HOME CAPITAL GROUP INC. $32

HOME CAPITAL GROUP INC. $32 (Toronto symbol HCG; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 66.0 million; Market cap; $2.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.9; Dividend yield: 3.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.homecapital.com) offers most of its loans through 4,000 independent mortgage brokers. In July 2015, it… Read More

HOME CAPITAL GROUP INC. $36

HOME CAPITAL GROUP INC. $36 (Toronto symbol HCG; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 70.0 million; Market cap; $2.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.2; Dividend yield: 2.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.homecapital.com) is a mortgage lender that serves borrowers who fail to meet the stricter standards… Read More

Three ways to diversify beyond the banks

We continue to recommend that Canada’s big five banks make up the bulk of the Finance portion of your portfolio.

Investors should also diversify their Finance holdings with high-quality non-bank stocks, such as the three we analyze below.

GREAT-WEST LIFECO INC. $35 (Toronto symbol GWO;… Read More

Five aggressive picks for the long haul

We recommend that you limit aggressive holdings to 30% of your overall portfolio (10% for more conservative investors). That’s especially true in light of the recent stock market volatility.

We like the long-term outlook for these five aggressive stocks. However, only four are buys right… Read More