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If you’re looking for an ETF with top holdings combined with exceptionally low fees, then Pennsylvania-based Vanguard Group offers you strong options. Vanguard is one of the world’s largest investment management companies. In all, it administers for investors over $5.3 trillion U.S....

Successful investors, like successful businesses, need to keep an open mind about the way they do things. Neither one can afford to keep doing something just because “we’ve always done it that way.” That applies to investing basics such as bonds.

Many casual investors, financial journalists and brokers take it for granted that owning some bonds is a good thing....

Linamar’s shares were trading as high as $80.59 a share in November 2017. They have since fallen to $39.53—a 50.9% drop in market value. That includes the 20.1% decrease since the start of 2020. Some investors worry this downward trend will continue, mainly because the company is often viewed as simply an auto-parts supplier, overly exposed to the current slump in the automotive industry....

Most experienced investors understand the idea that “A rising stock market climbs a wall of worry”, because they’ve seen it happen many times. Worrisome news items and developments come along in an irregular pattern. Many are serious enough to raise worries about how they will impact the stock market....

THOMSON REUTERS CORP. $108 remains a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TRI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares o/s: 500.0 million; Market cap: $54.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 9.2; Dividend yield: 1.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.thomsonreuters.com) continues to unlock value for investors....

Here are short answers to a couple of issues you may have wondered about lately.

This economic statistic deserves a closer look.

We look at lots of economic statistics, but rarely find any worth talking about. Most stats represent random fluctuations in economic data, without revealing any meaningful shift in economic trends.

However, last Friday’s release of U.S....

THOMSON REUTERS CORP. $94 remains a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TRI; Conservative Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 500.0 million; Market cap: $47.0 billion; Dividend yield: 2.0%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.thomsonreuters.com) last raised its quarterly dividend with the March 2019 payment....

Medium-sized companies are a bit like the proverbial middle child—they tend not to get as much attention from investors as the smallest or the biggest.


But this creates opportunities for investors who are prepared to add the best of those stocks—or the ETFs that hold them—to their portfolios.


High-quality mid-cap stocks can offer your the stability and balance sheet strength of large caps, while at the same time they give investors growth potential similar to small caps.

What are mid-cap stocks?

Mid-cap stocks are typically defined as those having a market capitalization of between $2 billion and $10 billion....

The broad Vietnamese stock market, as measured by the FTSE Vietnam All Share Index, has done very well over the longer term, gaining 71% over the five years ending October 31, 2019. By comparison, the VanEck Vietnam ETF lost 3.1% over the same period. This is a large performance gap and requires some explanation.


First, not all companies listed on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange are available for investment by foreigners....

If you’re looking for top holdings in an ETF, combined with exceptionally low fees, then Pennsylvania-based Vanguard Group is a top choice. Vanguard is one of the world’s largest investment management companies. In all, it administers over $5.3 trillion U.S. for investors, spread across 415 mutual funds and ETFs.


Generally speaking, Canadian investors are blocked from buying mutual funds that are registered in the U.S....