Members of Pat McKeough’s Inner Circle sometimes ask us how to find good investments for young children. If children are under the age of 18, they cannot yet invest as adults. However, there are a couple of savings and investment options available:

1. You (or the child) can open a bank account in the child’s name: Interest paid on small balances may

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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 successfully investing your money. Each Investor Toolkit update gives you a fundamental tip and shows you how you can put it into practice right away.

Today’s tip: “Starting a business is …read more »

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 how you can put it into practice right away.

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A number of “green” stocks have emerged in the past few years as concern over the environment has grown. However, most of these companies lose money. That’s because many green technologies are still in the concept or research stages. As well, many of these firms are heavily reliant on government subsidies, which could be cut as governments deal with their …read more »

Whether you’re a beginning or experienced investor, it’s always a good idea to review the fundamental points of successful investing. That’s what we give you in our new “Investor Toolkit” series. Every Wednesday, we’ll give you a new fundamental easy investing tip and show you how you can put it into practice right away. We hope you enjoy and profit …read more »

One part of our three-pronged investing program is to spread your money out across the five main sectors of the economy: Manufacturing & Industry; Resources; Consumer; Finance; and Utilities. (The other two parts are to hold mostly high-quality, dividend paying stocks, and downplay stocks in the broker/public-relations limelight.) The proper proportions depend on your circumstances and risk tolerance.

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Hidden value is one of the key factors we look for when we choose stocks to recommend. By hidden value, we mean valuable assets that are not getting the attention they deserve from investors.

When a company’s assets are wholly or partially hidden, the stock trades for less than it’s really worth, so you get to buy at a bargain price.

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We designed our Successful Investor ratings (Highest Quality, Above Average, Average and Extra Risk) to help you quickly and easily identify the best investments for long term profits. These stocks have the asset size and investment quality to weather market downturns and changing industry conditions.

You’ll find our rating next to each stock we recommend in our newsletters — including the …read more »

TSI Network gives me a wide variety of ways to communicate with Canadian investors. It also gives you exclusive access to the very latest advice on investing in the stock market and a wide range of other financial matters.

Through my free Daily Updates, I keep you up to date on the issues that are most important to you — …read more »

TOYOTA MOTOR CO. ADRs $74 (New York symbol TM; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; ADRs outstanding: 1.6 billion; Market cap: $118.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; Dividend yield: 1.3%; WSSF Rating: Above Average) has dropped 13% since the start of 2010. That’s mainly because the company recalled 8.5 million cars to fix problems that could lead to sudden acceleration.

The …read more »