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
iwb21437 (October 20, 2014)
Correction, rebound: Now What?… Resources collapse: A false alarm?… Gavin Graham’s updates: Emerging markets bond and stock ETFs… An uphill challenge… More updates: Long Run Exploration, Wells Fargo, Steadyhand Founders Fund, Steadyhand Income Fund… Your Questions: RESP contributions
iwb21436 (October 6, 2014)
A storm, not a crash… Market timing? Look elsewhere… Tom Slee likes bank stocks… Tom Slee’s bank updates: TD Bank, Scotiabank, National Bank… More Tom Slee updates: Stantec, Canadian Tire… Your Questions: Investment advice… Gordon Pape’s updates: iShares MSCI EAFE Index ETF, iShares MSCI Frontier 100 ETF, iShares U.S. Small Cap Index ETF… Housekeeping
iwb21435 (September 29, 2014)
Conservative portfolio on track… Ryan Irvine revisits four stock picks… Gordon Pape’s updates: Andrew Peller… Your Questions: Escalating GIC, short-term investing
iwb21434 (September 22, 2014)
What’s wrong with this picture?… Glenn Rogers takes a bite of Apple… Glenn Rogers updates Wyndham Worldwide, Nuance Communications, Hertz Global Holdings… ETF boom continues… Gordon Pape’s updates: CIBC, Suncor Energy, TransCanada Corp… Members’ Corner: Keep Q&A… Housekeeping
Recent Updates
Bank of Nova Scotia (TSX, NYSE: BNS)
Scotiabank is the most internationally diversified of the major Canadian banks, with over 30% of its assets coming from its overseas operations, primarily what the bank describes as the three Pacific Alliance countries of Mexico, Peru, and Chile. It sold its subscale operations in Colombia, Panama, and Costa Rica to bank Davivienda in the first quarter in exchange for a 20% stake in Davivienda, taking a $1.4 billion impairment charge on the sale. Scotiabank has strengths in mortgage and corporate lending and wealth management and is usually the lowest cost operator amongst the major banks.
Buy
RBC Group (TSX, NYSE: RY)
RBC is the largest bank in Canada, with 23% market share after the acquisition of HSBC’s Canadian operations in late 2024. It has strengths in retail banking, investment banking, and asset management plus the largest share of mortgages and corporate lending in Canada.
Buy
Winpak Ltd. (TSX: WPK, OTC: WIPKF)
Winpak produces goods that are mainly used in the food and beverage and healthcare industries. Its modified atmosphere packaging is used to extend the shelf life of perishable products such as meat, poultry, and cheese as well as healthcare products. The majority of its sales are in North America.
Buy
Cameco Corp. (TSX: CCO, NYSE: CCJ)
Cameco is one of the world’s largest uranium producers, with mines at McArthur River and Cigar Lake in Saskatchewan and refineries in Ontario. As governments and investors have become more favourably inclined towards non-carbon emitting sources of baseload power such as nuclear in recent years, Cameco’s fortunes and its share price have revived.
Sell half
CGI Group (TSX: GIB.A, NYSE: GIB)
CGI is the fifth largest independent information technology and business process services firm in the world. The company, founded in 1976, delivers an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities, from IT and business consulting to systems integration, outsourcing services, and intellectual property solutions. It employs about 93,000 professionals in offices and delivery centres across the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region.