Although assets for all sectors have increased over the past year, there has been a sharp weakening in revenue
A comparison between Canada's and the U.S.'s main stock markets provides some interesting results
Low-volatility stocks have become the market’s hot sellers. In fact, there are now exchange-traded funds full of stocks with good relative price stability and market indices measuring both high-volatility and low-volatility portfolios. This excitement stems from recent investment research. But this research only validates much earlier work. In 1959, Arnold Bernhard reported on how stocks […]
40 stocks with the best price stability in Canada
Sectors expected to perform strongly, such as consumer discretionary, IT and telecoms, have not yet delivered this year
Stocks of small- and mid-cap companies are rising faster than the large-caps, a clear sign that better times are on the way
Investing in the stocks of Canada's Big Six banks has much appeal
There are multiple issues to be concerned about when investing south of the border. But, on the plus side, dividend payments are expected to increase despite the slew of extra and advance dividend payments as of yearend 2012
Financials, industrials, telecoms, and consumer discretionary and staples account for 51% of the S&P/TSX composite index
There’s mounting evidence that a portfolio laden with dividend-paying stocks does indeed pay off. Around 2006, indexing portfolios to dividend payments rather than market capitalization became all the rage. In fact, in this same column in the September 2006 issue of Investment Executive, a list of what a dividend-weighted Canadian index might contain was published. […]