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Posted January 26, 2006

The forgotten campaign issue…Yola Edwards sees profits ahead…Yola Edwards updates Cameco (CCO, CCJ)…All that Jazz…Irwin Michael updates Dominion Homes (DHOM)…Your Questions: Sprott Fund MER, Citadel rights…Your Comments: Investing in gold…Retirement book now in stores…Top 50 Funds report published…Italian wine tour

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Posted January 9, 2006

A record week for Toronto…Gold is really hot…New stock pick: Goldcorp (G)…Tom Slee finds bargains in expensive U.S. market…Tom Slee recommends UnitedHealth Group (UHN)…Tom Slee updates Manitoba Telecom (MBT), Enbridge (ENB), Shoppers Drug (SC), Dofasco (DFS)…Gordon Pape’s updates: Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (RMCF), Kinder Morgan (KMI)…Members? Corner: Gold and the greenback

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Posted January 3, 2006

The outlook for 2006…Irwin Michael feels good about the New Year…Irwin Michael updates E-L Financial (ELF), S&K Famous Brands (SKFB), Handleman (HDL), Danier Leather (DL.SV)…Mutual fund updates…Other updates: HudBay Minerals (HBM), Canadian Utilities (CU.NV), Fortis (FTS)…Your Questions: Target prices

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Posted December 12, 2005

Last IWB for 2005…A look back…The Goodale “leak”…Irwin Michael finds a new value stock…Tom Slee sees an increased risk of tainted research…Tom Slee revisits the insurance companies…Yola Edwards says Christmas will be merry…Gordon Pape Updates Swiss Water (SWS.UN), Peyto (PEY.UN), ARC (AET.UN), Sprott Gold and Precious Minerals Fund…Your Questions: How much is enough?…Members’ Corner: Dividend gross-up, income trusts, Merck mess…Quizmas time

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Posted November 14, 2005

Income trusts: Fairness must prevail…Tom Slee on the trusts and corporate accountability…Tom Slee updates Manitoba Tel (MBT), BCE Inc. (BCE), Citigroup (C), General Electric (GE)…CPPIB criticized…Updates: Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN), Peyto Energy Trust (PEY.UN)…Members? Corner: More on portfolio software and income trusts

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Posted November 7, 2005

Ottawa hits the panic button…Irwin Michael sees better times ahead…Irwin Michael updates American National Insurance (ANAT), Dominion Homes (DHOM), General Motors (GM), Teck Cominco (TEK.SV.B)…Other updates: CI Financial (CIX), Brascan (BAM.LV.A, BAM), Time Warner (TWX)…Your Questions: Technical analysis…How accurate are Finance?s numbers?…Members? Corner: Portfolio software, trust debate continues

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Posted October 22, 2005

Ghosts (and the Feds) haunt the markets…Leave the trusts alone…Yola Edwards scans the market horizons…Yola Edwards recommends Imperial Oil (IMO)…The CPPIB caves ? sort of…Updates: GGOF Monthly High Income Fund, ARC Energy Trust (AET.UN)…Your Questions: Fund company cheques…Members? Corner: Portfolio software, income trusts

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Posted October 17, 2005

Rebottling the trust genie…Tom Slee says to stick to your plan…Tom Slee updates Alcan common (AL), Alcan preferreds (AL.PR.E), Home Depot (HD), McDonald?s (MCD)…Other updates: iUnits GOC5 (XGV), Barrick Gold (ABX)…Members? Corner: The future of oil, income trusts, Investors Group

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Posted October 11, 2005

The new reality…Tom Slee: Banks offer good yields but little else…Tom Slee recommends Great-West Life (GWO)…Tom Slee updates Manulife (MFC). Sun Life (SLF)…Discount brokers ? your comments (3)…Updates: Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (RMCF)…Members? Corner: More on income trusts

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Posted October 3, 2005

The income trusts muddle ? a few positives…Irwin Michael likes the music business…Irwin Michael updates Shermag (SMG)…Updates: Fortis (FTS), Yellow Pages (YLO.UN), Royal LePage (RSF.UN), RioCan (REI.UN), Citadel Diversified Investment Trust (CTD.UN)…New fund from Phillips, Hager & North…Discount brokers ? your comments (2)…Your Questions ? Canadian Tire shares, U.S. investing…Members? Corner: Income trusts

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Posted September 26, 2005

Mr. Goodale is worried…Glenn Rogers on the rebuilding of New Orleans…Glenn Rogers updates his Homeland Security picks…Yola Edwards likes uranium…Yola Edwards updates QLT Inc. (QLT, QLTI), Student Transportation (STB.UN), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)…Your views on discount brokers…Updates: CI Financial (CIX), Brascan (BNN.LV.A, BNN)…Your Questions: KMP and KMI…Members? Corner: RRIF comment too scarI

