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Value Stocks

Investing in top value stocks is about a lot more than buying low and selling high

The top value stocks are inexpensive and likely to rise over time, but you need to choose carefully.

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Pat McKeough

How To Invest

How to select the best stock picks for a successful portfolio

Discover how to make the best stock picks—including growth stocks, value stocks and income stocks

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Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

What are growth stocks?

What are growth stocks—and how to tell the difference between a growth stock and a momentum stock.

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

How to spot high-yield dividend stocks that will supercharge your long-term gains

Use these tips to pick the best high-yield dividend stocks for your portfolio

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Pat McKeough

Wealth Management

Here’s how to successfully go about investing for retirement

Four key factors and three tips to consider when investing for retirement

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Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

Growth stocks vs. value stocks: You don’t have to pick just one

Investors who want to build profitable portfolios should consider growth stocks vs. value stocks—and then buy some of both.

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Pat McKeough

Value Stocks

Do you know how to pick the safest investments for your portfolio?

Here are some tips on picking the safest investments for long-term portfolio gains.

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Pat McKeough

Energy Stocks

It’s an interesting time to invest in energy stocks

When you invest in energy stocks, make oil and gas stocks at most half of your resource investments, as part of a diversified portfolio.

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Pat McKeough

Penny Stocks

7 tips for making money with top penny stock picks

You need to follow the seven tips in this article if you want to find top penny stock picks.

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Pat McKeough

Mining Stocks

Tips for profitable investing in top mining stocks

What you need to know to pick the top mining stocks

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Pat McKeough

ETFs

How to select the best bond funds

The best bond funds hold short-term bonds and have low fees

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Pat McKeough

How To Invest

Who pays capital gain tax?

Look no further if you want to discover who pays capital gain tax (and if it includes you)

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

The ins and outs of finding the best high dividend paying stocks

The best high dividend paying stocks pay a consistent dividend year after year.

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Pat McKeough

Blue Chip Stocks

Blue chip investing for easier profits

The path to bigger profits is through blue chip investing

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Pat McKeough

Wealth Management

Our top tips for developing a winning retirement income strategy

Best ways to develop a retirement income strategy that fits your investing needs

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Jim Bates

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.

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Pat McKeough

ETFs

The best Canadian funds for your portfolio

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

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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

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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.

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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

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Pat McKeough

Growth Stocks

Investing in the best tech stocks for your portfolio

How to spot the qualities found in the best tech stocks

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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

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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