Investor Toolkit: How to manage risk when investing in the stock market

Every Wednesday, we publish our “Investor Toolkit” series on TSI Network. Whether you’re a new or experienced investor, these weekly updates are designed to give you specific advice on the fundamentals of successfully investing in the stock market. Each Investor Toolkit update gives you a fundamental tip and shows you …read more »

BP oil spill could turn oil sands stocks into blue chip stocks

In response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, regulators will probably require offshore drillers to install more equipment aimed at preventing future spills. These extra costs would hurt the profits of companies that are active in the Gulf.

That should spur more development of less-risky onshore oil …read more »

3 risks of investing in drug stocks

Investors often comment that we sometimes differ with the mainstream view on which stocks make good investments. That’s especially true with drug stocks.

The general view on these stocks seems to be that they are can’t-miss investments because the baby boomers are reaching an age when they will need drugs …read more »

New Free Report - Gold Investing: 7 Profitable Strategies for Investing in Canadian Gold Stocks

Discover how you can make higher profits in gold investing — and minimize your risks

Click here to immediately download our new free report, Gold Investing: 7 Profitable Strategies for Investing in Canadian Gold Stocks.

When the economy is weak, gold’s popularity rises. As an informed Canadian investor, you’ve likely noticed that …read more »

3 ways to spot the best stocks for long-term gains

We’ve long relied on these three tips to find the best stocks to recommend in our investment services and newsletters, including our flagship advisory, The Successful Investor. We think they can help you pick winners, too.

1. Some of the best stocks have hidden assets: By hidden assets, we mean assets …read more »

Investor Toolkit: Beware of name-dropping promoters when you buy penny stocks

Every Wednesday, we publish our “Investor Toolkit” series on TSI Network. Whether you’re a new or experienced investor, these weekly updates are designed to give you specific advice on the fundamentals of successful investing. Each Investor Toolkit update gives you a fundamental tip and shows you how you can put …read more »

This well-established stock could produce strong gains for the conservative investor

We continue to think investors will profit most — and with the least risk — by buying shares of well-established companies with strong business prospects and strong positions in healthy industries.

(In the current issue of Canadian Wealth Advisor, our newsletter for the conservative investor, we update our buy/sell/hold advice …read more »

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Hidden value is one of the key factors we look for when we choose stocks to recommend in our newsletters and investment services, including Wall Street Stock Forecaster, our advisory that covers the U.S. stock markets.

(In a recent Wall Street Stock Forecaster hotline, we updated our buy/sell/hold advice on a technology stock that uses one of our favourite hidden assets to maximum effect. Read on for further details.)

By hidden value, we mean valuable assets that are not getting the attention they deserve from investors. When a company’s assets are wholly …read more »



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Every Wednesday, we publish our “Investor Toolkit” series on TSI Network. Whether you’re a new or experienced investor, these weekly updates are designed to give you specific advice on the fundamentals of successful investing. Each Investor Toolkit update gives you a fundamental tip and shows you how you can put it into practice right away.

Today’s tip: “Life-long dollar-cost averaging can increase your long-term retirement investing profits”

Dollar-cost averaging involves investing equal amounts of money over a specific period ($200 a month, say). It’s a little like systematic saving, except that …read more »



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The Canadian consumer sector is highly competitive. Aside from other domestic retailers, Canadian retailers face rising competition from large U.S. discount retailers, like Wal-Mart and Costco. As well, consumer stocks are more exposed to swings in the overall economy than companies in some other sectors, such as utilities.

That’s especially true when you indulge in aggressive investing in consumer stocks and buy small retailers. They tend to be less well-established than larger companies, such as Canadian Tire. However, aggressive investing in consumer stocks also holds the potential for spectacular gains.

(In …read more »



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Here are three easy-to-avoid errors that most investors make when investing money in the stock market. All three can seriously hinder your portfolio’s long-term results.

1. Taking an overly optimistic view of speculative investments: Some investors generally put too high a value on speculative ventures. They want to believe that innovations will succeed, and that they’ll get a fair chance to profit from investing money in these companies. Their innate politeness stops them from asking tough questions of smooth-talking promoters. Excess optimism plus a shortage of information leads them to pay …read more »



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Beta ratings are a measure of stock-market volatility. Stocks with a beta of 1.0 have exactly the same degree of volatility as the market they trade in, based on a comparison of fluctuations in the stock and the market index over a period of time, usually five years.

If a stock market investment’s beta is below 1.0, the stock is less volatile than the market. High-beta stocks above 1.0 are generally more volatile than the market. (If a stock has a negative beta, it has an inverse relationship with the …read more »



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The price of uranium rose steadily from $7.10 U.S. a pound in December 2000 to as high as $138 U.S. a pound in June 2007.

Prices have moved down from that speculative high to today’s price of about $40.00 a pound. But conditions look favourable for higher long-term uranium demand.

Risks and rewards of Canadian uranium stocks

Many emerging countries, such as China, India and Russia, are increasing their nuclear-power use as they switch from power plants that run on coal and oil. For example, China plans to build at …read more »

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