Investing in Canada: Best Investment Blog

Preferred Shares in Canada

noreply@blogger.com (Smac20) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:45:22 PST

Generally, Preferred Shares are a type of stock that regularly pays a dividend of a set amount of money out of the company’s profits. On an investment scale, you might consider preferred shares to...

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Top Online Broker Survey 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Smac20) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:30:00 PST

The results for the Best Online Broker survey for 2010 were recently published by the Globe and Mail. I am beginning to think that there is some sort of a monetary link between the Globe and Mail and...

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Another Historic Bankruptcy: CIT Files for Bankruptcy

noreply@blogger.com (Smac20) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:05:28 PST

On Sunday Afternoon CIT Group (NYSE:CIT) finally filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection. If you have been keeping up with previous posts on this blog then you know that this is the beginning of...

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US GDP Estimates

noreply@blogger.com (Smac20) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:15:15 PDT

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will be the driver of the stock market on Thursday. Expect to see little movement or volume in the market until the numbers are announced by the FED. The consensus...

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Second Dot-Com Bubble Brewing!

noreply@blogger.com (Smac20) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:30:02 PDT

The first Dot-Com Bubble or IT-Bubble was created like many other investment bubbles throughout history—speculators took control of the investments in question. The original...

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Top TFSA Investments: Canfor Pulp Income Fund (CFX.UN)

noreply@blogger.com (Smac20) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:30:00 PDT

Canfor Pulp Income Fund is one of the strongest forestry companies in Canada with a great balance sheet to make it through this recession and further potential future bumps in the road. This fund was...

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Google Predicts End of Recession?

noreply@blogger.com (Smac20) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:30:00 PDT

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has recently been touted in the media for the company’s accuracy in displaying real time infection data for H1N1 (Swine Flu). If you go to Google Maps there is an application...

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The Next Economic Shoe to Drop on the World Economy

noreply@blogger.com (Smac20) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:10:18 PDT

Economic Crisis: U.S. Commercial Real Estate is next to put a huge dent in the Economic Recovery. Everyone remembers the destructive mortgage practices that lead the US Housing collapse that...

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Canadian Dollar to Outperform US Dollar Over the Coming Years.

noreply@blogger.com (Smac20) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:30:00 PDT

The American Dollar is in trouble. Over the past couple of decades the US Government has borrowed and borrowed and now the White House sites on over $11,925,000,000,000 in debt. That’s around $38,834...

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Canadian Big 3 Telecoms Scramble to Defend Against New Rivals

noreply@blogger.com (Smac20) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:23:58 PDT

Only offering Neapolitan ice cream in a country as big as Canada is outrageous; so why has it taken so long for more than 3 wireless providers to offer service in Canada? The Big Three Wireless...

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How to Profit in a Down Stock Market

noreply@blogger.com (Smac20) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:30:00 PDT

There are many ways to profit in a declining stock market, but I want to discuss a method where your downside risk is limited while upside potential profit remains huge. The stock...

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Westshore Terminals Income Fund (WTE.UN) Profits to Soar over the next 3 years

noreply@blogger.com (Smac20) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:14:15 PDT

Westshore Terminals Income Fund (TSE:WTE.UN) is the premier shipping terminal for metallurgical coal for the North American Market to the Pacific Rim. An announcement by Western Coal Corp. (TSE:WTN),...

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Canadian Diamond Stocks: Diamonds from Canada Not Just a Girl’s Best Friend.

noreply@blogger.com (Smac20) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:15:29 PDT

Whenever someone mentions the word diamond there are two immediate images projected: the bright eyed look of a woman opening an engagement ring box, or the negative connotations of the infamous blood...

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How to Protect Yourself from a Red October in the Stock Market

noreply@blogger.com (Smac20) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:10:49 PDT

A basic definition of a Red October in the stock market is one of carnage. Red October is synonymous with panic selling followed by a wave of bearish behaviour in the markets. The Hunt for...

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Bakken Oilfields to Out Perform Canadian Oil Sands

noreply@blogger.com (Smac20) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:16:57 PDT

Bakken Oilfield Producers likely to be much more profitable than Oil Sands The Bakken Oilfields make up a gigantic oil formation with over 4.3 billion barrels of recoverable oil. This oil fields...

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ETFs are Glorified Mutual Funds

noreply@blogger.com (Smac20) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:30:00 PDT

Did you every here of a time when history repeated itself? It happens all the time. Does anyone remember the many transfers of hegemonies in history? This basically means the dominant world power...

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Is now the time to be investing in Canadian Dollars?

noreply@blogger.com (Smac20) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:34:00 PDT

This question should probably be rephrased, ‘is now the time to invest in assets that the world demands more and more, whether there is or is not a recession? According to the Canadian Press,...

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Black Gold Income Trust

noreply@blogger.com (Smac20) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:30:00 PDT

Westshore Terminals Income Fund (WTE.UN) I have been following Westshore Terminals Income Fund for more than a year now and even recommended it in a previous article on this blog: Income Trust...

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Double Dip Recovery W or V Shaped Recovery?

noreply@blogger.com (Smac20) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:03:15 PDT

The match is set. It’s GDP versus Unemployment and we are currently only in the mid-rounds of this heavy weight match. Up until our current round we have seen some back and forth between the two...

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General Growth Properties Inc - Takeover Target

noreply@blogger.com (Smac20) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:16:30 PDT

General Growth Properties Inc (Public, OTC:GGWPQ) Potential Take Over Target! General Growth Properties Inc used to be know as GGP; after filing for bankruptcy protection back in April 2009...

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Best Canadian Credit Card Part 2

noreply@blogger.com (Smac20) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:13:09 PDT

Now that you can see why a Dividend Dollar Credit Card provides the most benefit to a consumer it’s time to decide which Dividend Dollar Credit Card is Best in Canada. I will provide a brief list of...

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Best Canadian Credit Card: Personal Credit Card Preference

noreply@blogger.com (Smac20) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:03:07 PDT

In the end, Credit Cards are one of two things for an individual consumer: A) A Benefit B) A Nightmare There are 3 main companies offering Credit Cards in Canada: Visa Inc. (Public,...

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Investing in Uranium: World’s Second Largest Uranium Producer Cameco is Heating Up

noreply@blogger.com (Smac20) — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:04:01 PDT

BASIC RESOURCES / IND. METALS & MINING / NONFERROUS METALS. Cameco (CCO.TO) was blasted thru the recession just like so many of the resource related stocks in Canada. The stock hit a high back...

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Top Canadian Oil Investments for the Long Term

noreply@blogger.com (Smac20) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:40:55 PDT

Top 6 Oil and Gas Investments in Canada The best way to invest in the oil sands of Alberta is to buy one of the many Canadian Oil Sands companies. There are so many oil and gas...

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Best Online Broker in Canada 2009 / 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Smac20) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:03:09 PDT

Best Online Broker 2009 / 2010 I have written about the best online broker in Canada to use before and come to a different conclusion than the one I currently hold to be true; previously, I had...

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Description of the most common bullish option strategies, how to implement them, when to use them, and how to select proper stike prices.

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Discussion of the most common option investment strategies implemented by investors. Includes definitions of important terms and market forecasts required to implement each strategy successfully

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