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 »
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 »
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 »
Discover how you can make higher profits in gold investing — and minimize your risks
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When the economy is weak, gold’s popularity rises. As an informed Canadian investor, you’ve likely noticed that …read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Our Successful Investor rating system is a key guide we use to make stock market picks for our newsletters and investment services, including Wall Street Stock Forecaster, our publication that focuses on top-quality U. S. stock market picks.
We continue to recommend that Canadian investors hold 25% to 30% of their portfolios in well-established U.S. companies, like the stock market picks we recommend in Wall Street Stock Forecaster. To help you quickly and easily determine whether a U.S. stock is appropriate for your portfolio balance and risk tolerance, we display one of our six Successful Investor ratings next to every stock we cover in Wall Street Stock Forecaster.
Our top rating is Highest Quality, followed by Above Average, Average, Extra Risk, Speculative and, at the bottom of the scale, our riskiest, lowest-quality rating of Start-up.
We award these ratings on a point system, using nine key factors to determine a company’s ability to survive a business setback and go on to greater success when conditions improve.
Our nine key factors for assigning our Successful Investor ratings are:
Companies with 11 or 12 points fall into the top category: Highest Quality, and are the ones we focus on when we look for winning stock picks. Those with eight to 10 points are Above Average. Six or seven points mean they are Average. If a stock has just four or five points, it carries Extra Risk (that is, more risk than average); two to three points, Speculative; one or no points, Start-up.
Unlike computerized risk assessments, our ratings demand many judgment calls. But we find this system gives us a deep-seated measure that goes to the heart of a company’s staying power, and yields few unfortunate surprises.
To get our latest strategies for profiting in the fast-changing U.S. market, and clear, specific buy/sell/hold advice on dozens of U.S. companies, you should subscribe to Wall Street Stock Forecaster. Click here to learn how you can get a one month free trial.
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