Toll Brothers is primarily a land developer and builder of executive and luxury homes. Its average home price is about $700,000 in most of its regions. The company operates in […]
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Added on November 11, 2013
Health Care Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE: XLV)
Added on October 21, 2013
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: Exchange Traded Funds (ETFS). Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder.
This ETF contains some of the premier pharmaceutical companies in the world including Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer Inc., Merck and Company, Amgen, and the big healthcare insurer, UnitedHealth Group.
Meta Platforms (NYSE: FB)
Added on September 30, 2013
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: U.S. Stocks - Special Situations. Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder.
Meta (formerly Facebook) is the giant within social media companies. It is witnessing a resurgence in its business. t FB is highly profitable and will dictate ad rates for some […]
Melcor Developments (TSX: MRD, OTC: MODVF)
Added on September 30, 2013
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: Canadian Stocks - Special Situations. Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder.
Melcor is an Edmonton headquartered real estate development company. Its business is now about evenly split between developing land for sale as residential building lots in western Canada and […]
Home Capital Group
Added on August 19, 2013
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: Canadian Stocks - Special Situations. Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder.
Home Capital, through its mortgage lender Home Trust Co., makes loans that the banks normally refuse. These are usually to borrowers with credit histories that do not match the banks’ […]
iShares S&P Global Water Index Fund (TSX: CWW)
Added on July 25, 2013
Categories: Picks. TII Lists: Exchange Traded Funds. Newsletters: The Income Investor.
This ETF invests in water-related companies from around the world.
Crombie REIT (TSX: CRR.UN, OTC: CROMF)
Added on July 25, 2013
Categories: Picks. TII Lists: REITs.
Crombie REIT is 41.5% owned by Empire Co. Ltd., the owner of Sobeys and Safeway supermarkets, and owns almost 290 grocery-anchored properties or distribution industrial space with 17.7 million sq. […]
Andrew Peller (TSE: ADW.A, OTC: ADWPF)
Added on July 22, 2013
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: Canadian Stocks - Special Situations. Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder.
Andrew Peller is a leading producer and marketer of Canadian quality wines with operations in British Columbia, Ontario, and Nova Scotia. Its premium brands include Peller Estates, Trius, Hillebrand, Thirty […]
Templeton Growth Fund
Added on July 22, 2013
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: Mutual Funds. Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder.
This is a global equity fund, which means it can invest in stocks from any country in the world. The fund is hedged back into Canadian dollars to minimize the […]
Costco Wholesale (NDQ: COST)
Added on July 15, 2013
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: U.S. Stocks - Special Situations. Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder.
Costco Wholesale is a multi-billion dollar global retailer with a total of 723 warehouse club stores in eight countries.Interestingly, its concentration in Canada with 94 stores is quite a bit […]
Premium Brands Holding Corp. (TSX: PBH, OTC: PRBZF)
Added on July 11, 2013
Categories: Picks. TII Lists: Canadian Stocks (Aggressive). Newsletters: The Income Investor.
Premium Brands owns a broad range of leading specialty food manufacturing and differentiated food distribution businesses with operations in central and Western Canada, Nevada, Ohio and Washington State. Its family […]
Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund (TSX: BPF.UN)
Added on June 27, 2013
Categories: Picks. TII Lists: Income Trusts. Newsletters: The Income Investor.
Boston Pizza is a casual dining and sports bar operator.
Pizza Pizza Royalty Corp. (TSX: PZA)
Added on June 27, 2013
Categories: Picks. TII Lists: Canadian Stocks. Newsletters: The Income Investor.
This is a pizza delivery franchise.
Norbord Inc. (TSX, NYSE: OSB)
Added on May 30, 2013
Categories: Picks. TII Lists: Canadian Stocks (Aggressive). Newsletters: The Income Investor.
Norbord is a leading producer of oriented strand board (OSB), which has experienced strong market share growth in home construction and is also being used more frequently for industrial and […]
iShares Japan Fundamental Index Fund
Added on April 29, 2013
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: Exchange Traded Funds (ETFS). Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder.
The fund tracks the FTSE RAFI Japan Canadian Dollar Hedged Index, less fees and expenses. Stocks are chosen based on total cash dividends, free cash flow, and total sales […]
CI Cambridge High Income Fund
Added on April 23, 2013
Categories: Picks. TII Lists: Mutual Funds. Newsletters: The Income Investor.
Despite the word Canadian in the name, this balanced fund invests an international portfolio of stocks and bonds.
iA Financial Group (TSX: IAG)
Added on April 1, 2013
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: Canadian Stocks - Special Situations. Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder.
iA Financial Group (formerly Industrial Alliance) is the fourth largest life insurer in Canada. Founded in 1892 and based in Quebec City. Its 2017 acquisition of HollisWealth from Scotiabank brought […]
Alimentation Couche-Tard (TSX: ATD, OTC: ANCUF)
Added on March 4, 2013
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: Canadian Stocks - Special Situations. Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder.
