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The four financials below (including American Express— see next article) have passed the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest “stress test.” It measures how such firms would cope with a jump in unemployment, falling stock prices and other unfavourable conditions.


As a result of their success, all four companies raised their dividends and announced new share buyback plans.


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If you want to make the best energy stock investments, you need to read this advice
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For centuries, people have been looking for recurring patterns in trading activity that they can use to gain an advantage over other investors. Many try to link stock-price trends and turning points to months or dates on the calendar....
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Many investors like to describe a particular investment approach by sticking a one-word label on it. For instance, you’ll hear people say things like, “My broker’s a value guy, so I’m really suffering in this Trump Trade market.” This can make conversation flow more smoothly, but it does little to raise anybody’s investment knowledge....
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A number of our portfolio management clients recently asked questions that may interest our Inner Circle members.


  1. “Pat, I find your analysis of the Trump phenomena interesting. But I wonder how much difference it makes to our Canadian stock market and economy....
On average, Canada’s Big Five banks are down about 8% in the past three months. That’s partly due to concerns over a sharp increase in real estate prices, especially in Toronto and Vancouver. Any significant rise in interest rates would hurt the ability of some borrowers to repay their mortgages....

There are many ways to invest in gold. But we think the best gold stocks are your safest bet.


We recommend that gold investments only make up a limited portion of your portfolio’s resources segment.


However, if you want to hold gold shares, then here are some tips to help you pick the best gold stocks on the market.













Hidden value, explosive profits


Big gains often rise from hidden value....
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In the last century, or maybe the one before, someone said you should “…never pick a fight with anybody who buys ink by the barrel.” The quote was long attributed to U.S. author/humourist Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), who is more widely known by his pen name, Mark Twain....
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Here’s the text of the most-recent letter I sent to our Portfolio Management clients in late April:


“To succeed as an investor, you need to be able to “cut through the noise”. That is, you need to sort through the news to find what’s worth your attention, and disregard the rest....
You can’t predict stock market corrections, and trying to will inevitably hurt your returns