stock picks

Most investor sayings and clichés have at least a hint of truth. But they can still lead you to make good or bad investment decisions, depending on how you apply them.

For instance, you’ll sometimes hear investors say that you shouldn’t fall in love with your stocks....
Buy-and-hold can succeed, but we prefer buy-and-watch-closely and show how it’s done in our free report “10 Stocks to Buy and Hold Forever.”
Too much reliance on simple value measures alone in stock analysis can lead you into costly “value traps”.
Our 9-point stock rating system has let us pick winning stocks for decades
Insider stock trading is just one small measure among many for finding the best investments
Value stocks are usually good bargains, but not all bargain stocks are good values. The search for value stocks that will rise—and hold their value—begins with sound fundamental investing. You look for stocks that have what it takes to be successful in the long term, even if investors haven’t yet anticipated how successful the company can be. Our new free report shows how to spot the best of these value stocks....
Momentum investing strategies may sound like a simple way to beat the stock market, but in truth, it’s just your broker who profits in the end.

If you were about to begin your investing career, you might want to have a list of the most important things you could do to be successful. This is that list.


We have distilled many years of experience into the 10 practices that successful investors most often follow....
We advise you to limit investing in gold to gold mining stocks, but if you wish to hold gold or silver in your RRSP, here’s the best way.
CALIAN GROUP LTD., $18.26, symbol CTY on Toronto, is the new name of Calian Technologies effective today. The company will also change its stock symbol to CGY from CTY on April 5, 2016. Calian is making the name change because of its expansion into new areas such as healthcare through its Business and Technology Services unit. That subsidiary supplies 70% of Calian’s revenue and provides corporate clients with engineers, health care workers and other skilled professionals on a contract basis. The company’s Systems Engineering business (30% of revenue) sells hardware and software for testing, operating and managing satellite and other communication systems....