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When we look for ETFs to recommend, we start with what we see as the most important factor: what stocks does the ETF hold?
And when we look at those stocks, we use tools and measures from three key areas to form our assessment:
1) Investment-quality markers—we use them to award our TSINetwork investment-quality ratings;
2) Valuation factors, including the P/E and other financial ratios;
3) Extra value factors—hidden value and other overlooked pluses that help create outsized returns.
The essence of investment quality is a company’s ability to survive a business setback and go on to still greater success when conditions improve....
And when we look at those stocks, we use tools and measures from three key areas to form our assessment:
1) Investment-quality markers—we use them to award our TSINetwork investment-quality ratings;
2) Valuation factors, including the P/E and other financial ratios;
3) Extra value factors—hidden value and other overlooked pluses that help create outsized returns.
How we judge investment quality
The essence of investment quality is a company’s ability to survive a business setback and go on to still greater success when conditions improve....
This month we look at three new ETFs. The first is an actively managed ETF that invests in “frontier” technology companies; they’re selected by a manager with roots in venture capital. The next two funds are ETFs where their managers use a “black box” to pick dividend-paying companies.
INNOVATOR LOUP FRONTIER TECH ETF $54.32 (New York symbol LOUP) is an ETF invested in technology companies that its managers believe will drive the next wave of technological innovation.
Loup Ventures, a venture capital firm with two decades of experience in technology, is the ETF’s advisor....
INNOVATOR LOUP FRONTIER TECH ETF $54.32 (New York symbol LOUP) is an ETF invested in technology companies that its managers believe will drive the next wave of technological innovation.
Loup Ventures, a venture capital firm with two decades of experience in technology, is the ETF’s advisor....
SPDR S&P 500 ETF $379.79 (New York symbol SPY) lets you hold the top stocks of the S&P 500 Index; they’re the major U.S. companies based on market cap, liquidity and industry.
The fund’s highest-weighted stocks offer a lot of appeal for investors: Apple, 6.5% of assets; Microsoft, 5.2%; Amazon.com, 4.2%; Alphabet, 3.3%; Tesla, 2.1%; Facebook, 2.0%; Berkshire Hathaway, 1.4%; Johnson & Johnson, 1.3%; and JP Morgan Chase, 1.3%.
The ETF’s distribution also offers you a solid 1.5% yield, while the fund charges you a very low 0.095% MER.
Going forward, investors should directly gain from U.S....
The fund’s highest-weighted stocks offer a lot of appeal for investors: Apple, 6.5% of assets; Microsoft, 5.2%; Amazon.com, 4.2%; Alphabet, 3.3%; Tesla, 2.1%; Facebook, 2.0%; Berkshire Hathaway, 1.4%; Johnson & Johnson, 1.3%; and JP Morgan Chase, 1.3%.
The ETF’s distribution also offers you a solid 1.5% yield, while the fund charges you a very low 0.095% MER.
Going forward, investors should directly gain from U.S....
Canada’s Big Five banks are setting aside fewer funds for future bad loans. That reflects government COVID-19 support programs to the those directly hurt by lockdowns.
In response to the pandemic, banking regulators forced banks to suspend share buybacks and freeze their dividends....
In response to the pandemic, banking regulators forced banks to suspend share buybacks and freeze their dividends....
For 2021, we have singled out three stocks as #1 buys for you, one from each of our portfolios—Conservative, Aggressive and Income.
All three are in a strong position to weather the current wave of COVID-19. Each is also poised for solid gains as new vaccines help kick-start global economic growth.
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY LTD....
All three are in a strong position to weather the current wave of COVID-19. Each is also poised for solid gains as new vaccines help kick-start global economic growth.
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY LTD....
The best investments for retirement will include RRSPs, dollar-cost averaging, and diversified holdings
A lot can change in 20 years.
As long-time readers may recall, we launched our Wall Street Stock Forecaster around 20 years ago. It got a good reception from our clients and investors (and it’s still going strong today). However, I recall one cancellation email that we received in late 2002, about a year after 9/11....
As long-time readers may recall, we launched our Wall Street Stock Forecaster around 20 years ago. It got a good reception from our clients and investors (and it’s still going strong today). However, I recall one cancellation email that we received in late 2002, about a year after 9/11....
A: A stock that is a “Buy” or “Still a Buy” is one that we recommend as a “Buy.” But we might use the term “Still a Buy” if, perhaps, the stock fell in price, or had some negative news, and we wanted to reaffirm our recommendation in the face of those developments.
To address your other question, rather than aiming to set up a TFSA as a separate portfolio, we think your best approach is to treat all your holdings—regardless of what account they are in—as if they were all in a single account....
To address your other question, rather than aiming to set up a TFSA as a separate portfolio, we think your best approach is to treat all your holdings—regardless of what account they are in—as if they were all in a single account....
If you are looking for the best Canadian cannabis penny stocks to buy, then here is what you need to know
IBM, $123.80, is a buy. The company (New York symbol IBM; Shares o/s: 891.1 million; Market cap: $111.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Yield: 5.3%) has bought Expetus Technologies, a Canadian financial-technology firm....