One of the most important principles of sound investment management is staying on top of what’s happening in the world and how those events affect finances. Conditions change quickly, and keeping up-to-date on developments and trends can be challenging. The team of experts producing IWB have been advising Canadian investors for over 25 years.
Edited and Published by Gordon Pape. Associate Editor: Richard Croft
With Gavin Graham, Ryan Irvine, Glenn Rogers, Shawn Allen, Adam Mayers, Paul Bamford & Michael Corcoran.
Recent Issues
iwb22610 (March 9, 2026)
Things will get better… The Week… Energy benefits from Iranian conflict… Gavin Graham recommends Suncor… Gavin Graham updates Canadian Natural Resources… Gordon Pape updates South Bow Corp., Amazon, Apple
iwb22609 (March 2, 2026)
Is the S&P 500 over-valued?… The Week… Shawn Allen updates Restaurant Brands International, Starbucks, Canadian Tire… Portfolio building your way… Ryan Irvine updates Dynacor Gold, Orbit Garant Drilling
iwb22608 (February 23, 2026)
Growth Portfolio rolls on… The Week… Canadian tech stocks struggle… A blacksmith’s shop grows up… The tax alphabet soup
iwb22607 (February 16, 2026)
No pension? Use RRSPs… The Week… The Golden Age?… Richard Croft updates Oddity Tech, iShares MSCI Europe IMI Index ETF… Your Questions: Foreign diversification
Recent Updates
South Bow Corp. (TSX: SOBO)
South Bow has a 4,900 km pipeline network in Canada and the US which moves crude oil from Western Canada to refineries on the US Gulf Coast, Illinois, and Oklahoma. The company was spun off from TC Energy in October 2024 with TC shareholders receiving one share of the new South Bow Corp. for every five shares of TC Energy they owned.
Amazon.com (NDQ: AMZN)
Amazon.com remains a global leader in e-commerce and cloud computing, with its Amazon Web Services (AWS) division driving significant growth and innovation. The company’s scale and technology investments continue to set it apart in retail, logistics, and digital services.
Canadian Natural Resources (TSX, NYSE: CNQ)
Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) owns well-diversified production facilities in Western Canada, the UK North Sea, and offshore Africa.
Apple Inc. (NDQ: AAPL)
Apple is an international technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California. It is one of the largest companies in the world, with a market cap of $4 trillion.
Canadian Tire Corp. (TSX: CTC.A, OTC: CDNAF)
In addition to its 502 dealer-operated Canadian Tire stores, CTC also owns and directly operates Mark’s with 386 stores, and 354 sports stores (SportChek, Sports Expert, Atmosphere, Athlete’s World, and others). As well, it has 277 gasoline bar locations, plus PartSource, Party City, and Pro Hockey Life, which total 171 stores.
Canadian Tire, through its bank subsidiary is also a large MasterCard issuer with 2.35 million active credit card holders with average account balances of $3,252 each. That’s $7.6 billion in credit card receivables.