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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 »

Blue Chip Stocks

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 »

Growth Stocks

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 »

Gold Stocks

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 »

Stock Investing

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 »

Penny Stocks

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 »

Conservative Investing

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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Apple's new TV device looks promising

April 3, 2007
Posted by: Pat McKeough

APPLE INC. $93 (Nasdaq symbol AAPL; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 861.9 million; Market cap: $80.2 billion; WSSF Rating: Extra risk) has started shipping its new “Apple TV” set-top device, about a month behind its original schedule. This product uses wireless technology to transfer movies and other videos from a computer to a regular TV set. …read more »

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Watch This Exposure

December 3, 2006
Posted by: Pat McKeough

In the past year, the SEC has investigated more than 120 companies over the backdating of executive stock options. The agency thinks companies improperly or illegally manipulated the exercise price on stock options they granted to their managers, to expand the manager’s profits at the expense of investors.

Only four of our recommendations are on the SEC list. Any restatements will …read more »

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Updating Sony Corp. ADRs, Tim Hortons Inc., Jones Apparel Group Inc. and Apple Computer Corp.

September 3, 2006
Posted by: Pat McKeough

SONY CORP. ADRs $44 (New York symbol SNE; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; WSSF Rating: Above average) will have to absorb part of the $400 million cost to recall faulty batteries it sold to computer maker Dell Inc.

Sony feels the recall will have only a small effect on its profits. In its first fiscal quarter ended June 30, …read more »

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Apple, France at odds over iTunes

April 3, 2006
Posted by: Pat McKeough

APPLE COMPUTER INC. $62 (Nasdaq symbol AAPL; WSSF Rating: Extra risk) is fighting a proposed law in France aimed at spurring competition in the legal music downloading industry.

Right now, customers can only listen to songs downloaded from Apple’s iTunes online music store on Apple’s iPod music player. The new law would force Apple to re-program these files to play on …read more »

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Surging iPod sales fuel Apple's gains

February 3, 2006
Posted by: Pat McKeough

APPLE COMPUTER INC. $74 (Nasdaq symbol AAPL; WSSF Rating: Extra risk) has risen eight-fold for us since we first recommended it at $9.50 in November 2000. Much of this rise is due to the huge success of its iPod digital music players.

The company sold 14 million iPods in its first fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2005, up from 4.6 million …read more »

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