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Stocks

Why “72” is the most important number for investors

Hint: It has to do with the magical power of compounding

Stocks

Wall Street

U.S. earnings beaters are gold for your portfolio

It’s a simple strategy: buy stocks that beat their earnings estimates. If you followed this approach since 1999 you would have outperformed the market by 8.4% per year

Stocks

An All-Star review

The 2017 All-Star stocks have averaged 14.6% per year since we started way back in 2004

Stocks

value stock

The fallacy of a “stock-picker’s market”

Trading securities doesn’t create wealth, it merely re-distributes it

Index Funds

Don’t get greedy in the late stages of a rally

Stocks

Finding value in the soda aisle

You can learn a lot about a company by the way it prices its product. Plus, the latest Climbing CATS

TFSAs

value stock

A valuable strategy for Canada

Get an annualized total return of 19.3% over a 10-year period in Canada—just don’t try it in the States

Index Funds

Advisors don’t want to talk about cheaper alternatives

by John De Goey

Investing

How to make money in any type of market

Understanding market trends will help make you a smarter trader

Stocks

value stock

How to avoid a value trap

Here’s a strategy that spots cheap stocks that are on the way up