Latest Stock Advice
Coupang Inc. operates in a competitive market, but its growth prospects are positive, especially with its expansion into Taiwan.
Motorola Solutions Inc. offers compelling value through its dominant market share, accelerating growth and strategic positioning for secular growth
Legacy Hardware Leader Pivots to Software and Security Subscription Model
Zebra Technologies Corp. benefits from helping its customers improve productivity and operational efficiency.
Become a Successful Investor
Learn why even the best mining penny stocks entail high risk for investors. But if you follow these rules, you’ll have a much better chance of success
Investment climate indicators can be useful tools when evaluating the market. But they are just part of the big picture.
GREAT-WEST LIFECO INC. $34 (www.greatwestlifeco.com) sells health and life insurance in Canada, the U.S. and Europe. It also offers mutual funds, retirement planning and wealth management. The company paid out higher life and health insurance claims in the three months ended March 31, 2016....
We advise you to limit investing in gold to gold mining stocks, but if you wish to hold gold or silver in your RRSP, here’s the best way.
This past week, after Ted Cruz and John Kasich dropped out of the race for the Republican Presidential nomination, the media began referring to the “Trump ascendancy.” Use of the phrase has since exploded. Google comes up with 374,000 hits for it. (In contrast, Google only finds 289 results in a search for “Romney ascendancy.”) The term seems to reflect a widely shared, negative point of view. “Ascendancy” started out as a reference to the rise to power in Ireland by a coalition of Protestant landowners, clergy and professionals, starting in the 1600s. Most historians would agree that the “Protestant Ascendancy” helped bring on a long stretch of poverty, mass emigration and intermittent starvation for the Irish. Judging by results of the Google search, the widely shared view about the Trump ascendancy is that it could be an awful thing for the economy and stock market. I bring this up because I see it as one more example of an orthodoxy that can cost you money by warping your stock-market decisions....
American Hotel Income Properties REIT, $10.08, symbol HOT.UN on Toronto (Units outstanding: 35.0 million; Market cap: $351.8 million, www.ahipreit.com), owns 80 hotels, comprising 7,072 rooms in 27 U.S. states. Of that total, 45 of the hotels operate under the Oak Tree Inn brand. For the most part, hotel guests are railroad workers. American Hotel believes this is a profitable niche market, as contracts with large railways keep occupancy rates high relative to the overall hospitality industry. The hotels are close to large rail-switching yards and hubs, and the railway contracts keep them about 75% occupied. The specially designed buildings feature crew shuttles and 24-hour food service....