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Posted April 15, 2024

Japan is back… The Week… Where now for rates?… Focus on strong balance sheets… Your Questions: Can I avoid bonds?… Financial factoids: Michael Bloomberg

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Posted April 8, 2024

Winners, losers, and muddlers… The state of the markets… The Week… Shawn Allen updates Berkshire Hathaway, BHP Group, CN Rail, WSP Global… Gordon Pape updates Fortis… Glenn Rogers updates two ETFs… Gavin Graham updates Canadian Natural Resources… Ryan Irvine’s upcoming webinar

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Posted March 25, 2024

New drugs a game-changer… Adam Mayers updates Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk… The Week… Strong gain for Global Portfolio… Defense stocks on the rise… Glenn Rogers updates Barrick Gold, Shopify, Magna International… Ryan Irvine’s spring webinars

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Posted March 18, 2024

Growth Portfolio averages 24%… The Week… Trading with a twist… Gordon Pape updates Descartes Systems… Reviewing our dividend ETFs… Members’ Corner: VersaBank, portfolio management

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Posted March 11, 2024

Gold on a tear… The Week… Loss provisions worry banks… Gavin Graham’s bank updates… Gordon Pape updates Target, Walmart… Ryan Irvine updates Calian Group, Firan Technology… Your Questions: Canadian Banc shares… Members’ Corner: Looking for advice

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Posted March 4, 2024

Telecoms: Bargains or value traps?… The Week… Game-changing stocks… Ryan Irvine recommends VersaBank… Richard Croft updates Premium Income A shares, BMO Covered Call Canadian Banks ETF, BMO S&P/TSX Equal Weight Banks Index ETF… More people contributing to RRSPs?

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Posted February 26, 2024

RRSP Portfolio posts gain… The Week… The odd stock… Richard Croft updates First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund… Shawn Allen updates Canadian Tire, Toll Brothers… Gavin Graham updates Fairfax Financial… Your Questions: Investing for the future… Members’ Corner: Portfolio software

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Posted February 19, 2024

Trucking woes… The Week… RRSPs: Tax trap or ultimate wealth builder?… Shawn Allen updates Starbucks, Linamar… Gordon Pape updates Stryker Corp., Pfizer… Your Questions: CPP dilemma… Financial Factoids: Ken Thomson… Members’ Corner: Software program

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Posted February 12, 2024

Cantech thriving… The Week… Gordon Pape updates CGI Group, Apple… Cyber security a growing concern… Glenn Rogers updates Palo Alto Networks, e.l.f. Beauty Inc., Generac Holdings, The Boeing Company, Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund… Your Questions: Winding down company… Members’ Corner: RRSP management

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Posted February 4, 2024

A myth debunked… The Week… Loblaw, Metro deliver returns… Adam Mayers updates Nutrien Emerge Canada update… What to put in an RRSP… Chat GPT on RRSPs… Gordon Pape updates Alphabet, Amazon.com… Your Questions: Withdraw RRIF money?

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Posted January 29, 2024

A falling rate cycle begins… The Week… Gavin Graham’s bank updates: RBC, TD, Scotiabank… 5 steps to a winning RRSP… Ryan Irvine updates Caledonia Mining, Envela Corp… Financial Factoids: Tobi Lutke… Your Questions: Worried about exchange rates

Pay mortgage or keep TFSA?

Posted January 26, 2024

Which option is better for me?

Worried about exchange rates

Posted January 26, 2024

Should I keep my Canadian dollar investments?

Searching for dividends

Posted January 25, 2024

These securities will recover as interest rates stabilize.

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Posted January 22, 2024

Investing in small caps… The Week… Ryan Irvine updates Parkland Fuel, Sylogist Ltd., Trulieve Cannabis Corp… Smoothing the edges… Your Questions: Mortgage or TFSA… Members’ Corner: What do these terms mean?

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Posted January 15, 2024

Searching for dividends… The Week… Hidden assets drive McDonald’s profits… Adam Mayers updates fast-food giants… Gordon Pape updates UnitedHealth Group, Thermo Fisher Scientific… Gavin Graham updates First Quantum… S&P best in 2024?… Your Questions: Investing in Europe… Financial Factoids: Andrew Carnegie

Investing in Europe

Posted January 14, 2024

What do you think of HXX?

