Stornoway Diamond Corp. $0.22 – Toronto symbol SWY

STORNOWAY DIAMOND CORP. $0.22 (Toronto symbol SWY; SI Rating: Start-up) (1-888-338-2200; www.sornowaydiamonds.com; Shares outstanding: 227.2 million; Market cap: $50.0 million) holds interests in over 14 diamond exploration properties in Canada and one in Botswana. TSE-listed Agnico-Eagle holds a 17.7% interest in the combined company. Global… Read More

Two Diamond Buys With Risky Appeal

Here are two of the most promising early stage diamond stocks. Both have speculative appeal, but they are buys only for highly aggressive investors.

STORNOWAY DIAMOND CORP. $0.22 (Toronto symbol SWY; SI Rating: Start-up) (1-888-338-2200; www.sornowaydiamonds.com; Shares outstanding: 227.2 million; Market cap: $50.0 million) holds interests… Read More

Large-cap Funds With a Canadian Focus

TRIMARK CANADIAN FUND $18.44 (CWA Rating: Aggressive) (AIM Funds Management Inc., 5140 Yonge Street, Suite 900, Toronto, Ontario M2N 6X7. 1-800-631- 7008; Website: www.aimfunds.ca. Buy or sell through brokers.) uses a bottom-up stock-picking style (using fundamentals such as earnings, cash flow and low debt) that… Read More

STORNOWAY DIAMOND CORP. $0.45 Toronto Symbol SWY

STORNOWAY DIAMOND CORP. $0.45 (Toronto symbol SWY; SI Rating: Start-up) (1-888-338-2200; www.sornowaydiamonds.com; Shares outstanding: 198.9 million; Market cap: $89.5 million) holds interests in over 15 diamond exploration properties in Canada and one in Botswana. TSE-listed Agnico Eagle holds a 13.1% interest in the combined company… Read More

If You Want to Hold Index Funds…

We think high-quality mutual funds with a long term focus will beat indexes over long periods. If funds invest as we advise — sticking with well established companies and spreading their assets out across the five main economic sectors — they will tend to lose… Read More

Two Canadian Buys for Large-cap Growth

TRIMARK CANADIAN FUND $19.97 (CWA Rating: Aggressive) (AIM Funds Management Inc., 5140 Yonge Street, Suite 900, Toronto, Ontario M2N 6X7. 1-800-631 -7008; Website: www.aimfunds.ca. Buy or sell through brokers.) uses a bottom-up stock-picking style (using fundamentals such as earnings, cash flow and low debt) that… Read More

Four Top ETF Buys, and One to Avoid

The best exchange-traded funds (ETFs) offer well-diversified, tax-efficient portfolios with very low management fees. Due to buyback and share issue arrangements, ETFs always trade close to their net asset value.

Here are some of the best deals available in ETFs. We’ve also analysed one we don’t… Read More