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
iwb21611 (March 12, 2016)
Playing defence… Gold is glittering again… Gavin Graham’s gold stock updates… More Gavin Graham updates: Loews and Leucadia National… Gordon Pape’s updates: UnitedHealth Group, JPMorgan Chase, Andrew Peller
iwb21610 (March 7, 2016)
Writing on the wall… Back in the black… Warren Buffett and market volatility… Shawn Allen updates Canadian Tire, Toll Brothers… Gordon Pape’s updates: Student Transportation
iwb21609 (February 27, 2016)
First, do no harm… Ryan Irvine updates Enghouse Systems, Grenville Strategic Royalty, Merus Labs International… Gordon Pape’s updates: AT&T, J.B. Hunt Transport, MetLife, Wal-Mart, Lundin Mining… Your Questions: Portfolio results
iwb21608 (February 21, 2016)
Growth Portfolio hangs in… Glenn Rogers finds a cancer fighter… Glenn Rogers’s updates: Palo Alto Networks, FireEye, Shopify… Gordon Pape’s updates: BCE Inc., TransCanada Corp., CGI Group, PHN Short Term Bond and Mortgage Fund… Your Questions: Alimentation Couche-Tard, fixed income and taxes, bond funds
Recent Updates
Brookfield Corporation (TSX, NYSE: BN)
Brookfield Corporation is a Toronto-based conglomerate with interests in several areas including asset management, real estate, renewable energy, infrastructure, and insurance. The company currently has about $490 billion in assets.
Hold
American Express Company (NYSE: AXP)
American Express is a credit and charge card issuer. Most of its customers pay off their cards monthly and so the company is more of a payments processor than a source of lending.
Hold
Descartes Systems Group (TSX: DSG, NDQ: DSGX)
Descartes specializes in business software designed to facilitate logistics, financial controls, inventory, customs clearance, and freight tracking. Customers include transportation firms, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, customs brokers, and government agencies.
Hold
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO)
Based in Waltham, Massachusetts, this is a leading manufacturer of scientific instrumentation including laboratory and health monitoring equipment. It also provides software and services to the healthcare, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical industries, as well as to governments and academia. Its brands include Thermo Scientific, Fisher Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Patheon, and Unity Lab Services.
Hold
Stantec Inc. (TSX, NYSE: STN)
Stantec now has 34,000 employees working in over 400 office locations on five continents. In 2024, 52% of its revenues were from the US, 24% from Canada, and 24% from other international operations, which are primarily in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.