investing

Investing is the act of purchasing assets with the expectation that they will appreciate in value or generate income over time, ultimately helping to grow your wealth.

Investing involves buying assets such as stocks, bonds, real estate, or other financial instruments with the goal of earning a return. This return can come in the form of capital gains (when the asset increases in value) or income (such as dividends or interest payments).

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A: NFI Group Inc., $27.32, symbol NFI on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 60.8 million; Market cap: $1.7 billion; www.newflyer.com), is a leading transit bus maker in the U.S., Canada and globally....
The ETF, or exchange traded fund, is the biggest advance for individual investors since the introduction of discount brokers. Both help you cut costs. But both these developments expose you to risk as well.

When you deal with a discount broker, you pay a lot less to act on your investment transactions than you would when dealing with a standard broker....
Employ a top-notch investment portfolio diversification strategy that employs a range of tactics
Recognize that Canadian bond market news may be a sign of continued losses for bonds, and that you can protect your portfolio with other types of stocks
IMPERIAL OIL LTD. $33.93 (Toronto symbol IMO; Shares outstanding: 764.2 million; Market cap: $26.3 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 2.6%; www.imperialoil.ca) is Canada’s third-largest publicly traded oil company, after Suncor (No....
VANECK VECTORS VIETNAM ETF $16.17 (New York symbol VNM; buy or sell through brokers) holds Vietnamese companies and foreign firms that get a significant share of their revenue from the Southeast Asian nation.

The ETF’s top holdings are Vinhomes (real estate), 7.9%; Vingroup (conglomerate), 7.5%; Vietnam Dairy, 7.1%; No Va Land Investment Group, 6.4%; Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam, 6.0%; and Mani Inc....
A: Fire & Flower Holdings Corp., $1.20, symbol FAF on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 119.3 million; Market cap: $145.2 million; www.fireandflower.com), is a Canadian-based licensed cannabis and accessories retailer in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Yukon....
A: American Hotel Income Properties REIT, $6.68, symbol HOT.UN on Toronto (Units outstanding: 78.1 million; Market cap: $521.9 million, www.ahipreit.com), owns 112 hotels, comprising over 11,524 rooms in 33 U.S....
A: Parkland Fuel Corp., $42.10, symbol PKI on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 147.0 million; Market cap: $6.3 billion, www.parkland.ca), operates gas stations, convenience stores, and a fuel-distribution business in Canada, the U.S., and the Caribbean....
“A rising market climbs a wall of worry.”

—origin unknown, in use with numerous variations, since at least the 1970s

I’ve mentioned many times over the years that the quote above is one of the wisest investment one-liners I’ve come across. However, it can be useful or misleading, depending on how you interpret it.

The best use is to take it as a reminder that in a healthy, rising market that has additional gains ahead, you never run out of things to worry about....