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
iwb20136 (October 18, 2010)
Why are we so happy?… Mining stocks on a tear… Irwin Michael: U.S. market strength surprises… Irwin Michael updates Cogeco Cable, Daylight Energy, Fortress Paper… More updates: Verizon Communications, Brookfield Asset Management… Your Questions: U.S. dividend ETF, bond funds… World Money Show
iwb20135 (October 4, 2010)
Buy stocks, not stories… Bank stocks will lead TSX higher in 2011… Tom Slee updates Bank of Montreal, TD Bank, Thomson Reuters, Enbridge… The “curse” of the oil sands… Good week/Bad week: TSX, commodities, BHP Billiton, Alimentation Couche-Tard… Your Questions: Claymore closed-end fund… Members’ Corner: Gold talk
iwb20134 (September 27, 2010)
Fed comments fuel gold… Gordon Pape updates DuPont, Berkshire Hathaway, KB Home, Titanium Metals… Ryan Irvine: Still a stock picker’s market… Ryan Irvine recommends Glentel Inc…. Your Questions: Leverage, Progress Energy debentures, taxation of Claymore fund… Members’ Corner: Disagrees on Silver Wheaton… Correction… World Money Show
iwb20133 (September 20, 2010)
The new gold rush… Silver Wheaton is a buy… Potash bid has wider implications… Glenn Rogers likes beaten-up banks… Glenn Rogers updates Powershares Financial Preferred Portfolio, Agrium, New Flyer… More updates: Philip Morris International, SNC-Lavalin, Bombardier common and preferred shares… Your Questions: Profit-taking, “safe” stocks… Members’ Corner: Extraordinary times
Recent Updates
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.
Hold
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.