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G20 fallout… A safety-first ETF… Irwin Michael: Volatility will continue… Irwin Michael updates American National Insurance, Fortress Paper… IWB Defensive Portfolio update… Gordon Pape’s updates: Shaw Communications… Selling your car? Beware of scams. … Your Questions: Account fees, how many stocks?… Members’ Corner: More on TFSAs
The Fed’s bleak outlook… China’s housing bubble not a repeat of U.S. mess… Ryan Irvine updates Boyuan Construction, Zungui Haixi, Cash Store Financial… Suncor or Cenovus?… Gordon Pape’s updates: Viterra, Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Research in Motion… Glenn Rogers updates Jabil Circuit, Cogent Systems… Members’ Corner: G20 meeting, TFSA confusion… Senate report… Last chance to beat HST
Time to add bank stocks…Beware Greeks bearing debt…June’s top pick: ARC Energy Trust…June updates: Bank of Montreal, National Bank, BMO preferreds, TD preferreds, Pembina Pipelines…Your Questions: Comparing REITs
G20 a bad idea… The TFSA mess… More on TFSAs… Glenn Rogers buys iPad, finds stock… Glenn Rogers updates Global Technology ETF, Cisco, Broadcom… Gordon Pape’s updates: Shaw Communications… Tom Slee updates three preferreds… Your Questions: U.S. dollars in RRSPs, bond spreads
The silly season… Oil sands updates: Suncor, UTS, Claymore ETF, Penn West… Tom Slee: Focus on the fundamentals… Tom Slee updates Finning, Toromont… Gavin Graham: Do cry for Argentina… Your Questions: Gold prices… Members’ Corner: Nortel still eligible?
Trusts hang in…Armtec Infrastructure Fund…Reitmans (Canada)…H&R REIT…Firm Capital
Spain’s woes… Irwin Michael: Markets will see-saw higher… Irwin Michael updates Daylight Energy… Good news: interest rates rising… Don’t buy gold, buy Agnico-Eagle… Gordon Pape’s updates: Johnson & Johnson, Gilead Sciences… Your Questions: Paying taxes on nothing, taking dividends, investment strategies, TFSA profits… HST alert
Income trusts: the home stretch…Shaw grabs Global TV assets…30-year bond bull market ending…May’s top pick: Telus 5.95% series CE notes …Updates: Emera, Liquor Stores, Penn West…Your Questions: Registered vs. non-registered, another flip-flop?
Trend spotting… Glenn Rogers picks a contrarian bank stock… Glenn Rogers updates Telefonica, Diageo, BHP Billiton, Claymore/Delta Global Shipping ETF… Ryan Irvine finds profits in cornstarch… Ryan Irvine updates Orvana Minerals… Gordon Pape’s updates: Brookfield Asset Management, Penn West, Tim Hortons… Your Questions: TFSA Amendments
Panic time again!… Four rules for avoiding new toxic debt… Tom Slee updates Gildan Activewear, Alimentation Couche-Tard, Shoppers Drug Mart… Quick Takes: SNC-Lavalin, Fortis… Gordon Pape’s updates: RBC Global Precious Metals Fund, BCE, Telus… Your Questions: Buying bonds, limit orders, snowbirds fly home
Euro parity next?… Irwin Michael finds an undervalued growth stock… Irwin Michael updates Danier Leather, Equitable Group… Quick Takes: Results from Rogers, Fortis… Gordon Pape’s updates: Imperial Oil, TransCanada Corp., Cenovus Energy … Your Questions: New tech stocks, RRIF withdrawals, TFSA overcontributions… Members’ Corner: Retirement planning
Canadian Oil Sands still looks good…Don’t sit on your cash…April’s top income pick: Reitmans Ltd….Updates: BCE floating rate preferreds, National Bank. Colabor Group…Your Questions: Target prices, new trust tax, and more
