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Mining Stocks

Is gold a good investment? Only if you follow this advice

We’ve been asked, “Is gold a good investment?” and we always give investors this answer.

3 min read

Pat McKeough

ETFs

The best Canadian funds for your portfolio

Five tips for selecting the best Canadian funds to improve your stock market returns

4 min read

Pat McKeough

Penny Stocks

Penny stock advice: What investors need to know about investing in penny stocks

Penny stock advice for investors playing with money they’re willing to lose

4 min read

Pat McKeough

Energy Stocks

Imperial Oil stock: What investors need to know about this company-and energy investing

Imperial Oil stock (Toronto symbol IMO) is Canada’s second-largest publicly traded oil company, after Suncor Energy.

4 min read

Pat McKeough

How To Invest

9 mistakes to avoid when you invest money in stocks

Avoiding these mistakes will help you invest money in stocks more successfully

Almost all investors make one or more of these mistakes sooner or later as they invest money in stocks. Unfortunately, these mistakes can be costly to correct:

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Pat McKeough

Wealth Management

Are you making the best investing decisions?

The best investing decisions are well thought out and based on these sound investing strategies

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

How borrowing to invest can be a good strategy

There are reasons for and against borrowing to invest, but the primary benefit is that it’s a perfectly legal tax shelter

3 min read

Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

Investing in the best tech stocks for your portfolio

How to spot the qualities found in the best tech stocks

4 min read

Pat McKeough

Mining Stocks

How to buy gold stocks

If you’ve been wondering how to buy top gold stocks, then look no further and continue reading

4 min read

Pat McKeough

How To Invest

5 Tips on filing your Canadian capital gains tax return

A Canadian capital gains tax return is filed when an individual sells a stock outside of an RRSP or RRIF and profits from the sale

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Jim Bates

Energy Stocks

Imperial Oil shares—are they a good investment?

Imperial Oil shares are still a best buy among oil and gas companies

3 min read

Pat McKeough

Penny Stocks

Investing scams: Penny stocks and more

Take our advice and you’ll avoid investing scams involving penny stocks

3 min read

Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

Conservative investments: Beware this investor slogan that is sure to hurt your long-term investment returns

Don’t follow this investment rule if you want to profit in conservative investments.

3 min read

Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

Why you don’t want to buy some cheap stocks

Investors who go out of their way to buy cheap stocks sometimes find themselves with stocks that are headed in the wrong direction.

3 min read

Pat McKeough

Wealth Management

Our stock trading advice: When you buy good stocks, don’t expect to pay below market prices

For many investors, the stock trading advice they follow is to decide which stocks to buy, and then try to buy below market price.

5 min read

Pat McKeough

How To Invest

How to avoid selling top rising stocks

Don’t undercut your profits by selling your top rising stocks too soon.

3 min read

Pat McKeough

Mining Stocks

Should you invest in energy mining stocks?

Energy mining stocks are usually volatile, but can give investors good investment returns over the long term.

5 min read

Pat McKeough

Energy Stocks

What every investor should know about alternative energy stocks

If you decide to invest in alternative energy, we recommend that you pay attention to these key risks.

5 min read

Pat McKeough

Penny Stocks

Betting on the future value of an investment in penny stocks

Investors who have a fixed idea about the future value of an investment often make the wrong decisions in the present.

3 min read

Pat McKeough

Wealth Management

Personal finance advice: 10 easy investment tips for better long-term returns

Investing success comes from making more right decisions than wrong over a long period of time, and our 10 personal finance tips will set you up for success

4 min read

Pat McKeough

Daily Advice

Stock market strategy: Avoid market timing. Follow this stock picking advice

Being a fair-weather investor is not a sound stock market strategy.

3 min read

Pat McKeough

ETFs

Are these stock market risk factors holding back your investment gains?

There are enough stock market risk factors out there already—listening to permabears, commercial alarmists or magic numbers just makes it worse.

4 min read

Pat McKeough

Mining Stocks

Mining Stocks: Newmont Mining Corp. to benefit from price increases

Newmont Mining Corp. is positioned to capitalize on higher gold prices with its purchase of key mining sites and its move to cut costs.

2 min read

Jim Bates

Energy Stocks

Energy stock options can be hard to resist

Energy stock options may sound attractive, but they’re some of the fastest ways you can part with your money.

5 min read

Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

Dividend Stocks: Acquisitions support dividend increase for Sun Life Financial

Sun Life Financial increased its quarterly dividend 3.8% following acquisition of Assurant Inc., which will expand the insurer’s employee benefits programs.

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Scott Clayton