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
iwb22523 (June 23, 2025)
Risk and opportunity… The Week… Covered calls vs. long-only… Richard Croft updates VanEck Vectors Oil Services ETF, Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF, Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF, Vanguard Russell 1000 Value ETF… Glenn Rogers updates Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund… Setback for Buy and Hold Portfolio
iwb22522 (June 16, 2025)
Too expensive? Maybe not… The Week… Israeli attack boosts defence stocks… Safe havens in troubled times… Dividend funds doing well… Powering the future… Glenn Rogers updates Global X Lithium and Battery Tech ETF, Van Eck Vectors Gaming ETF
iwb22521 (June 9, 2025)
Bonds struggle… The Week… “Picks and shovels” investing… Ryan Irvine updates Orbit Garant… Ryan Irvine picks Propel Holdings… Gordon Pape updates Walmart, Home Depot… Your Questions: What to do with MUB
iwb22520 (June 2, 2025)
Tariffs under fire… The Week… Oil’s time to shine?… Gavin Graham updates Chevron, Canadian Natural Resources… Takeover bid for InterRent… Masters of Finance: Jesse Livermore… Your Questions: Low-risk bond ETFs
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.