Inflation fears add to their appeal

While inflation pressures appear to be rising, consumer prices have seen only modest increases so far. Still, factors leading to a sharper rise may be building. They include today’s very low interest rates and the massive spending and borrowing by governments around the world to… Read More

Not all these ‘award-winning’ ETFs are buys

Each year, major industry associations such as Lipper and Fundata produce lists of award-winning mutual funds and ETFs. Here’s a close look at a few of their top winners.
As well, please check out the Supplement on page 60 That’s where we highlight factors contributing… Read More

Here are 3 ways to gain from commodities

Commodity production is capital intensive with long development times. Producers face considerable costs to establish or replace mines, oilfields, and so on, or build processing, storage and transportation facilities. This means that the selling prices of their products can vary significantly from the time of… Read More

Precious metals offer you a bright future

Most precious-metal stocks dropped, along with stock markets, in March 2020. They then quickly reversed that trend to soar for investors. In fact, In August 2020, gold jumped to over $2,000 U.S. an ounce for the first time ever. Gold stocks also jumped.
Gold prices have… Read More

Get a 5.0% yield from Bank of Nova Scotia

Get a 5.0% yield from Bank of Nova Scotia

Despite the economic disruption brought on by COVID-19, including a 20.3% earnings drop in the fourth quarter, this bank still enjoys excellent prospects.

The stock trades at just 11.5 times the company’s 2021 earnings forecast.

BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA (Toronto symbol BNS; www.scotiabank.com) set aside $1.13 billion… Read More

2021 is off to a mixed start

The Vanguard Total World Stocks ETF (VT) gained 0.1% in January 2021. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) lost 0.3%, and the iShares MSCI Canada Equity ETF (EWC) lost 1.1%. The iShares Core EAFE ETF (IEFA), which excludes U.S. and Canadian stocks, lost 1.5% in the month.
Emerging markets underperformed developed markets over the… Read More

COVID-19 challenged REIT ETFs

The speed of the March 2020 stock market decline, as well its rapid recovery to previous peaks, will rank high in the record books. For instance, the 34% drop for the S&P 500 took only 24 days while the recovery to its previous peak was… Read More