BMO Dividend Fund $50.82

BMO DIVIDEND FUND $50.82 (BMO Mutual Funds, 77 King Street West, Suite 4200, Royal Trust Tower, Toronto, Ont., M5K 1J5, 1-800-665-7700; Web site: www.bmo.com. No load — deal directly with the bank) (CWA Rating: Conservative) currently holds about 57.3% of its portfolio in the Financial… Read More

Two Large-cap Buys With a Finance Focus

BMO Dividend and RBC Canadian Dividend hold mostly high-quality stocks. These stocks sometimes run into trouble and go through lengthy struggles, just like lesser investments. Eventually, though, most solve their problems and go on to thrive anew.

Both funds hold a high proportion of their assets… Read More

AIC Diversified Canada Fund $46.42

AIC DIVERSIFIED CANADA FUND $46.42 (CWA Rating: Conservative) mainly holds shares of Canadian companies of average or above-average quality. It also holds stocks of some U.S. firms.

The $1.6 billion fund’s 10 largest holdings are Power Financial, Canadian Oil Sands Trust, TD Bank, Shoppers Drug Mart,… Read More

Two AIC Funds With a Finance Focus

These two AIC funds hold much of their portfolios in financial services stocks. We prefer diversified funds. But if you must focus on something, finance is a relatively stable sector.

If you do invest in these funds, be sure to adjust the rest of your portfolio… Read More

Buy for Large-Cap Growth

FIDELITY CANADIAN LARGE CAP FUND $26.55 (CWA Rating: Conservative) (Fidelity Investments Canada, 483 Bay St., Suite 200, Toronto, Ont. M5G 2N7. 1-800-263-4077; Web site: www.fidelity.ca. Load fund — available from brokers) invests mostly in large-sized firms like those on the S&P/TSE Index, although it may… Read More

AIC DIVERSIFIED CANADA FUND $46.74

AIC DIVERSIFIED CANADA FUND $46.74 (CWA Rating: Conservative) mainly holds shares of Canadian companies of average or above-average quality. It also holds stocks of some U.S. firms.

The $1.7 billion fund’s 10 largest holdings are Power Financial, Canadian Oil Sands Trust, TD Bank, Shoppers Drug Mart,… Read More

Two AIC Buys With a Finance Focus

These two AIC funds hold much of their portfolios in financial services stocks. We prefer diversified funds. But if you must focus on something, finance is a relatively stable sector.

If you do invest in these funds, be sure to adjust the rest of your portfolio… Read More

AIC Diversified Canada Fund $44.29

AIC DIVERSIFIED CANADA FUND $44.29 (CWA Rating: Conservative) mainly holds shares of Canadian companies of average or above-average quality. It also holds stocks of some U.S. firms. The $1.9 billion fund’s 10 largest holdings are Power Financial, Canadian Oil Sands Trust, TD Bank, Shoppers Drug… Read More

Two AIC Funds With a Financial Focus

Here are two AIC funds that hold much of their portfolios in financial services stocks. We prefer diversified funds. But if you must focus on something, finance is a relatively stable sector. AIC Diversified Canada has underperformed lately, mainly because it holds fewer stocks that… Read More

A Large-cap Fund We Like

FIDELITY CANADIAN LARGE CAP FUND $26.81 (CWA Rating: Conservative) (Fidelity Investments Canada, 483 Bay St., Suite 200, Toronto, Ont. M5G 2N7. 1-800-263-4077; Web site: www.fidelity.ca. Load fund — available from brokers) invests mostly in large-sized firms like those on the S&P/TSE Index, although it may… Read More