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When taking a position on banks, this manager assesses financials’ financials
By Staff |October 12, 2017
2 min read
Market Insights
You know the theory; new data provides you with nuanced details
By Staff |October 11, 2017
1 min read
Heading into the final quarter of 2017, expect Canadian stocks to outperform U.S. stocks. That’s because of “a highly forgiving valuation discount, still robust economic activity and improving commodity prices,” says a Q4 global outlook report by BlackRock, with an introduction by Kurt Reiman and Aubrey Basdeo. Reiman is BlackRock’s chief investment strategist for Canada, […]
When a company you’re invested in gets bad press, what do you do?
By Sarah Cunningham-Scharf |October 10, 2017
3 min read
Active managers outperformed the benchmark
By Staff |October 10, 2017
Managed care companies exhibit innovation, solid fundamentals and low regulatory risk
By Staff |October 5, 2017
Global expansion remains on track, which is good news for equities. For example, in the first half of 2017, industrial output grew at its fasted pace in six years, say National Bank economists Stéphane Marion and Matthieu Arseneau, in a monthly equities report. Read: Follow the money to find best industrials, tech picks Further, world […]
By Staff |October 2, 2017
Economic Indicators
President Trump’s tax overhaul sent the S&P 500 up 0.7% last week to a record high. The increase was “led by by banks and energy, while healthcare and utilities lagged,” says BMO senior economist Robert Kavcic in a weekly equity report. “Exchange and fixed income markets were also impacted, with the greenback appreciating, and the […]
When assessing companies, also look at total shareholder yield
By Sarah Cunningham-Scharf |September 28, 2017
Infrastructure is a good diversifier only under certain conditions
By Melissa Shin |September 26, 2017
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