Operating convenience stores and gas stations, Quebec-based Couche-Tard has grown by acquisition into a global giant with 12,124 locations.
NFI Group (TSX: NFI, OTC: NFYEF)
Added on March 4, 2013
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: Canadian Stocks - Special Situations. Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder.
NFI is the leading manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses in the United States and Canada. The company, which is based in Winnipeg, is the industry technology leader and offers a […]
Mawer U.S. Equity Fund
Added on February 25, 2013
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: Mutual Funds. Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder.
This fund invests in a portfolio of mainly large cap stocks, including such names as Alphabet, JPMorgan Chase, Comcast, Oracle, and Johnson & Johnson. The assets are well diversified by […]
Steadyhand Founders Fund
Added on February 25, 2013
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: Mutual Funds. Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder.
This is a portfolio fund that invests in the five funds offered by the small Vancouver-based Steadyhand boutique house. Company founder and CEO Tom Bradley decides the composition of the […]
Hammond Power Solutions (TSX: HPS.A)
Added on January 28, 2013
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: Canadian Stocks - Aggressive. Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder.
Hammond Power is a North American leader in the design and manufacture of dry-type custom electrical engineered magnetics, electrical dry-type, and cast resin transformers. Leading edge engineering capabilities, high quality […]
Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA)
Added on January 21, 2013
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: U.S. Stocks - Primary Core. Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder.
Boeing is the largest aircraft manufacturer in the U.S. and is also heavily involved in the defence industry.
PowerShares FTSE RAFI Canadian Fundamental
Added on January 1, 2013
Categories: Picks. MFU/ETF Lists: Candian Equity ETF and Exchange-Traded Funds. Newsletters: Mutual Funds Update.
Vanguard MSCI U.S. Broad Mkt (C$ Hedged)
Added on January 1, 2013
Categories: Picks. MFU/ETF Lists: Exchange-Traded Funds and Foreign Equity ETF. Newsletters: Mutual Funds Update.
Enbridge Series R Preferreds
Added on December 19, 2012
Categories: Picks. TII Lists: Preferred Shares. Newsletters: The Income Investor.
This is an issue of reset preferreds.
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX, NYSE: AEM)
Added on December 3, 2012
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: Canadian Stocks - Secondary Core. TII Lists: Option Strategies. Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder and The Income Investor.
Agnico Eagle is a senior Canadian gold mining company that operates eight mines in Canada, Finland, and Mexico. It also has exploration and development activities in each of these countries […]
Dream Global REIT (TSX: DRG.UN, OTC: DUNDF)
Added on November 28, 2012
Categories: Picks. TII Lists: REITs. Newsletters: The Income Investor.
This is largest global REIT listed in Canada. Dream Global owns $2.8 billion worth of German and Austrian offices, with 208 properties representing 13.4 million square feet in such centres […]
Constellation Software (TSX: CSU)
Added on October 9, 2012
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: Canadian Stocks - Special Situations. Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder.
Constellation is a large tech company by Canadian standards with a market cap of about $79 billion. It was founded in 1995 to assemble a portfolio of vertical market software […]
Unilever plc (NYSE: UL)
Added on September 26, 2012
Categories: Picks. TII Lists: American Depository Receipts (ADRs). Newsletters: The Income Investor.
Unilever is the third-largest global consumer products company, with such brands as Lipton’s, Dove, Hellmann’s, Knorr, Magnum, and Ben & Jerry’s.
CGI Group (TSX: GIB.A, NYSE: GIB)
Added on August 20, 2012
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: Canadian Stocks - Special Situations. Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder.
CGI is the fifth largest independent information technology and business process services firm in the world. It employs about 74,000 professionals in offices and delivery centres across the Americas, Europe, […]
Canadian Utilities Series BB (TSX: CU.PR.E)
Added on July 25, 2012
Categories: Picks. TII Lists: Preferred Shares. Newsletters: The Income Investor.
This is a straight preferred share from a highly-regarded utility.
WSP Global (TSX: WSP, OTC: WSPOF)
Added on July 9, 2012
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: Canadian Stocks - Special Situations. Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder.
WSP is an international engineering and design firm that provides a wide range of services, from urban planning to environmental remediation. Based in Montreal, the company employs approximately 54,000 people, […]
Linamar Corp. (TSX: LNR, OTC: LIMAF)
Added on July 3, 2012
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: Canadian Stocks - Special Situations. Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder.
Linamar describes itself as a diversified global manufacturing company of highly engineered products. Its products include precision-machined engine blocks, cylinder heads, and camshafts, to name just a few. In addition, […]
Walmart (NYSE: WMT)
Added on June 25, 2012
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: U.S. Stocks - Primary Core. Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder.
