Best of the Trusts & REITs

GUARDIAN MONTHLY HIGH INCOME II FUND $16.06 (CWA Rating: Income) (GGOF Guardian Group of Funds, Commerce Court West, Suite 4100, P.O. Box 201, Toronto, Ontario M5L 1E8. 1-800-668- 5613; Web site: www.ggof.com. Available from brokers) emphasizes more stable real estate investment trusts (REITs), and high-quality,… Read More

Buy for a “Double Discount”

CANADIAN GENERAL INVESTMENT TRUST $28.89 (Toronto symbol: CGI) (110 Yonge Street, Suite 1601, Toronto, Ontario. M5C 1T4. 1-800-207-0 067. Buy or sell through a broker) mainly invests in shares of Canadian companies of average or above-average quality. The fund is well diversified by economic sector… Read More

The 12 Factors We Use to Judge Trusts

In evaluating investments, many investors focus on what we’d call ‘investment outputs’, such as earnings, dividends, cash flow, return on equity, sales growth and so on. These are all important, of course, but you shouldn’t focus on them to the exclusion of what you might… Read More