I am pleased to announce the launch of our new web site, TSI Network (www.tsinetwork.ca). Building on our four newsletters (Canadian Wealth Advisor, Stock Pickers Digest, The Successful Investor and Wall Street Stock Forecaster), the site will contain archives of over 2,000 articles on individual investments.

I’ll be the host of TSI Network. Every day, Monday to Friday, I’ll post free …read more »

Recently some readers have asked what we think of U.S. newsletters that predict a total collapse in stock prices. The short answer is that I disagree with these publishers. But the best answer has to include some industry background, and point out that I also disagree with their approach to the newsletter business.

We aim to publish balanced, realistic investment advice …read more »

Should you stick with your current stock broker or switch to a discounter? To answer that question, you need to consider your own experience and abilities, and those of your stock broker.

Brokers, good and bad

A good stock broker (one who is experienced, knowledgeable, and oriented toward the long term) is worth the top commissions you are likely to pay. For …read more »

One challenge with researching investments over time is that companies sometimes change names as they grow and mature. As you search through our archives, one such example of this you will find is Trimark investments.

Long known as Trimark Investments or AIM Trimark, the company changed its name in August 2008 to Invesco Trimark to reflect its relationship with Invesco Ltd., …read more »

The world is full of conflicts of interest, especially when it comes to stock advice, so investors need a healthy sense of skepticism. That’s especially so with junior companies, because they sometimes pay for their stock to be recommended in an investment publication.

A stock promoter may pay all or a large part of the cost of sending an investment publication …read more »

TRIMARK FUND $28.55 (CWA Rating:Conservative) (AIM Funds Management Inc., 5140 Yonge Street, Suite 900, Toronto, Ontario M2N 6X7. 1-800-631-7008; Website: www.aimfunds.ca. Buy or sell through brokers) takes a value-seeking investment approach, and this cuts its risk. This fund sticks to the long-time Trimark Investments approach to stock-picking — buying high-quality investments and holding them for the long term. That Trimark …read more »

We created our Stock Pickers Digest Hotline to keep you up-todate on our recommendations, and tell you when they change. We also make the Hotlines available to you on the Internet, so you’ll never need to worry about missing a Hotline.

As a subscriber, you can receive our Stock Pickers Digest Hotline every week (48 or more time per year) by …read more »

Our Wall Street Stock Forecaster Hotline is a key part of our three-part service (including the monthly advisory and Portfolios supplement).

The goal of our Hotline is to keep you up to date on our market outlook and changes in our advice.

The Hotline is available for free to all our subscribers, by phone and email. We update it 44 or more …read more »

Our Successful Investor Hotline is a key part of our three-part service (including the monthly advisory and Portfolios supplement). The goal of our Hotline is to keep you up to date with our market outlook and changes in our advice.

The Hotline is available to our subscribers by phone and email. We update it 44 or more times per year.

To make …read more »

The brokerage industry is organized in a way that makes it hard for investors to find a good broker. The industry mostly pays brokers on commission, and commissions vary with the type of investment. That arrangement gives brokers an incentive to trade. It also gives them an incentive to place their clients in new issues and in-house mutual funds, which …read more »