Low-cost annuities… Ryan Irvine: How to pick winning stocks… Ryan Irvine updates The Cash Store, Boyuan Construction… Gordon Pape’s fund updates: Chou Associates, Dynamic American Value, Dynamic Value Balanced, Integra Balanced… Your Questions: Where to find a fiduciary… Members’ Corner: Retirement savings, tax software
Protecting RRSP savings… How the CPPIB works… U.S. health care: Everyone wins, sort of… Glenn Rogers recommends Covidien, CVS Caremark… Glenn Rogers updates Cemex, Sony, GDF Suez, Heineken… Last-minute tax ideas… Your Questions: Fee-based accounts
Loonie strategies… Canadian banks put the recession behind them… Tom Slee updates TD Bank, BMO, Shoppers Drug Mart… Tom Slee’s tax tips… Best bang for your charity buck… Your Questions: BMO ETF… Members’ Corner: Pension reform, tax software
Our priorities…Atlantic Power Corp….North West Company Fund…Northern Property REIT…PH&N Total Return Bond Fund
Dull markets are just fine… Irwin Michael: Sidelined cash could fuel markets… Irwin Michael updates Daylight Resources Trust, E-L Financial, Fortress Paper… Watch out for charity scams… IWB Defensive Portfolio reviewed… Gordon Pape’s updates: Yellow Pages, Research in Motion… Your Questions: REIT taxes, Yellow Pages distributions… Members’ Corner: Pension reform, tax software
Fixing the retirement system… Ryan Irvine goes back to China… China and the TSX… Ryan Irvine updates Western Financial… Electronic services make taxes easier… Your Questions: Interest rates and preferred shares… Members’ Corner: Tax software
REITs are the answer to the yield dilemma…The importance of rising dividends…March?s top picks: Crombie REIT, Crombie convertible debentures…March updates: First Capital Realty, TD Series P preferreds, Navina Income and Growth Fund, Baytex Energy Trust…Your questions: U.S. REITS
The West’s new hot play… Buy PetroBakken Energy (TSX: PBN)… Tom Slee: Railways poised to deliver in 2010… Tom Slee’s updates: CN Rail, Norfolk Southern, Bombardier, Potash Corp., Enbridge… Gordon Pape’s updates: Ensign Energy Services, Cameco… Your questions: Specialized ETFs… Tax preparation software
The high loonie: Who wins, who loses?… Glenn Rogers finds winners in the financial wreckage… Glenn Rogers updates Perrigo, Telefonica… The overlooked index… Gordon Pape’s updates: Research in Motion, Crescent Point… Quick takes: Daylight Resources Trust, Viterra Inc., TransCanada Corp…. Your questions: Sell XBB?… Members’ Corner: Income trust distributions
If dreams come true…… The last nail … Irwin Michael: Results beating expectations… Irwin Michael updates Canam Group, Playmates Holdings, Fortress Paper… Gordon Pape updates Tim Hortons, RioCan, Brookfield Asset Management… Quick takes: Freeport McMoRan, Thomson Reuters, SNC-Lavalin… Your questions: Asset allocation, retirement portfolio… Members’ corner: TFSA puzzler
Time to adjust your bond strategy…Top picks: Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust, Baytex Energy Trust, Bell Canada 4.85% debentures…Updates: Bell Canada 6.25% debentures, Gloucester Credit Card Trust 2011 notes, Canada 4.25% real return bonds, Yellow Pages Income Fund…Your comments: Buying bonds…Your questions: How much in REITS?