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Posted September 12, 2005

Ottawa searches for a lost horse…One possible solution: level the playing field…Tom Slee: Still upside potential in stocks, despite Katrina…Tom Slee updates Manitoba Telecom (MBT), Canadian Tire (CTR.NV), Enbridge (ENB)…Update on CI Financial (CIX)…Your Questions: Oil prices and Aeroplan, Petro-Canada stock split…Members? Corner: Looking for a discount broker

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Posted September 6, 2005

The heartbreak of Katrina…Katrina?s implications for investors…Irwin Michael ? oil is the big story…Irwin Michael recommends Canam Group (CAN.SV.A)…Irwin Michael updates ShopKo (SKO), American National Insurance (ANAT), Morguard (MRC), Royal Host REIT (RYL.UN)…Updates: Petro-Canada (PCA, PCZ), Peyto (PEY.UN), Microsoft (MSFT)…Your Questions: CanWel Fund (CWX.UN)

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Posted August 29, 2005

Oil prices will rise?and fall…Tom Slee says to board the trains…Tom Slee updates CP Railway (CP), CN Rail (CNR, CNI), Home Depot (HD), Bombardier Preferreds (BBB.PR.C)…The Bay?s new reward ? read the fine print!…Income trust scorecard…Updates: Canadian Utilities (CU), Loblaw (L), RioCan (REI.UN)…Your Questions: TimberWest (TWF.UN)…Members? Corner: Avian flu

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Posted August 22, 2005

The Doomsday scenario…Glenn Rogers: How to invest in homeland security…Glenn Rogers recommends L-3 Communications (LLL), Cogent Systems (COGT), SRA International (SRX), Armor Holdings (AH)…Updates: Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (RMCF), Time Warner (TWX), ARC Energy Trust (AET.UN), Peyto Energy Trust (PEY.UN)…Two new energy-related picks: Fortis (FTS) and Kinder Morgan (KMI)…Update requests…Your Questions: Private health care, when to sell trusts…Members? Corner: Correction on CO2

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Posted August 15, 2005

A bad idea resurfaces…CPP doing just fine…Yola Edwards picks two retail stocks…Yola Edwards updates HudBay (HBM) and QLT (QLT, QLTI)…Two new energy-related picks: Fortis (FTS) and Kinder Morgan (KMI)…Updates: Yellow Pages (YLO.UN), Falconbridge (FAL.LV, FAL)…Your Questions: Investing in Mexico and Australia…Members? Corner: CIBC mess, selling losers

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Posted August 8, 2005

Waiting for the other shoe(s)…Update on Royal Bank (RY)…Tom Slee: No such thing as unrealized losses…Tom Slee updates Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), McDonald?s (MCD), Citigroup (C), Shoppers Drug Mart (SC), CN Rail (CNR, CNI)…A Bridge Too Far? The Jazz income trust. …Updates: CI Financial (CIX), Brascan (BNN.LV.A, BNN)…Members? Corner: Greenspan article, seniors and yield

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Posted August 2, 2005

A check on extravagance…Irwin Michael likes market momentum…Irwin Michael updates Clearlink (CNK), ShopKo (SKO), Dominion Homes (DHOM)…Other updates: Petro-Canada (PCA, PCZ), Nokia (NOK), Loblaw (L)…Asset Allocation III ? style and risk…Members? Corner ? your views on asset allocation

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Posted July 25, 2005

Franklin Templeton?s extravaganza…Brookfield?s stymied O&Y bid: an exercise in corporate democracy…Tom Slee updates Sun Life (SLF), Manulife (MFC), General Electric (GE)…A new kind of income trust…Asset Allocation II…Updates: CI Financial (CIX)

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Posted July 18, 2005

Honeymoon over ? rates to rise…Yola Edwards likes the transportation sector…Yola Edwards recommends TransForce Income Fund (TIF.UN)…CP Rail looks good…Understanding asset allocation (1)…Updates: Royal Bank (RY), Royal LePage Franchise Services Fund (RSF.UN), Intel (INTC)…Your Questions: Hedging oil prices…Members? Corner: No Greenspan here, thanks.