Walmart is the world’s largest bricks and mortar retailer with 10,500 stores in 24 countries, plus an expanding e-commerce operation. It employs some 2.3 million people worldwide and had revenue […]
TFI International Inc. (TSX, NYSE: TFII)
Added on June 11, 2012
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: Canadian Stocks - Special Situations. Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder.
This stock was originally recommended as TransForce Inc. The name was changed in December “to reflect the increased geographic scope” of its operations. The TSX trading symbol was also changed […]
CI Signature High Income Fund
Added on May 23, 2012
Categories: Picks. TII Lists: Mutual Funds. Newsletters: Mutual Funds Update and The Income Investor.
This is a high income fund from the CI organization. It is managed by the company’s Signature Group and run by the troika of Geof Marshall, Ryan Fitzgerald, and Joe […]
Allied Properties REIT (TSX: AP.UN, OTC: APYRF)
Added on May 23, 2012
Categories: Picks. TII Lists: REITs. Newsletters: The Income Investor.
Allied Properties originally specialized in former industrial and commercial properties (Class I) on the fringes of downtown cores, primarily in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and Calgary. These so-called “bricks-and-beam” buildings often […]
AT&T (NYSE: T)
Added on May 14, 2012
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: U.S. Stocks - Primary Core. Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder.
AT&T is the largest telecom company in the U.S. with more than 120 million wireless customers. It provides services in some 225 countries and territories and employs 243,000 people.It is […]
Jefferies Financial Group
Added on May 7, 2012
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: U.S. Stocks - Special Situations. Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder.
Jefferies is a U.S. conglomerate, which has often been compared to Berkshire Hathaway. The company was originally recommended as Leucadia (NYSE: LUK) but recently changed its name and trading symbol.
Corus Entertainment (TSX: CJR.B)
Added on April 25, 2012
Categories: Picks. TII Lists: Canadian Stocks. Newsletters: The Income Investor.
As a specialty cable TV and radio operator, Corus owns a large group of cable TV channels, with a focus on women’s and children’s programming, radio stations, and is the […]
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NSE: EEM)
Added on April 9, 2012
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: Exchange Traded Funds (ETFS). Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder.
This ETF invests in emerging markets around the world. The Canadian version trades on the TSX under the symbol XEM. It invests in units of the U.S. version, which trades […]
SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (NYSE: SDY)
Added on April 9, 2012
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: Exchange Traded Funds (ETFS). TII Lists: Exchange Traded Funds. Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder and The Income Investor.
This ETF from State Street Global Advisors tracks the S&P High Yield Aristocrats Dividend Index. It includes companies that have increased their dividends annually for at least the past 20 […]
BMO Global Infrastructure ETF
Added on March 7, 2012
Categories: Picks. MFU/ETF Lists: Exchange-Traded Funds and Specialty / Sector ETF. Newsletters: Mutual Funds Update.
Exco Technologies Ltd. (TSX: XTC, OTC: EXCOF)
Added on February 27, 2012
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: Canadian Stocks - Aggressive. Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder.
Exco Technologies is a global supplier of innovative technologies servicing the die-cast, extrusion, and automotive industries. It has 18 locations in 10 countries, employs more than 5,000 people, and serves […]
Freehold Royalties Ltd. (TSX: FRU
Added on February 22, 2012
Categories: Picks. TII Lists: Canadian Stocks (Aggressive). Newsletters: The Income Investor.
Calgary-based Freehold is a dividend-paying oil-and-gas royalty company with assets predominately in western Canada, although it is expanding in the US. Its primary focus is to acquire and actively manage […]
TD Advantage Balanced Income Portfolio
Added on February 13, 2012
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: Mutual Funds. Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder.
This portfolio invests in the units of several TD funds and is designed for conservative investors.
Manulife Financial (TSX, NYSE: MFC)
Added on February 6, 2012
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: Canadian Stocks - Special Situations. TII Lists: Canadian Stocks (Conservative). Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder and The Income Investor.
Manulife is Canada’s largest life and health insurance company by market capitalization. It has operations in the U.S. under the John Hancock banner and a strong and growing presence in […]
Mawer Tax Effective Balanced Fund
Added on January 23, 2012
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: Mutual Funds. Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder.
This is a global balanced fund with a goal of maximizing tax efficiency in non-registered accounts by investing in a diversified portfolio of Canadian and foreign bonds and domestic and […]
Goldcorp (TSX: G, NYSE: GG)
Added on January 16, 2012
Categories: Picks. IWB Lists: Canadian Stocks - Aggressive. TII Lists: Option Strategies. Newsletters: Internet Wealth Builder and The Income Investor.
Goldcorp is the largest gold miner by market capitalization and owns a well-diversified portfolio of properties in politically stable jurisdictions in North and South America.