CIBC Core Canadian Equity Fund $23.21

CIBC CORE CANADIAN EQUITY FUND $23.21 (CWA Rating: Conservative) (CIBC Securities, 5140 Yonge Street, Suite 900, Toronto, Ontario M2N 6X7. 1-800-631-7008; Website: www.cibc.com. No load — deal directly with the company.) uses a “bottom-up” approach (using fundamentals such as earnings, cash flow and low debt)… Read More

TD Canadian Equity Fund $30.99

TD CANADIAN EQUITY FUND $30.99 (CWA Rating: Conservative) (TD Asset Management, P.O. Box 7500, Station A, Toronto, Ontario. M5W 1P9. 1-800-463-3863; Web site: www.tdcanadatrust.ca. No load — deal directly with the bank) uses a “bottom-up” approach (using fundamentals such as earnings, cash flow and low… Read More

5 Large-cap Canadian Bank-run Fund Buys

Here are five large funds run by each of Canada’s big-five banks. Each holds the kind of conservative, well-balanced portfolios of high quality stocks we like. All five have a high weighting in Financial services and Energy stocks. However, they stick with high-quality issues with… Read More

Buy for Top Stock Holdings

HARBOUR FUND $19.90 (CWA Rating: Conservative)(C.I. Mutual Funds, 151 Yonge St., 7th Floor, Toronto, ON M5C 2W7. 1-800-268-9374; Web site: www.cifunds.com. Load fund — available from brokers) invests in only 25 to 40 high-quality Canadian stocks, and it may hold stocks for four or five… Read More

Our Everyday Reality Check

As you probably know, our Successful Investor business model has two parts. We publish investment advice through The Successful Investor Inc., and we manage investor portfolios through Successful Investor Wealth Management Inc. (These two companies are affiliated by common ownership; I own both but keep… Read More

Inco Is the Best of the Three

Some of our biggest gainers in the past few years have been in stocks from the Resources sector. Investors need to keep the risk and volatility of this sector in mind.

TECK COMINCO LTD. $75 (Toronto symbol TEK.SV.B; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; SI Rating: Average)… Read More

Your Best Choices for Profit in Nickel

INCO LTD. $61 (Toronto symbol N; SI Rating: Average) is the world’s second-largest producer of nickel after Russia’s Norlisk. Nickel is a key ingredient in stainless steel, which is more resistant to rust and corrosion than untreated steel. Inco is also a major producer of… Read More

TD Canadian Equity Fund $29.13

TD CANADIAN EQUITY FUND $29.13 (CWA Rating: Conservative) (TD Asset Management, P.O. Box 7500, Station A, Toronto, Ontario. M5W 1P9. 1-800-463-3863; Web site: www.tdcanadatrust.ca. No load — deal directly with the bank) uses a “bottom-up” approach (using fundamentals such as earnings, cash flow and low… Read More

These Two Bank-run Funds Stand Out

Many bank-run funds share common faults: they are run by committees and anonymous bank employees who produce mediocre results, yet they charge high fees. Here, however, are two big funds run by individual managers that hold the kind of conservative, well-balanced portfolios of high quality… Read More