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How To Invest

QUIZ: Test your knowledge on the different industry sectors

Learn what role the different investment sectors play in helping you build a diversified portfolio by testing your knowledge with this quiz

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Scott Clayton

Blue Chip Stocks

Looking for the most stable stock investments for your portfolio? Start with blue chips

Blue chip stocks are some of the most stable stock investments—and here’s how to find the top ones for a conservative portfolio

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Scott Clayton

Wealth Management

Here are some tips on how to choose retirement investments for superior portfolio returns

Learn how to choose retirement investments that will let you profit from the best stocks to buy on the market today

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Pat McKeough

Penny Stocks

An OTC stock may sound like a great investment, but you’re likely to lose money

Investing in an OTC stock can lead to big losses. So only buy the most speculative of these stocks with money you are prepared to lose

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Scott Clayton

Dividend Stocks

Top dividend-paying stocks have a long history of sustainable dividends

Investors want to find the top dividend-paying stocks with a record of consistency in distributing dividend payments. Dividend yields, however, can be misleading and stocks that have the highest dividend yields may also entail significant risk. That can, in turn, lead to negative consequences and losses.

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Scott Clayton

ETFs

One of the best ways to profit from the growth of passive investing is through “traditional” ETFs

The growth of passive investing has accelerated with the expansion of ETF investments. Here’s more on that trend, plus a look at other passive investments you should know about

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Scott Clayton

Wealth Management

Here are investing strategies for the Canadian stock market today to charge up your portfolio returns

Investments in the Canadian stock market today should focus on high-quality stocks, bottom-up investing principles and more to profit with the least amount of risk

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Pat McKeough

How To Invest

Direct listing vs. IPO—either way, investors need to be cautious

Comparing a direct listing against an IPO will show that the direct route is cheaper. But stock quality is still the most important factor in a buy decision

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Scott Clayton

Dividend Stocks

QUIZ: Here’s a quiz that lets you learn the ins and outs of how to find dividend stocks for maximum portfolio gains

Investing strategies for how to find dividend stocks to buy involve staying focused on a stock’s investment quality and history of dividends, but also your own portfolio diversification

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Scott Clayton

Spinoffs

Big transformation includes two spinoffs

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UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP....

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Scott Clayton

Spinoffs

Spinoff best option for Tenet investors

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TENET HEALTHCARE CORP....

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Pat McKeough

ETFs

Brexit is the biggest challenge for this ETF

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Pat McKeough

Blue Chip Stocks

Here’s what top consumer product stocks can do for your portfolio—and here’s how to find them

Investing in top consumer product stocks can help your portfolio in an economic downturn, especially if they pay sustainable dividends

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Scott Clayton

Wealth Management

Understanding options trading—and its risks—will help you hold onto your investment dollars

Understanding options trading and its similarity to gambling can help you avoid the hype and hold onto more of your money

A boom seems to be underway in newsletters that purport to show you how you can make money in options trading. These newsletters claim to have used digital technology to “crack the secret code” of success in the options market....

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Pat McKeough

How To Invest

Learn about Bitcoin investment risk—and its false narrative—to protect yourself and your portfolio

Avoid bitcoin investment risk and the false narratives that surrounds it. This is important to know to keep your overall investment portfolio on the right path

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Scott Clayton

ETFs

QUIZ: Ins and outs of how to buy exchange traded funds (ETFs) for a successful portfolio

Test your knowledge with this QUIZ on how to buy exchange traded funds (ETFs). The answers will help ensure you are putting the best funds into your diversified portfolio

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Scott Clayton

Wealth Management

Learn how to calculate dividend yield—and then how to use this key ratio

Discover how to calculate dividend yield as an important part of the process of picking the best stocks to boost your portfolio returns.

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Pat McKeough

How To Invest

QUIZ: Learning about stocks for fun—and profit

Successfully learning about stocks means discovering how to do insightful research—but above all, investigating widely, rather than focusing on a narrow range of information

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Scott Clayton

Dividend Stocks

Here’s how to find the best stocks that pay monthly dividends (or quarterly or annually)

Choose investments with strong balance sheets and industry dominance to discover stocks that pay monthly dividends and offer consistent growth

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Scott Clayton

Penny Stocks

Penny stock gainers—tips on buying them and selling them

Investing in penny stock gainers is risky enough without using a “black box”. Plus here’s a great rule for taking penny stock profits.

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Scott Clayton

Blue Chip Stocks

Add the best conservative investments to your portfolio for maximum gains with lower risk

Putting lower-risk blue chip stocks and the top ETFs that hold those stocks into your portfolio will let you tap into the best conservative investments for long-term gains

4 min read

Scott Clayton

Wealth Management

QUIZ: What are cyclical stocks? Test your knowledge and learn more here.

What are cyclical stocks? Discover the answer, plus how these types of stocks best fit into your portfolio

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Pat McKeough

Penny Stocks

Highly-speculative investments rarely, if ever, pay off

Buying highly-speculative investments such as penny stocks is especially risky. So it’s important to use our three-part philosophy to build your overall portfolio

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Scott Clayton

Blue Chip Stocks

Here’s how to find the best U.S. stocks to buy for international portfolio diversification

Look for blue chips with a history of paying dividends to find the best U.S. stocks to buy for increased portfolio returns

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Scott Clayton

How To Invest

Investor Toolkit: How to make the most of your tax free savings account (TFSA)

While many Canadians continue to ignore the tax free savings account, specific advice on how to make the most of this growing savings plan.

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Pat McKeough