investing

Recently a friend asked, “Pat, I see that several prominent Canadian investor advisors recently wrote articles that said it’s a bad time to buy bonds right now. Do you agree?”

He was surprised when I told him I haven’t bought any bonds for myself since the 1990s....

TEXAS ROADHOUSE INC., $78.54, is a buy. The company, symbol TXRH on Nasdaq, is a full-service, casual-dining restaurant chain with 672 locations spread across 49 U.S. states and 10 foreign countries. Each of those restaurants operates under one of three banners—Texas Roadhouse (632 locations), sports restaurant Bubba’s 33 (36), and Jaggers (4)....

The merits of investing in top dividend-paying companies are well known—capital gains, regular income, and lower risk. However, investors in ETFs that focus on dividend-paying companies need to be aware that the dividend payouts of ETFs are not as smooth as those of the best individual dividend-paying companies.


For investors, companies that pay regular and growing dividends have performed very well over time when compared to the broad market indices.


A simple dividend strategy (as represented by the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats) like selecting stocks with a long history of uninterrupted dividend growth has added 11.7% per year over the past 30 years; this compares to the 10.3% annualized returns for the S&P 500 Index....

BCE has held up well during the current market tumult: the stock is now up 5% since the start of 2022 compared to the 6.5% decline for the S&P/TSX Composite Index.


We feel BCE will continue to move higher over the next few years as it expands its high-speed Internet and 5G wireless networks....

Investing in penny stocks long term could lead to big returns—but only if you find the right ones. Meanwhile, it’s likely that the longer you hold pennies, the greater your chance of losing it all

The most successful investors follow a sound growth investment strategy. Here are some top tips.

Discover the characteristics of the best Canadian real estate investment trust (REIT) to buy, including an example of one we like, as well as one type of REIT to avoid.

In recent years, I’ve mentioned that the world is going through a gigantic monetary experiment. At first, I was referring to the “quantitative easing” that the U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks began in 2008/2009, to offset the financial crisis. But the more I look at it, the more I see a process that’s been going on for a century.

Up till about a century ago, the world pretty much ran on the gold standard....

Learn how to develop the best conservative portfolio for years of long-term investment growth. We even include a top blue-chip stock pick for you.

GENERAC HOLDINGS INC., $219.38, symbol GNRC on New York, designs and manufactures a wide range of generators and other engine-powered products for the residential, light commercial, industrial, and construction markets. Its products are fuelled by natural gas, liquid propane and diesel.

Generac also pioneered the residential power washer category, putting the power to clean into the hands of homeowners....