With small-cap stocks having already climbed so strongly in the past two years, many say large-caps should be in favour
The rise in crude oil prices and the broad economic recovery are leading to a healthy rebound for oil and gas stocks
Two common measures of unpopularity now represent profit opportunities
Some, however, believe 2011 will be a good year, citing potential benefits to many U.S. firms from growth in emerging markets, Europe or Japan; S&P analysts pick IT, industrials and materials as sectors to overweight
Soft assets or hard assets? Banks or base metals? This is sometimes the basic choice for Canadian investors — and it is part of a fundamental investment trade-off throughout known stock market history. We know the recent version of this story: banks and financial assets enjoyed a record boom in the 1980s and 1990s; since […]
Recent market action suggests that these stocks have more upside potential than other sectors in Canada
The total returns of top Canadian stocks were not bad for the first decade of a secular bear market
Strong performance indicates a bull market, although pattern has varied
When looking at dividend payers for your clients, balance-sheet strength is an important point to consider
The conversion to corporate status is fully underway; the main impact thus far is an expected drop in payouts