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Canadian bank dividends are the top reasons for investing in Canadian banks

Dear Inner Circle member,


Here’s the text of the most-recent letter I sent to our Portfolio Management clients in late January:


“In 2017, déjà vu could turn out to be the investor tool of the year.


History always tries to repeat itself, but never quite succeeds—especially in the stock market....

Dear Inner Circle Member,


Here’s the text of the most-recent letter I sent to our Portfolio Management clients in late January:


“In 2017, déjà vu could turn out to be the investor tool of the year.


History always tries to repeat itself, but never quite succeeds—especially in the stock market....

Dear Inner Circle member,


Here’s a third (consecutive) look at the pitfalls of trying to predict market corrections. This week we focus on interest rates, which some investors now see as the single most important factor for the market.


Today, many investors think the surprise election of Donald Trump as U.S....

IGM FINANCIAL INC. $40 (Toronto symbol IGM; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; s/o: 240.5 million; Market cap: $9.6 billion; p/s ratio: 3.2; Divd. yield: 5.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.igmfinancial.com) is Canada’s largest independent mutual-fund provider....

Dear Inner Circle member,


In our last Inner Circle, I wrote about the difficulty you face when you try to predict stock-market corrections (temporary setbacks in stock prices). The task relies on a lot of guesswork. On the whole, it does more harm than good to investor finances.


Last week I focused on the drawbacks of the “too far, too fast” approach to predicting corrections....

Have you wondered “What are dividends?” We have the answer for you, and reasons why dividend-paying stocks are right for almost any portfolio

Dear Inner Circle member,


One of our portfolio-management clients just wrote, “I read your new client letter regarding your outlook for the markets given the Trump presidency. I’m wondering about how those thoughts align with the fact that, except for a brief downturn in the Canadian market, since the last recession, we’ve had strong market growth since 2009....

Dear Inner Circle member,


As you probably know, our Successful Investor investment approach has three key parts:

1. Invest mainly in well-established, profitable, dividend-paying stocks;

2. spread your money out across most if not all of the five main economic sectors;

3. downplay or avoid stocks in the broker/media limelight.

We see our three-part approach as your best foundation for building an investment portfolio that expands your prospects for growth while keeping risk in check....

Investing money wisely is all the more important when there’s a highly uncertain stock market outlook.