using Canada Trust’s no load service…Special book offer – advance notice


Better times ahead? Construction industry surprisingly bullish… Tom Slee picks Aecon Group… Understanding book value… Tom Slee’s updates: TransForce, ShawCor… Gordon Pape’s updates: Fortis, Wells Fargo, Walmart, AT&T… EFMI newsletter


What to do with bond funds?…Gavin Graham: Going for growth…Tom Slee: Time to rebalance…January’s top picks: Atlantic Power convertible debentures, Medical Facilities Corp. …January updates: Emera Inc., Daylight Resources Trust…Upcoming seminars


More budget ideas… Glenn Rogers likes junk bonds and shippers… Glenn Rogers updates L-3, Broadcom… TFSAs vs. RRSPs (1)… Free TFSA seminar… Energy updates: Claymore ETF, Suncor, Bronco… Members’ Corner: The federal budget… Your Questions: Investing strategies


Tough times, tough decisions… Having an RRSP is essential… Tom Slee recommends two corporate bonds … TFSAs vs. RRSPs (2)… TFSA swaps… Funds for RRSPs… Your Questions: Bond funds… Members’ Corner: The budget, TFSAs vs. RRSPs… TFSA seminar… Canada a.m.


Paul Musson takes over Ivy funds… Two Ivy funds to consider… Manulife IncomePlus: Convenience at a cost… RRSP questions… Updates: Yellow Pages, Fortis… Your Questions: Home renovation tax credit, mortgage or RRSP?… Seminar reminder… Bookstore additions


The Doomsday scenario…Glenn Rogers: How to invest in homeland security…Glenn Rogers recommends L-3 Communications (LLL), Cogent Systems (COGT), SRA International (SRX), Armor Holdings (AH)…Updates: Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (RMCF), Time Warner (TWX), ARC Energy Trust (AET.UN), Peyto Energy Trust (PEY.UN)…Two new energy-related picks: Fortis (FTS) and Kinder Morgan (KMI)…Update requests…Your Questions: Private health care, when to sell trusts…Members? Corner: Correction on CO2


Inflation creation… What Americans are asking about Canada… Glenn Rogers on bear market rallies… Glenn Rogers updates iShares China 25, ProShares Ultra Financial, ONEOK Inc., Cisco Systems… Your Questions: Bank dividends… Members’ Corner: Gold


Hope abounds!… Tom Slee: Preferreds a better bet than bonds… Tom Slee updates three preferreds plus SNC-Lavalin … Warren MacKenzie: Should you do it yourself?… Gordon Pape’s Updates: ArcelorMittal, Highpine, Canadian Utilities, Penn West… Your Questions: Buying gold, flow-through shares, bank ETF


Degrees of bearishness… Bear bites… How to cut your taxes: tips from an expert… Tom Slee likes Thomson Reuters… Gordon Pape’s updates: Shaw Communications… Your Questions: TFSA accounts… Members’ Corner: Tax software, RRIF repayments… Follow Gordon on Twitter


Oil plunge hits dividends… Canadian interest rates in 2015… December’s Top Pick: Canadian Pacific 6.25% Guaranteed Notes… >Gavin Graham’s updates: Canadian Oil Sands, Talisman Energy… December updates: National Bank Financial, Freehold Royalties, Keyera Corp., Inter Pipeline, Pembina Pipeline… Tom Slee, Deanne Gage move on


WESTSHORE TERMINALS…MANITOBA TEL UPDATE…INSTALMENT RECEIPTS…SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES UPDATE…Japan…NO MORE TABLES…VISIT THE BOOKSTORE


If it quacks like a duck…… Ryan Irvine picks Orvana Minerals… Ryan Irvine updates Sangoma Technologies, Cash Store… More information, please… Gordon Pape’s updates: Kinross Gold, Viterra Inc…. Your Questions: Suncor/Petrocan merger, buy in New York or Toronto?… Upcoming seminars


More mutual funds information coming…Big shake-up at the Ivy funds…An attractive income limited partnership…Blue Chip Portfolio update…Encouraging financial results from Hurricane


G20 a bad idea… The TFSA mess… More on TFSAs… Glenn Rogers buys iPad, finds stock… Glenn Rogers updates Global Technology ETF, Cisco, Broadcom… Gordon Pape’s updates: Shaw Communications… Tom Slee updates three preferreds… Your Questions: U.S. dollars in RRSPs, bond spreads


Are the ’90s a replay of the ’80s – including the crash?…A defensive asset mix….Little house on the prairie….U.S.-Canada tax treaty change affects snowbirds…Members’ Corner – Green Line and Templeton…Emerging Markets…Delivery system change


Black Monday remembered…Searching for value…Gold Reserve (GLR)…IWB Trading Portfolio summary…Trading Portfolio comments…Research in Motion…Special book offer – 1998 Mutual Fund and RRSP…Guides…Mutual Funds Update test…Upcoming seminars


The week that was – what now?…Investing in bonds…The best no-load bond funds…IWB Trading Portfolio – Club Monaco (CMI)…Pass-along copies – please don’t…New service for IWB members…1998 Guides arrive, special offer to close…Final seminars of 1997


A correction – but when?… Airline merger offers opportunity… Glenn Rogers updates Boeing, General Electric… Filtering out the rubbish… Ryan Irvine updates High Arctic, WiLAN… A security to watch… New book…