Still our favourite bank

BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA $49 (Toronto symbol BNS; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 1.1 billion; Market cap: $53.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.0; Dividend yield: 4.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.scotiabank.com) remains our top pick among Canada’s big five banks. That’s mainly because it… Read More

To serve you better

Investors are paying more attention to dividends as volatile stock markets continue to recover.

That’s because dividends are more dependable than capital gains as a source of income. In fact, dividends typically contribute up to a third of an investor’s long-term return. Tax cuts in recent… Read More

Our Everyday Reality Check

As you probably know, our Successful Investor business model has two parts. We publish investment advice through The Successful Investor Inc., and we manage investor portfolios through Successful Investor Wealth Management Inc. (These two companies are affiliated by common ownership; I own both but keep… Read More

Stick with Fair Isaac

I still haven’t come across anything to beat FAIR ISAAC INC. $44 (New York symbol FIC; WSSF Rating: Average), our “Stock of the Year” for aggressive investors in 2005. So for now, we’ll let Fair Isaac hang on to the Stock of the Year title… Read More