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Posted January 8, 2024

Happy New Year… The Week… The year that was… Shawn Allen looks back and ahead… TransAlta: A stock for green investors… Shawn Allen updates Visa Inc., Toll Brothers… Gordon Pape updates Canadian Utilities, TFI International… Survey results… Your Questions: Betting it all on banks

And the winner is…

Posted December 15, 2023

The best (and the worst) of 2023!

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Posted December 11, 2023

And the winner is… The best performers of 2023… Two ways to invest in EVs… FedEx a big winner… Adam Mayers updates CAE, Horizons Active Global Dividend ETF… Gordon Pape updates Pfizer… Watch for survey… Price increase – final reminder

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Posted December 4, 2023

The rally has started… Buy and Hold posts gain… The symphony of shifting… Gordon Pape’s stock updates: Descartes Systems, Brookfield Corp., Canadian Utilities, Target Inc…. Price increase

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Posted November 27, 2023

A big year for tech… Three small-cap winners… Gordon Pape’s updates Richelieu Hardware… Gordon Pape’s ETF updates: ARK Innovation ETF, BMO Clean Energy Index ETF, iShares Global Agricultural Index ETF… Your Questions: Death of a spouse… Price increase

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Posted November 20, 2023

Celestica resurfaces… Walt Disney turns 100… Two industry leaders raise dividends… Gordon Pape updates Teck Resources, Home Depot, Walmart, TC Energy, Enbridge… Your Questions: Paying CPP after retirement

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Posted November 13, 2023

A healthcare winner… Deadline looms for FHSA… Shawn Allen updates American Express, RioCan REIT, Costco, Alimentation Couche-Tard, Dollarama… Gordon Pape’s stock updates: CGI Group, Apple Inc…. Gordon Pape’s ETF updates: Harvest Tech Achievers Growth and Income ETF, iShares Core S&P US Total Market ETF… Your Questions: High-interest ETFs… Members’ Corner: Alberta and the CPP

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Posted November 6, 2023

CPP to cost more… Gold shines brightly… Gavin Graham’s precious metals updates… Gordon Pape updates BCE, A&T… Richard Croft updates First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund… Financial Factoids: Mark Zuckerburg… Members’ Corner: Brookfield… Correction

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Posted October 30, 2023

Brookfield confusion… Too hot to handle?… The end is near…maybe… Richard Croft updates Premium Income Corporation, BMO Covered Call Canadian Banks ETF, BMO S&P/TSX Equal Weight Banks Index ETF… Amazon to the rescue… Ryan Irvine’s fall events

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Posted October 23, 2023

Crypto: big returns, bigger risk… Canadians are pessimistic about economy… Another way to play the weight loss craze… Glenn Rogers updates Verizon, Nike, Barrick Gold, Rock Teck Lithium, Shopify… Gordon Pape updates Tourmaline Oil, CGI Group… Emerge funds to wind up… Your Questions: OAS clawback… Ryan Irvine’s fall events

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Posted October 16, 2023

The Indian imbroglio… Diabetes drugs a game-changer… Adam Mayers updates Corby Spirit and Wine, Scott’s Miracle-Gro… Gordon Pape updates ExxonMobil… Ryan Irvine updates XPEL Inc., Polaris Infrastructure… Financial Factoids: Henry Ford

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Posted October 2, 2023

Non-tech winners… Rolling recession (2)… Bifurcated market offers opportunities… Ryan Irvine updates Viemed Healthcare, Calian Group… Gordon Pape updates Fortis, Pfizer

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Posted September 25, 2023

Global Portfolio on track… Are we in a rolling recession?… Discount giants take opposite directions… Gordon Pape updates Enbridge, Home Depot… Shawn Allen updates Canadian Western Bank… Financial Factoids: Bill Gates… Members’ Corner: Price updates

Interpreting price/book value ratios

Posted September 20, 2023

The price to book value ratio can be very difficult to interpret and indeed at times provides little to no guidance.

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Posted September 18, 2023

A transport giant… Interpreting price/book value ratios… Shawn Allen updates CN Rail, lululemon Athletic, Aecon Group… The importance of dividends… Financial Factoids: J.P. Morgan… Members’ Corner: Selling Suncor