high quality stocks

In our report you learn why you need to be extra cautious, including the 3 big warning signs to watch out for in Canadian penny stocks

Our best investing help for beginners: Focus on building a diversified portfolio of high-quality stocks or ETFs that you can hold for a long time

It is difficult to truly understand how to pick winning penny stocks because winners are uncommon. However, we do have seven tips for making the best picks

A: Preferred shares behave more like long-term fixed-income instruments rather than short-term instruments. So while short-term interest rates are still relatively low, the outlook for long-term interest rates is less certain.

The underlying credit quality of preferred share issuers can be a negative factor in some cases; for example, when the issuer’s share price is falling.

So unlike GICs, which don’t fall in value, the prices of preferreds can decline along with stock markets.

If you want to own a preferred share as part of the fixed-income segment of your portfolio, and you can accept some risk, then preferreds are okay to hold....

Many investors think of our “stocks of the year” as sure-fire picks that are bound to be among the year’s biggest winners. Some of our past selections have lived up to that billing, but that’s not what I expect of them. Instead, I look for the best current example of my favourite type of investment, which I call a “heads-you-win-tails-you-break-even” situation.


No investment comes with a true guarantee....

The six ETFs we update below mainly hold high-quality stocks that are widely traded on Canadian and U.S. exchanges. Each fund tracks the performance of a major stock market index. That’s different from ETFs focused on narrower indexes or themes such as cryptocurrencies or biotechnology.


Of course, you pay brokerage commissions to buy and sell these investments....

The best Canadian blue chip stocks offer sound value, and represent companies that come with a combination of manageable debt, strong management, a history of success and, ideally, hidden assets

Stocks are a better capital gain investment choice than either real estate or bonds—and you can use them to minimize the tax burden on your portfolio

If you are able to find undervalued Canadian stocks of companies with a history of sales and earnings, those value stocks can lead to a strong portfolio

The best investment options in Canada include high-quality stocks with a history of sustainable dividends.