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The best companies to buy stock in will likely have hidden assets in one or more of the following areas: real estate, research and development, or brand loyalty

Many investors aim to put top growth stocks into their portfolios because of the expected returns if the stock proves to be a true growth stock and not a momentum stock in disguise.

Investing in bonds: Bonds are unlikely to perform as well in the next few years as they have at points in the past. That’s mainly because interest rates will likely hold steady or rise further. (Bond prices and interest rates are inversely linked. When interest rates go up, bond prices go down, and vice versa.) That means bonds would only earn interest income; instead of capital gains, they could produce capital losses.

A: Noble Energy, $30.51, symbol NBL on New York (Shares outstanding: 486.6 million; Market cap: $15.3 billion; www.nblenergy.com), explores for and produces oil and natural gas, chiefly in the Gulf of Mexico, East Africa, and the Mediterranean Sea.

It also owns 39.66% of the Leviathan field, 130 kilometres off the port of Haifa in Israel.

That offshore reserve is located 47 kilometres south-west of another large offshore gas field, the Tamar gas field....

Investors interested in building the best ETF portfolio need to look at traditional ETFs focused on top-quality stocks

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Realistic expectations and an eye toward diversification will help you develop the best retirement portfolio, and give you built-in security

LOBLAW COMPANIES $65.33 (Toronto symbol L; Shares outstanding: 395.3 million; Market cap: $25.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 1.7%; www.loblaw.ca) will end its 19-year joint venture with Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Toronto symbol CM.

That business, called President’s Choice Financial, offers no-fee banking, mortgages and other loans....

Having a sound ETF strategy will help you target the best ETFs—and maximize your gains

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