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This oil-focused former Canadian income trust was felled by weather in the second quarter. Wet late spring weather and wild late summer trading leaves it yielding 10 percent. Read More
A wild August has left a small but solid Canadian oil and gas producer with a yield exceeding 10 percent. Read More
For individual investors, building wealth over the long term is a challenging process often made more difficult by irrationality, inefficiency, incompetence and Mother Nature. Buying solid dividend-paying companies--wherever in the world they may reside--is one way to make the job easier. Read More
Much is made these days of the position of the US relative to China and how the latter will soon become the biggest economy on the planet. Whatever the nature of this global race, or whether there is a race at all, Canada and Australia--and investors who own the high-dividend-paying companies that call those countries home--are poised to prosper. Read More
There are continental solutions to America's energy problems. Those solutions might also help the US jobs situation. Read More
- August 18, 2011
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After an historically volatile two weeks, it’s time to take a pick-by-pick look at open positions, throwing over those that have broken down as businesses, zeroing in on the impact of a rocky market and a lumpy economy on those still worthy of a high-risk bid. Read More
The whole world is watching what happens in the US, with the economy and in Washington. Yes, the global order is changing. Yes, it’s good for Canada. Read More
Almost 20 years ago S&P cut Canada from AAA to AA+. Ottawa responded by balancing its budget within three years. Read More
S&P's move was a symbolic act, more a statement on politics than economics. The economy is sluggish, but it's not as bad as recent market action suggests. Don't get caught up in the fear. Read More