Scott Clayton

Scott is an associate editor at TSI Network. He is the lead reporter and analyst for Dividend Advisor, Power Growth Investor and Canadian Wealth Advisor and a member of the Investment Planning Committee. Scott began his investment and financial career working with Pat McKeough at The Investment Reporter in the 1980s. Subsequently, he worked at the Financial Post Corporation Service for 10 years. He joined TSI Network in 1998. He is a Bachelor of Economics graduate of York University, and he also has an M.B.A. from the Schulich School of Business.

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Short selling stocks is a speculative, “negative sum gain”. Profitable short selling requires superhuman timing, and the inevitable mistakes can be super expensive for investors.
Is buying a house a good investment? Not for every investor in every circumstance. But for when you do buy, here are some important tips
The best new stocks to invest in need to have certain characteristics to be good choices for your portfolio. These include a prominent place in their industries, a history of earnings, a history of dividends, involvement in a fast-growing industry and hidden assets
Detour Gold is banking on one productive Ontario mine with a life of 22 years. Output and revenue are both up, but progress will ultimately depend on the direction of gold prices.
High costs, strong competition, and a lack of brand loyalty make pharmaceutical penny stocks very speculative investments, even if the company has a drug that’s reached commercialization
As with any investment theme, consider clean energy stocks very carefully before you dive in.
If you are looking for technology stocks to buy, look at the money the companies spend on research and development to stay at the leading edge of tech trends
Whether an investor should sell stocks now or hold onto them is an important question to explore, especially because selling a stock too soon can greatly diminish returns—while in some cases, holding too long can lead to a loss of your investment
The most successful investors take a broad view of the market and don’t put too much faith in the use of any single indicator. This includes stock market technical analysis.