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Posted July 11, 2005

Outrage in London…Canada needs an Alan Greenspan…Tom Slee: AIG investigation could tarnish the insurance sector…Tom Slee updates BCE Inc. (BCE), Alcan (AL), MBNA (KRB), Sun Life (SLF)…CI?s bold bid…More protection for investors…Oil surges on: updates on ARC Energy (AET.UN), Frontline (FRO), Equitable Resources (EQT), Eni (E)

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Posted July 4, 2005

TSX ends first half on a weak note…Irwin Michael says markets will saw-tooth higher…Irwin Michael updates Canfor (CFP), Danier Leather (DL.SV), Teck Cominco (TEK.SV.B)…Why we sold Aeroplan…Updates: Petro-Canada (PCA, PCZ), Noranda (NRD.LV), Peyto (PEY.UN), RioCan (REI.UN)…Your Questions: Avian flu impact…Members? Corner: Be wary of research reports; reaction to upset member

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Posted June 20, 2005

Stocks are suddenly hot again…Tom Slee: Changes at SEC suggest clean-up is over…Tom Slee recommends Citigroup (NYSE: C)…Tom Slee?s updates: Bombardier (BBD.SV.B), Home Deport (HD), Shoppers Drug Mart (SC)…Yola Edwards is bullish on oil, gold, and the markets…Yola Edwards recommends Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B)…Yola Edwards updates Cognos (CSN, COGN), Research in Motion (RIM, RIMM)…Members? Corner: Upset about Rocky Mountain

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Posted June 13, 2005

Aeroplan is a go…Good news for Aeroplan members…When to buy a trust IPO…Tom Slee: CEO compensation borders on the absurd…Tom Slee updates Enbridge (ENB), Manitoba Telecom (MBT), Johnson & Johnson (J&J), Dofasco (DFS), General Electric (GE)…Bureaucracy threatens family home…Your questions: Broker advises against Frontline (FRO)…Members? Corner: Understanding correlations

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Posted June 6, 2005

Pension plans in crisis…Irwin Michael sees opportunities in negativism…Irwin Michael updates American National Insurance (ANAT), Magellan Aerospace (MAL), Royal Host REIT (RYL.UN)…Updates: IAC/Interactive Corp. (IACI), Citadel Diversified Income Trust (CTD.UN), iUnits G5 (XGV), iShares…S&P Midcap 400/Berra Value Index Fund (IJJ), iShares Hong Kong (EWH), Frontline (FRO)…Your Questions: Buy now or later?…Members? Corner: Aeroplan hater, Ford and GM early warnings

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Posted May 30, 2005

The Aeroplan IPO…Tom Slee: GM, Ford downgrades raise serious questions…Tom Slee updates Sun Life (SLF), Manulife (MFC), Alcan (AL), Canadian Tire (CTR.NV)…Income trust concerns …Updates: Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (RMCF), Loews Corp. (LTR)

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Posted May 24, 2005

Think Ottawa?s exciting? Check out the trust scene….Income trusts reviewed: ARC (AET.UN), Citadel (CTD.UN), Peyto (PEY.UN), RioCan (REI.UN), Royal LePage (RSF.UN), Student Transportation (STB.UN), Swiss Water (SWS.UN), Yellow Pages (YLO.UN)…Budget thoughts…Overlooked mutual fund: PH&N Dividend Income…PH&N and iUnits…Members? Corner: The Long-Term Capital collapse

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Posted May 16, 2005

No hedges here…Northwater Market Neutral Trust (NMN.UN)…Yola Edwards charts the markets…Yola Edwards updates Research in Motion (RIM, RIMM), Rockwater Capital (RCC)…Statistics can be misleading…Updates: Loblaw (L), Gennum (GND), Time Warner (TSX), ConAgra (CAG)

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Posted May 9, 2005

Prudence and pruning…Tom Slee: The Empire Strikes Back…Tom Slee updates CN Rail (CHR, CNI), Canadian Pacific (CP), McDonald?s (MCD)…Mutual funds review (part two)…Stock updates: General Motors (GM), Brascan (BNN.LV.A, BNN), Noranda (NRD.LV, NRD), Petro-Canada (PCA, PCZ)…Members? Corner: Frustrated by Dominion Homes (DHOM)

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Posted May 2, 2005

The world according to Chou…Irwin Michael finds an unloved REIT…A special situation: S&K Famous Brands…Irwin Michael updates E-L Financial (ELF)…Mutual funds review (part one)…Stock updates: MBNA Corp. (KRB), Alcan (AL)…Your Questions: What to do if the economy takes a dive?

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Posted April 25, 2005

A bleak outlook for stocks…Tom Slee: Recent court decisions could save you taxes this year…Tom Slee recommends Home Depot (HD)…Tom Slee updates General Electric (GE)…Tax filing break…Martin’s troubles and the 30% rule…Updates: Rockwater Capital (RCC), Canadian Utilities (CU.NV)…Members’ Corner: What list?

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Posted April 18, 2005

Stock markets turn ugly…Yola Edwards gets on the bus…Yola Edwards updates Merck (MRK), Applied Materials (AMAT), Research in Motion (RIM, RIMM)…The Noranda dilemma…What should losers do?…Updates: Yellow Pages (YLO.UN), Peyto (PEY.UN)…Members? Corner: Too many recommendations?

