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You can count on your favourite Canadian newspapers to do a great job of reporting the results of yesterday’s Canadian federal election. However, it will take a little longer to figure out how the new minority Canadian government will hurt or help your investments....
Blue chip stocks are big, well-established, dividend-paying corporations with strong business prospects.
7 Secrets to Unlocking Value Stocks, our free report, gives you the keys to value investing, including how to discover the hidden value that can unlock explosive growth.
A: Lloyds Banking Group plc (ADR), $3.07, symbol LYG on New York (ADRs outstanding: 17.6 billion; Market cap: $50.6 billion; www.lloydsbankinggroup.com) offers a range of banking and financial services through its subsidiaries and associated companies....
Here’s the text of the most-recent letter I sent to our Portfolio Management clients in August.
“In recent years, I’ve mentioned that the world is going through a gigantic monetary experiment. At first, I was referring to the “quantitative easing” that the U.S....
“In recent years, I’ve mentioned that the world is going through a gigantic monetary experiment. At first, I was referring to the “quantitative easing” that the U.S....
The ETF, or exchange traded fund, is the biggest advance for individual investors since the introduction of discount brokers. Both help you cut costs. But both these developments expose you to risk as well.
When you deal with a discount broker, you pay a lot less to act on your investment transactions than you would when dealing with a standard broker....
When you deal with a discount broker, you pay a lot less to act on your investment transactions than you would when dealing with a standard broker....
“A rising market climbs a wall of worry.”
—origin unknown, in use with numerous variations, since at least the 1970s
I’ve mentioned many times over the years that the quote above is one of the wisest investment one-liners I’ve come across. However, it can be useful or misleading, depending on how you interpret it.
The best use is to take it as a reminder that in a healthy, rising market that has additional gains ahead, you never run out of things to worry about....
—origin unknown, in use with numerous variations, since at least the 1970s
I’ve mentioned many times over the years that the quote above is one of the wisest investment one-liners I’ve come across. However, it can be useful or misleading, depending on how you interpret it.
The best use is to take it as a reminder that in a healthy, rising market that has additional gains ahead, you never run out of things to worry about....
Funds invested in venture capital in the U.S. amounted to $4 billion in 1994; the 2018 figure was a record $100 billion. Note that this is not the total value of U.S. venture capital holdings. These are the amounts of new investment in the field in these two years, respectively.
Back when this burst of growth was just getting started, most venture-capital investment managers acknowledged that perhaps only one in 10 of the deals they financed wound up making any money for investors....
Back when this burst of growth was just getting started, most venture-capital investment managers acknowledged that perhaps only one in 10 of the deals they financed wound up making any money for investors....
One key part of our Successful Investor approach is our “Limelight Rule”: Downplay or avoid stocks in the broker-media limelight.
This is a basic portfolio-construction principle. Heightened attention from brokers and the media is a poor guide to investment profits....
This is a basic portfolio-construction principle. Heightened attention from brokers and the media is a poor guide to investment profits....
A: Tilray, $31.00, symbol TLRY on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 97.4 million; Market cap: $3.0 billion; www.tilray.com), completed an initial public offering of 10.35 million common shares at $17.00 U.S....