What’s an ETF?… Ryan Irvine picks a Chinese construction stock… Ryan Irvine updates Cash Store Financial… TFSA test… Retirement savings: Don’t be too conservative… Gordon Pape’s updates: Canadian Utilities, Penn West Energy… Your questions: First Highland Trust, cashing out RRSPs… Spam warning
A time to stand tall… Glenn Rogers: How to profit from doom and gloom… Glenn Rogers picks two mining giants… Glenn Rogers updates Agrium, Monsanto, ProShares Basic Materials ETF… Gordon Pape’s updates: EnCana, Cenovus Energy, Yellow Pages… Your Questions: Sector allocation…
A new survivor trust…Vermilion Energy Trust…Penn West Energy Trust…Brookfield Renewable Power Fund…Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Trust
Deficit angst… The markets: short-term gain, long-term pain… Webcasts to watch… Trust about-face… Tom Slee: RRSPs our last, best hope… The ETF universe expands – sort of… Your Questions: Rebalancing dilemma… Members’ Corner: SRI policy
Socially-responsible investing… Two good SRI funds… Irwin Michael: Watch for M&A to spark markets… Irwin Michael updates Canam Group, Danier Leather, Daylight Resources Trust, Cogeco… Other updates: Stantec, Finning, Rogers, Thomson Reuters… TFSA talk… Your Questions: TFSAs, global investing, RRSPs
What to do with bond funds?…Gavin Graham: Going for growth…Tom Slee: Time to rebalance…January’s top picks: Atlantic Power convertible debentures, Medical Facilities Corp. …January updates: Emera Inc., Daylight Resources Trust…Upcoming seminars
If it quacks like a duck…… Ryan Irvine picks Orvana Minerals… Ryan Irvine updates Sangoma Technologies, Cash Store… More information, please… Gordon Pape’s updates: Kinross Gold, Viterra Inc…. Your Questions: Suncor/Petrocan merger, buy in New York or Toronto?… Upcoming seminars
TFSA strategies… Glenn Rogers looks at security stocks… Glenn Rogers updates iShares High-Yield ETF, Gannett Corp., New York Times, Terex… Gordon Pape’s updates: Suncor Energy, Shaw Communications… New Bloom fund… Your Questions: Safety concerns, confused reader, dividend tax credit… World Money Show… TFSA book
Where we stand (1)…Penn West Energy Trust…Primaris Retail REIT…Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund
Interest rates hold the key to 2010/11… Tom Slee expects a good year… New pick: BCE Preferreds… Tom Slee updates BMO, Manulife notes… Flow-through flood… Gordon Pape’s updates: Progress convertibles, bond funds and ETFs, PH&N Dividend Income Fund… Your Questions: Superficial loss rule, can’t decide which stock… Best Books: 2010 Essential Tax Facts
Predictions past… Predictions future… Stocks to watch in 2010… Irwin Michael: Best of times, worst of times… Irwin Michael updates Fortress Paper, Morguard Corp. … Your Questions: Lithium, EnCana split… New TFSA book published
The pension summit… Tom Slee: The jury’s still out… Tom Slee: Buy Norfolk Southern… Tom Slee’s updates SNC-Lavelin, Enbridge, Gildan Activewear… Glenn Rogers says get smart… Glenn Rogers updates Cisco Systems, Diageo, New Flyer, Churchill Corp., Walgreens… Irwin Michael updates Onex, Lakeview REIT… Gordon Pape updates Student Transportation Inc…. Your Questions: TFSA dilemma… Check out these videos… Year-end housekeeping… 2010 prices… Holiday hours
The home stretch… Irwin Michael says be selective… Irwin Michael updates Cogeco Inc., Cogeco Cable, Equitable Group, Fortress Paper, George Weston, John B. Sanfilippo… Ryan Irvine picks Western Financial, Sangoma Technologies… Your Questions: HST, capital losses, buy in New York or Toronto?