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Posted April 11, 2005

Trust market requires nimble approach…Tom Slee: Time to adjust for portfolio drift…Tom Slee updates McDonald’s (MCD), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), BCE Inc. (BCE), Enbridge (ENB) TSX tries to pry open the border…Updates: ShopKo (SKO), CI Funds (CIX)…Members’ Corner: When to sell, international newsletters

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Posted April 4, 2005

A lacklustre first quarter…Irwin Michael sees some good values emerging…Irwin Michael updates General Motors (GM), Morguard (MRC), Shermag (SMG)…Tom Slee: Proposed trade-through rules a boon to small investors…Preferred shares and redemption dates…Tom Slee updates MGM Mirage (MGG), Bombardier (BBD.SV.B)…Other updates: Swiss Water Income Fund (SWS.UN)…Members Corner: More on the foreign content rule

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Posted March 21, 2005

Making the sell decision…Yola Edwards likes the mining sector…Yola Edwards updates May Department Stores (MAY), Rockwater Capital (RCC), QLT (QLT, QLTI)…An iShares primer…New recommendation: iShares Mid-Cap Value Fund (IJJ)…Tom Slee sells MGM Mirage (MGG)…Your Questions: Investing in India…Members Corner: Foreign content limit, international newsletters

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Posted March 14, 2005

Foreign content confusion…Tom Slee: Research still leaves much to be desired…Tom Slee updates CN Rail (CNR, CNI), CP Rail (CP), Canadian Tire (CTR.NV), Bombardier (BBD.SV.B)…Other updates: Yellow Pages (YLO.UN), Noranda (NRD), ConAgra Foods (CAG)…Your Questions: Frontline dividends…Members Corner: To renew or not?

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Posted March 7, 2005

Income trusts correction is coming…Irwin Michael sees new highs for stocks…Irwin Michael updates American National Insurance (ANAT), Dominion Homes (DHOM), Sears Canada (SCC)…Oil surges again…Energy updates: Petro-Canada (PCA, PCZ), ENI SpA (E), Frontline (FRO), Equitable Resources (EQT), ARC…Energy Trust (AET.UN), Peyto Energy Trust (PEY.UN)…Members Corner: Labour funds, poor recommendations…Free Special Report

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Posted February 28, 2005

Goodale the magician: Foreign content, deposit insurance, RRSP limits, gold and silver…No action on income trusts (yet)…Tom Slee: Life insurance statements still a mystery…Tom Slee updates Sun Life (SLF), Manulife (MFC), Alcan (AL), Novelis (NVL)…Labour funds update: Front Street Energy, Algonquin Power, ROI…Royal Bank surges…Members Corner: Pengrowth shares

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Posted February 21, 2005

Time to fix deposit insurance…Yola Edwards says stocks have reversed course…Yola Edwards picks Cognos (CSN)…Yola Edwards recommends Altair (ALTI) for aggressive accounts…A sweet idea: Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (RMFC)…Updates: Decoma International (DEC.SV.A, DECA), Teck Cominco (TEK.SV.B), Brascan (BNN.LV.A, BNN), Telus (T, T.NV, TU)…Pengrowth has a problem…TD Funds Report

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Posted February 14, 2005

A contrarian looks ahead…Tom Slee: The winds of change are blowing in the boardrooms…Tom Slee updates EnCana (ECA), Shoppers Drug Mart (SC), General Electric (GE), Manitoba Telecom (MBT), Alcan (AL)…New labour fund for Atlantic Canada…Updates: Loblaw Companies (L), Canadian Utilities (CU.NV)…Members Corner: 2004 Scorecard, delay in .pdf file, dollar collapse

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Posted February 7, 2005

Is the U.S. dollar heading for collapse?…Irwin Michael has a new stock pick…Irwin Michael updates General Motors (GM) and Sears Canada (SCC)…Other updates: Noranda (NDR), Time Warner (TWX)…Members? Corner: The 2004 Scorecard, John De Goey column, and Edward Jones…Your Questions: Purchased wrong Bombardier shares

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Posted January 31, 2005

The trust wall collapses…Introducing John De Goey…John De Goey on the need for cost certainty…Updates: Petro-Canada (PCA, PCZ), Vincor (VN), Microsoft (MSFT)…The 2004 Scorecard: U.S. equities and overall results…Your RRSP Questions: Low-income contributors, ETFs, holding cash, bond index funds…World Money Show ? final reminder

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Posted January 17, 2005

A 90c loonie?…Yola Edwards looks at Intel (INTC)…Yola Edwards updates Rockwater (RCC), Scotiabank (BNS)…The 2004 Scorecard: IWB Value Portfolio…Updates: Alcan (AL), David + Henderson (DHF.UN), CI Funds (CIX), Brascan (BNN.LV.A), Canadian Utilities (CU.NV), Gennum (GND)…More on delivery problems…Next Issue: RRSP Special Report on Jan. 24