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Markets response to U.S. Federal Reserve Aug 24th
U.S. stocks rallied close to their records Friday after the head of the Federal Reserve finally said out loud what Wall Street has been expecting for a while: Cuts to interest rates are coming soon to help the economy.
The S&P 500 rose 1.1% after Fed Chair Jerome Powell said in a highly anti.... More »
Trudeau to announce $37.5M investment in biotech company - CBC News + MORE Mar 4th
Trudeau to announce $37.5M investment in biotech company CBC NewsPrime Minister speaks at Liberal fundraising event in P.E.I. Global NewsPrime Minister Justin Trudeau to speak at Liberal fundraiser in Prince Edward Island The Globe and MailView full coverage on Googl.... More »
Fox and Disney shareholders approve deal for entertainment assets + MORE Jul 27th
Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. and Walt Disney Co. said on Friday their shareholders voted to approve Disney's $71 billion US purchase of Fox's film and television assets..... More »
Can you survive on Canada’s government pension alone in retirement? Experts say you might be surprised + MORE May 8th
Until fairly recently, CPP replaced a quarter of your average work earnings — but it’s already providing more. We asked experts what to do if CPP and OAS will make up most of your retirement income..... More »
What Canada's top CEOs think of the Trudeau government's performance on the economy - The Globe and Mail Jun 29th
What Canada's top CEOs think of the Trudeau government's performance on the economy The Globe and MailAs the country gears up for the October election, The Globe and Mail asked business leaders to help us take stock of the Liberal government's economic ...View full coverage on Google News.... More »
After its shopping spree at U.S. luxury retailer Neiman Marcus, CPPIB is left holding the bag
– theglobeandmail.com
Rating agencies have suggested a balance-sheet restructuring is inevitable. Depending on the severity, it could ultimately wipe out CPPIB's $690-million equity investment
The only money book you need to be a great investor
– moneysense.ca
SPEED READER
Book: The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns (10th-anniversary edition, updated and revised)
Author: John C. Bogle
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Hoboken, NJ
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Link: https://www.amazon.com/Little-Book-Common-Sense-Investing/dp/1119404509/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=19DZTK222G2X956R5QSQ
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DOES IT BUST ANY MYTHS? Yes, that investing right has to be complicated (it doesn’t). He explains why speculation in investing in hot stocks doesn’t work and why how a business is doing (i.e. dividends plus earnings growth) is most important when building an investment portfolio.
SURELY ACTIVE MANAGERS CAN BEAT ANY COMMON INVESTOR’s RETURNS. Well, no. Bogle explains how less than 1% of all mutual funds were able to beat the market consistently over the past half-century…
Boy who endured three years as ISIL captive asks for meeting with Justin Trudeau – CBC.ca
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CBC.caBoy who endured three years as ISIL captive asks for meeting with Justin TrudeauCBC.caA Yazidi boy who was held captive for three years by Iraqi militants before being reunited with his family in Winnipeg last year is requesting a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In a video posted to Facebook by the Yazidi Association of …Trudeau to play down NAFTA worries, push for Canadian investment on Davos tripThe Globe and MailWhat We're Watching: Donald Does Davos and NAFTA death watch is oniPolitics.caJustin Trudeau to push middle class interests as he heads to Davos680 NewsToronto Sun -Xinhua -Ottawa Sun -Philippine Canadian Inquirerall 22 news articles »
Seeking a U.S. foothold, Fairfax looks to shipping deal to forge new investment ties
– theglobeandmail.com
Latest $250-million investment in Seaspan Corp. could create new opportunities south of the border, where Fairfax’s strategy of taking stakes in undervalued companies has yet to be built out
Screening for top US stock prospects in 2018
– moneysense.ca
(Flickr)What a rally it’s been. In calendar 2017, the S&P 500 Total Return index produced a whopping 21.8 per cent return with positive gains in all sectors except Energy and Telecommunications. Even though the US market has looked overvalued for multiple years, US equities continue to provide spectacular returns to investors.
For investors bullish on the US economy, the following growth-oriented strategy may offer some ideas. To develop this strategy, I used Morningstar CPMS to first rank stocks in the S&P 500 index on the following factors:
High Return on Invested Capital (A profitability metric that measures pre-tax Earnings per Share divided by the average debt and equity over the same reporting period)
High 5Y EPS Growth Rate (on average, by how much did EPS grow by each year in the last 5 years)
Positive 3M Estimate Revision (Today’s EPS consensus estimate versus the same figure 3 months ago)
Positive Price Change from Month End, 3 and 9 months ago
Low Enterprise Value / EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization)
To qualify for purchase, a company’s Debt to Equity ratio must be in line or lower than the median of the sector to which it belongs and the stock must be ranked in the top 25% of stocks in the index based on the above five factors…