Game changer?… Glenn Rogers is all at sea… Glenn Rogers updates Euroseas, Eagle Bulk Shipping, Knightsbridge Tankers, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, and Dentsply… Gordon Pape’s updates: Bronco Energy, Fortis… Tax checklist… Your Questions: Target prices, bond dilemma, rate information… Members’ Corner: More on realtors, comments on Ryan Irvine
Time to pause… Introducing a new contributor… More about KeyStone… Ryan Irvine picks The Cash Store… The inscrutable Income Tax Act… Gordon Pape’s updates: Equitable Resources, Swiss Water, RBC Global Precious Metals Fund, EnCana… Facts and Comments… Your Questions: Brompton fund… Members’ Corner: Realtor comment draws ire
Whither RIM?… Tom Slee on the dangers of insider trading… Tom Slee updates CN Rail, Burlington Northern, Potash Corp., Toromont, SNC-Lavalin… Citadel tries again… Gordon Pape’s updates: Berkshire Hathaway B, Davis + Henderson, Kinross Gold, EnCana… Members’ Corner: Outrageous fees
Canada in 2010… 2010 winners and losers… Unhappy Halloween … Irwin Michael sees positive signs for 2010… Irwin Michael updates Canam Group, Danier Leather, Polaris Minerals… Last gasp for trusts… Your Questions: Progress debentures, tax on trust payments… Members’ Corner: Lynas Corp.
The Carney-Forbes duet… Glenn Rogers goes yield shopping… Glenn Rogers updates Gannett, New York Times, General Electric, Broadcom, Perrigo, Amazon.com… Picks from the pros… Jacks saves tax… Your Questions: Are Manitoba GICs guaranteed?… Members’ Corner: World Money Show
The full Montney… Making Progress… Tom Slee: Five lessons from the crash… Buy Bombardier now… Tom Slee updates Philip Morris International, PepsiCo… Gordon Pape’s updates: Chou Associates Fund, Dynamic American Value Fund… Your Questions: Investing mom’s money, Barclays sale, buying Japan, hedge funds… Final reminder: World Money Show
Up, down, or sideways?… Buy Bombardier… Irwin Michael sees Daylight… Irwin Michael updates Morguard… Citadel stand-off… Third-quarter scorecard… Gordon Pape’s updates… Beware of name imitators… World Money Show
Preferreds rise again… The tax advantage of dividends… Glenn Rogers: Time to play defense… Glenn Rogers updates ProShares Ultra Basic Materials ETF, Telefonica, Amazon.com, ONEOK… RIM is a Buy… Citadel correction… Members’ Corner: More software suggestions… Your Questions: Gold and buy/hold, floating rate preferreds
HST: The gloves are off!… Tom Slee: Consumer confidence returning. Buy Alimentation Couche-Tard… Tom Slee updates Shoppers Drug, Canadian Tire, Bank of Montreal, Toronto Dominion Bank… Gordon Pape’s updates: Viterra, EnCana… Your Questions: Bank preferreds… Members’ Corner: Investing in gold, Citadel vote, Jarislowsky clarification, software suggestions… Upcoming Events
Gold: third time lucky?… Gold updates: Kinross, RBC Global Precious Metals… Comparing gold ETFs… Irwin Michael says double-dip unlikely… Irwin Michael updates Canam Group, Fortress Paper, John B. Sanfilippo, Onex Corp., George Weston… Citadel fight gets ugly… Your Questions: Capital losses in RESP… Members’ Corner: Looking for software
Betting on a recovery… Tom Slee: Bargains in the industrial wasteland… Tom Slee’s updates: Gildan Activewear, Emera… Gordon Pape’s updates: Highpine Oil & Gas, Bronco Energy, Tim Hortons… Your Questions: Where to invest, taxing prizes, small business shares… Members’ Corner: Yellow Pages
A cautionary tale… Tom Slee: Canadian investors lack protection… Tom Slee updates CN Rail, Burlington Northern, Rogers… Gordon Pape’s updates: Cameco, Kinross, Penn West, Yellow Pages… Your questions: TFSA beneficiaries, buying U.S. dollars
Time to buy Japan?… Glenn Rogers still likes newspapers… Glenn Rogers updates his ETF picks… Gordon Pape’s fund updates: Mawer World Investment, Sprott Canadian Equity… Your Questions: Portfolio limits, bonds vs. bond funds… Members’ Corner: Yellow Pages, U.S. banking