Under pressure from the federal government, Canada’s leading grocery chains like Metro have agreed to a series of measures to lower prices for consumers. Those include discounts, price-matching campaigns, and price freezes. The government is also looking at ways to get food producers to lower… Read More

These two Canadian ETFs track Canada’s best-established indexes and provide low-fee exposure to widely traded blue chip stocks.
When you invest in ETFs, simpler is generally better. And each of these two Canadian ETFs provides a straightforward approach to investing in a selection of Canada’s top… Read More

These two blue chip ETFs hold mostly large-capitalization, widely traded stocks on the Canadian exchange. Both funds mirror, or track, the performance of major stock market indexes as opposed to narrower ones focused on resources or themes, such as solar power or biotech.
Blue chip ETFs… Read More

More and more, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are finding their way into the portfolios of investors.
That’s because, unlike many other financial innovations, they don’t load you up with heavy management fees, or tie you down with high redemption charges if you decide to get out of them… Read More

Don’t miss these three key steps to identifying TSX value stocks—those low in price relative to their high potential
Some investors only feel safe buying stocks after prices have risen, which means that they often overlook TSX value stocks (penny stocks). Yet this is the opposite… Read More

Precious metal ETFs have largely centred on gold stocks. We continue to see the outlook for that precious metal as positive, and for aggressive investors who want to hold precious metal ETFs, including a silver ETF, we have two of them below.

Most precious-metal stocks dropped,… Read More

Two Canadian Bond ETFs offering low fees and high-quality holdings

Even for our conservative investors, we caution against investing in bonds. Today’s rising interest rates make bonds unattractive, and further increases would push down their future value. But, if you need stable income and want to… Read More

Look for Canadian REITs that meet these 9 key criteria
Top-quality Canadian REITs are among the most stable and highest-yielding real estate investments–even despite the market changes ushered in because of the pandemic. That’s because many REITs hold high-quality, non-depleting assets, and have taken advantage of… Read More

Look for Canadian REITs that focus on ‘investment inputs’ as well as ‘investment outputs’ especially in 2024’s higher interest rate environment. They should also meet these 9 key criteria.
Top-quality Canadian REITs are among the highest-yielding real estate investments. That’s because many REITs hold high-quality, non-depleting… Read More

Blue chips stocks are best known for their stability and dependable dividend yields, of course.

They’re not necessarily the stocks you pick for a 664.0% gain. Yet that’s what this one has delivered our subscribers since we first recommended it in April 1995.

That’s an especially… Read More