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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 »

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 »

Capitalization

Capitalization is the total value of all debt, common stock, preferred stock, contributed surplus and retained earnings of a particular company.

Many investors buy units of asset allocation mutual funds because they think these funds provide an easy and profitable way to diversify between stocks, bonds and cash equivalents.

How asset allocation funds work

Asset allocation funds are mutual funds that can shift their portfolio allocations between stocks, bonds and cash in order to capitalize on perceived investment opportunities in any one …read more »

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Many investors buy bonds to make their portfolios less volatile. But high-quality utility stocks, like the five we analyze in this issue, have several advantages over bonds.

One advantage of utility stocks is that there is no set limit to the returns they provide. That can help protect you from inflation. Bonds can’t provide this protection, because they’re fixed-return investments.

Utility stocks …read more »

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In light of recent headlines, it’s not surprising that some investors consider investing in South Korea to be a risky proposition.

That’s because the country borders on North Korea, with its nuclear weapons and seemingly unstable leader. Certainly, North Korea’s unpredictability is a continuing drawback to investing in South Korea. However, the North Korean leader’s bluster has so far stopped …read more »

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Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have gained popularity in recent years, mainly because many ETFs offer very low management fees. In addition to low fees, the best ETFs offer well-diversified, highly tax-efficient portfolios.

However, quality varies. The investment industry has created all sorts of ETFs. All too many exist to tap into popular, but risky, themes and fads, so you need to be …read more »

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PENN WEST ENERGY TRUST $21.77 (Toronto symbol PWT.UN; Units outstanding: 423.2 million; Market cap: $9.2 billion; SI Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 8.3%) is the largest oil and gas trust in North America. It produces an average of 170,164 barrels of oil equivalent per day (weighted 60% to oil and 40% to natural gas).

In the three months ended December 31, …read more »

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April 9, 2010
Posted by: Pat McKeough

ENCANA CORP $32.25 (Toronto symbol ECA; Shares outstanding: 747.9 million; Market cap: $24.1 billion; SI Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 2.5%) has announced plans to double its natural-gas production over five years.

The company is particularly interested in producing more gas at its Haynesville shale-gas property in Louisiana. (Shale gas is natural gas that is trapped in rock formations. To extract it, …read more »

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CAPITAL POWER INCOME L.P. $17.78 (Toronto symbol CPA.UN; Shares outstanding: 53.9 million; Market cap: $958.3 million; SI Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 9.9%) is the new name of Epcor Power L.P. The change was made because Capital Power Corporation (Toronto symbol CPX) bought Epcor Utilities’ controlling interest in Epcor Power L.P.

Capital Power Income has stakes in 26 power plants in …read more »

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Every year, you gain an additional $5,000 of contribution room in your tax free savings account (TFSA). That means you have $10,000 of contribution room in 2010, rising to $15,000 in 2011, $20,000 in 2012 and so on. You also get to carry forward unused contribution room from previous years.

Tax-free savings accounts let you earn investment income — including interest, …read more »

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TRANSCANADA CORP. $36 (Toronto symbol TRP; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 684.4 million; Market cap: $24.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.6; Dividend yield: 4.4%; SI Rating: Above Average) operates a 60,000-kilometre pipeline network that pumps natural gas from Alberta to eastern Canada and the U.S. The company’s pipelines supply 20% of North America’s natural gas. In 2009, TransCanada’s pipelines …read more »

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In Canada, capital gains are taxed at a lower rate than interest. You can take advantage of that — and substantially cut your tax bill — if you structure your investments so that more of your income is in the form of capital gains.

(Our new free report, “Capital Gains Canada: 7 Secrets for Managing Your Canadian Capital Gains Tax Liabilities,” …read more »

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