Q: Pat, I’m interested in your opinion on Topicus.com, trading on the TSX Venture Exchange. Thank you.

A: Topicus.com Inc., $141.91, symbol TOI on the Toronto Venture Exchange (Shares outstanding: 83.1 million; Market cap: $11.8 billion; www.topicus.com), offers vertical market software (VMS) to businesses, mostly in Europe.

Vertical markets centre on specific industries, or niches. Examples include education, finance, healthcare, and manufacturing.

In May… Read More

Canadian Blue Chips Dominate These Two Canadian ETFs

Canadian Blue Chips Dominate These Two Canadian ETFs

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

What Are Graphene Stocks?

What Are Graphene Stocks?

Graphene stocks could boom with many commercial, military, electric vehicle, and aerospace growth opportunities
What are graphene stocks?
Graphene stocks are publicly traded companies that focus on developing, producing, or utilizing graphene – a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon with extraordinary properties including strength, flexibility, and conductivity -.. Read More

2 Precious Metal ETFs to Buy

2 Precious Metal ETFs to Buy

Precious metal ETFs have largely centered 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

Should You Invest in Helium Stocks?

Should You Invest in Helium Stocks?

Helium is a vital element in advanced industrial applications, with few viable substitutes.
Helium is a unique chemical element, and it is the second-lightest and second-most abundant element in the universe, after hydrogen.

It is colourless, odorless, and tasteless gas that has a range of unique properties… Read More