Growth this year for South Asia’s biggest economy is likely to come in at around 6%. That’s below its pre-pandemic growth rates of 8% or more, but it will still make India one of the world’s fastest-growing economies in 2023.
The country continues to face a.. Read More

Apart from the immediate challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, India faces a weak health-care system, poor infrastructure, and is only very slowly implementing much-needed economic and political reforms.
Still, the country is home to a number of top global companies with bright futures. Here’s an… Read More

High economic growth rates have helped swell India’s middle class over the past two decades. However, the country still comes in well below its main emerging market rival China in global competitiveness rankings.
Apart from the immediate challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the country… Read More

Stock markets, especially in the developed world, continued their rise in May. Commodity-producing nations, including Canada, lead the way. Notably, ETFs holding gold and oil producers were some of the big winners for the month.
On the other hand, decliners in the month included a.. Read More

Equity markets in the developed world, especially North America, continued their upward climb in April while developing markets, especially India, struggled. REITs had another strong month, while selected commodities and miners also gained ground.
At the broad market level, the Vanguard Total World Stocks ETF… Read More

Here’s an Excerpt from a recent issue of Advice for Inner Circle Pro Members:
“Our Successful Investor approach employs bottom-up investing. That’s when you focus on what particular stocks are likely to do. You avoid the more complex task of figuring out the entire economy. That’s “top-down… Read More

A: Stryker Corporation, $206.97, symbol SYK on New York (Shares outstanding: 373.1 million; Market cap: $76.8 billion; www.stryker.com), is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies. The firm is based in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Stryker’s investors benefit from its three business segments:

The Orthopaedics segment (37% of total revenue)… Read More

A: The Goldman Sachs JUST U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF, $44.89, symbol JUST on New York (Units outstanding: 3.1 million; Market cap: $139.2 million; www.gsam.com), started up June 7, 2018, launched by prominent hedge fund manager and billionaire philanthropist Paul Tudor Jones.

The ETF’s MER is a low… Read More

A: Smartsheet Inc., $44.60, symbol SMAR on New York (Shares outstanding: 87.4 million; Market cap: $5.0 billion; www.smartsheet.com), provides cloud-based software for teams and organizations to plan, capture, manage, automate, and report on their work.

Smartsheet first sold shares to the public in April 2018 at $15… Read More

A: True North Commercial REIT, $6.98, symbol TNT.UN on Toronto (Units outstanding: 57.7 million; Market cap: $489.6 million; www.truenorthreit.com), owns and operates a portfolio of 46 office properties. They make up about 3.9 million square feet, in urban centres and what the REIT sees as Canada’s… Read More