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Mining Stocks

There are many ways to invest in gold. But we think the best gold stocks are your safest bet.

We recommend that gold investments only make up a limited portion of your portfolio’s resources segment.

However, if you want to hold gold shares, then here are some tips to help you pick the best gold stocks on the market.

Hidden value, explosive profits

Big gains often rise from hidden value....

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Pat McKeough

How To Invest

Q: Pat: What do you think about Westshore Terminals? Thanks.

A: Westshore Terminals Investment Corp., $21.76, symbol WTE on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 73.3 million; Market cap: $1.6 billion; www.westshore.com), owns a coal storage and loading terminal at Roberts Bank, B.C., about 30 kilometres south of Vancouver....

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Pat McKeough

How To Invest

Q: Pat: A substantial part of my portfolio is in U.S. equities. The U.S. withholding tax on the dividends results in considerable leakage of my returns. My question is, are there any ETFs that shadow, say, the S&P 500 and reinvest dividends internally and therefore bypass the dividend tax on my account? That would leave me with only the capital gains (or losses) to pay. By the way, the advice I get from the Wall Street Stock Forecaster has put me in a very good position over the years. Thank you.

A: We’ve long advised holding 20% or more of your portfolio in U.S. stocks. We see exposure to U.S. stocks, and the U.S. dollar, as a valuable form of diversification. It also gives you a hedge against a drop in the Canadian dollar, especially if you hold your stocks in a U.S.-dollar brokerage account.

Canadian shareholders pay a 15% withholding tax on dividends from U.S....

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ETFs

Discover the best Canadian ETFs with these 5 tips

The best Canadian ETFs can be a really good addition to your portfolio—if you choose carefully

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Pat McKeough

Wealth Management

Stock market corrections don’t follow any predictable schedule or cycle

You can’t predict stock market corrections, and trying to will inevitably hurt your returns

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Pat McKeough

Energy Stocks

5 tips for investing in energy stocks

Here are five pointers you can use for better results when investing in energy stocks

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

These cyclicals give you steady dividends

FINNING INTERNATIONAL INC. $26 (Toronto symbol FTT; Cyclical-Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares o/s: 168.2 million; Market cap: $4.4 billion; Dividend yield: 2.8%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.finning.com) sells and services Caterpillar-brand heavy equipment....

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Pat McKeough