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Cut your risk by avoiding these 5 stock market trading mistakes

No matter what kind of investing approach you follow, we feel that you can improve your overall results — and cut your risk — by avoiding these 5 common investment errors.

1. Failing to follow a realistic stock market trading strategy: Some investors, particularly newcomers, plan to buy a few hot …read more »

What investors can learn from this large cap stock’s troubles

To cut your investing risk, we recommend following our three-part system: Hold mostly high-quality, dividend-paying stocks, spread your money out across the five main economic sectors (Manufacturing & Industry; Resources; Consumer; Finance; Utilities) and avoid or downplay stocks in the broker/public relations limelight.

How “in-the-limelight” stocks can hurt your portfolio

Even well-established …read more »

This financial ratio’s hidden drawbacks can steer you into a financial disaster

The p/e ratio (the ratio of a stock’s price to its per-share earnings) is one of many handy investing tools.

Typically, you calculate p/e’s using a stock’s current price and its earnings for the previous 12 months. The general rule is that the lower a stock’s p/e, the better. And …read more »

New Free Report: Capital Gains Canada: 7 Secrets for Managing Your Canadian Capital Gains Tax Liabilities

Discover how to structure your investment portfolio in a way that could save you thousands of dollars

Click here to immediately download our new free report, Capital Gains Canada: 7 Secrets for Managing your Canadian Capital Gains Tax Liabilities.

As you consider how to manage your tax bill for the current income-tax …read more »

3 proven ways to boost your returns with dividend paying stocks

We think investors will profit most — and with the least risk — by buying shares of well-established, dividend-paying stocks with strong business prospects.

These are companies that have strong positions in healthy industries. They also have strong management that will make the right moves to remain competitive in a …read more »

How stocks and bonds should fit in your portfolio

When clients join our Successful Investor Wealth Management service, they often ask us whether they should hold bonds or focus more heavily on stocks. This is a particularly important question for investors who rely on their portfolios for income.

It’s important to note that there is no single “best portfolio” for …read more »

How to spot the best growth stock picks in the U.S. restaurant industry

The U.S. restaurant industry has faced tough challenges over the past 18 months. That’s because the economic downturn has prompted more consumers to eat at home, or to spend less when they dine out.

The best U.S. restaurants have done a good job of cutting costs during the slowdown. Some have …read more »

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Members of Pat McKeough’s Inner Circle enjoy a double benefit when it comes to taking advantage of our investment research. They get to address investment questions directly to Pat and his research associates; AND they get to see all other members’ questions, and our answers (of course, we eliminate any personal information). Members usually ask about stocks they own or …read more »

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One way to cut your tax bill in retirement is for you and your spouse to arrange the family finances so that you each have equal retirement income.

That’s because, if one spouse earns more than the other, the higher-income spouse would, of course, be in a higher tax bracket. That means that any extra money the higher-income spouse earns …read more »

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October 30, 2009
Posted by: Pat McKeough

YUM! BRANDS INC. $34 (New York symbol YUM; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 467.7 million; Market cap: $15.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.5: WSSF Rating: Above Average) is a fast-food operator whose main brands include Kentucky Fried Chicken. “Colonel” Harland Sanders, originator of the KFC recipe, turned himself into the personification of the brand. He was its spokesperson until …read more »

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With the Canadian dollar trading near $0.97 U.S., and outperforming many of the world’s major currencies, interest in forex (or foreign exchange) investments has picked up lately.

Forex investments involve dealing in foreign currency futures or options. This can make sense for a business that is forced to take on unacceptable currency risk. Futures or options let the business pass that …read more »

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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA $56 (Toronto symbol RY; Conservative Growth Portfolio; Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 1.4 billion; Market cap: $78.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.1; SI Rating: Above Average) will buy the third party registered investment advisor servicing business of U.S. banking firm J.P. Morgan & Co. (New York symbol JPM). The deal should close in the second quarter of 2010.

This …read more »

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Green stocks have a lot of conceptual and emotional appeal, but may offer limited investment potential. Investments in environmental or green stocks may need a long time to move from the research or concept stage to profitability in the face of high initial costs and uncertain government subsidies. So they may not be profitable for investors.

It’s hard to set …read more »

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The Successful Investor value investing approach follows the basic model set by the old-fashioned Graham/Dodd approach. Basically, it tries to identify well-financed companies that are well-established in their businesses and have a history of earnings and dividends. They are likely to survive any economic setback that comes along, and thrive anew when prosperity returns, as it inevitably does.
When we recommend …read more »

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Wind power stocks include companies that make components for wind turbines and those that use wind turbines to generate power.
Although publicly traded wind companies are considered green stocks, wind power does draw some objections from environmental groups. It also faces some challenging technical problems.
Concept has appeal, but wind power is imperfect
One of the key problems with wind power is that …read more »

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A few years ago, many investors valued drug stocks the way they value the top software makers, bidding them up to 30 or more times earnings. However, drug stocks are riskier than investors generally realize.

Because of that, while drug stocks can show fantastic profits, it might be more appropriate to value drug makers the way you value companies that are …read more »

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We advise against a so-called “sector rotation” approach to investing; this is when you try to hop from sector to sector. We also advise against practicing a top-down sector rotation style; underweighting or overweighting sectors of the stock market depending on a forecast of the stage of the economic cycle, or other factors.
Few sector rotation strategies succeed over long periods, …read more »

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