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
iwb22428 (August 11, 2024)
The starting point… The Week… Glenn Rogers goes to Vegas… Glenn Rogers updates Cheniere Energy, Crown Castle International, Devon Energy… Gordon Pape updates J.B. Hunt Transport, TFI International
iwb22427 (July 29, 2024)
A port in a storm… The Week… High risk, high potential… Ryan Irvine updates VersaBank, Exco Technologies… Gavin Graham updates Cameco, Intact Financial, Jeffries Financial
iwb22426 (July 22, 2024)
The rate decision… The Week… Gordon Pape updates Archer-Daniels-Midland, AT&T… Consumer stocks give inflation protection… Gavin Graham recommends Reckitt Benckiser… Gavin Graham updates Novartis, Glaxo Smith Kline… Your Questions: Cyber security
iwb22425 (July 15, 2024)
Gold on a roll… The Week… A tale of two halves?… Shawn Allen updates Costco, Alimentation Couche-Tard, Dollarama… CanTech stocks beat average… Gordon Pape’s ETF updates… Financial Factoids: Rupert Murdoch
Recent Updates
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, and the Asia Pacific region. The company offers a range of services including high-end business and IT consulting, systems integration, application development and maintenance, infrastructure management, as well as many proprietary solutions.
Buy
Updated August 26
Eli Lilly is one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies. It is a leading producer of a new type of diabetes/weight loss drug. Eli Lilly’s trade name for their drug is Mounjaro. It was approved in the US in 2022 for treatment of Type 2 diabetes and is expected to be approved as a weight-loss drug by year-end.
Buy
Updated August 26
BCE is Canada’s largest communications company, providing a comprehensive suite of broadband, mobile, landline, and cable communication services to residential and business customers through Bell Canada and Bell Aliant. Bell Media is the company’s multimedia arm, with assets in television, radio, and digital media. Television assets include the CTV television network and many of the country’s most-watched specialty channels.
Hold
Updated August 26
Nutrien is the world’s largest producer of agricultural fertilizers. This includes nitrogen and phosphates, which it sells in bulk and at the retail level to farmers.
Buy
Updated August 26
XMS invests in low-beta U.S. stocks such as Coca-Cola, Visa, McDonalds, and Verizon. Low beta means they are less sensitive to broad market movements and, in theory, less risky.