2020

Markets were higher on Wednesday as the S&P 500 was up 2.3% and Toronto was up 2.5%.
Apparently the Congress in the U.S. is set to roll out more stimulus.
The latest rail car loading reports show another week of decline in the U.S. with traffic d...

Markets were down somewhat on Tuesday as the S&P 500 and Toronto each fell 3.1%.
Futures at the moment suggest the markets will open slightly higher on Wednesday morning.
After the close TFI International reported Q1 earnings and gave an update f...

U.S. markets gave back a little today with the S&P 500 down 1.8%. But Toronto managed a 0.2% gain.
Most stocks were down by Shopify gained another 6.7%. It is certainly pricing in a ton of growth and future profitability. And perhaps with the shu...

Dollarama is updated and rated (lower) Buy at $43.15. See report.
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Market rose again on Friday probably due to expectations of the economy opening before long.
The S&P 500 was up 2.7% and Toronto was up 3.3%
Shopify surged another 12% after its Chief Technology Officer said they have been helping thousands of bu...

Markets were somewhat lower most of Thursday but strengthened near the close. The S&P 500 finished the day up 0.6% while Toronto was down 0.4%.
Amazon continues to soar as did Shopify. 
Costco was up 3.6% after its dividend announcement. Costco i...

A perpetual preferred share from Intact Financial is added to the site and rated Buy at $21.99 to yield 5.9%. The other preferred shares on our list are rate reset preferred shares. Those (unlike perpetuals) were supposed to at least hold their value...

Intact Financial is added to the site but is rated only Weak Buy / Hold at $138.70 (the closing price April 15th, it closed today at $136.56. It's been an excellent long-term hold but looks expensive at this time. Also it is not entirely clear if it ...

Markets were lower on Wednesday apparently due to weaker-than-expected economic news.

March retail sales fell 8.7%, the most ever in government data, and New York regional manufacturing activity hit an all-time low, declining to a shocking negative ...

Markets were strong on Tuesday apparently driven by Presidents Trump's indications that the economy will soon start to be reopened starting by the end of this month.
The S&P 500 was up 3.1% and Toronto was up 1.3%. Amazon was up another 5.3% and ...

Markets were down moderately on Monday with the S&P 500 down 1.0% and Toronto down 0.6%. Markets were down about 2% earlier in the day but recovered ground late in the day.
Amazon was up a hefty 6.2% causing me to wonder why I never bought it giv...

Markets were higher on Friday with the S&P 500 up 1.45% and Toronto up 1.7% capping a very strong week.
On Sunday evening oil prices are up moderately (to $24.27) as OPEC plus a few other countries that apparently have state-controlled oil produc...

The report on CN Rail has been updated and rated Weak Buy / Hold at $111.
Canadian national Railway has been an excellent investment over the years going all the back to its privatization and Initial Public Offering in 1995. A buy and hold strategy h...

Markets were higher on Wednesday on continued optimism that the virus situation won't get as bad as recently thought and optimism that the U.S. economy will not stay shut down very long.
The S&P 500 was up 3.4% and Toronto was up 2.3%.
The price ...

Markets had been strong on Tuesday but ended the day  with the S&P 500 down 0.2% while Toronto as up 0.2%. The late-day drop was blamed on a drop in oil prices.
Amazon has announced that starting in June it will suspend its new shipping service t...

On Monday, markets were focused on the hope that the virus cases are at or near the peak in Italy and Spain and the hope that this will soon occur in the U.S. The S&P 500 was up 7.0% and Toronto was up 5.1%.
I am surprised at this resilience in t...

The report for Costco is updated and rated Weak Buy / Hold at $305. It's a fantastic high quality company but always seems expensive (current P/E) 36. It is now up 4% in 2020. Not a stock to "play" a recovery but rather one to consider as a long term...

On Friday, the S&P 500 ended the day down 1.5% and Toronto was down 1.2%.
Canadian Tire announced that its Canadian Tire stores in Ontario will be closed after today to in-store shopping by delivery and curb-side pickup will continue.
So what is ...

Melcor has unfortunately been a disappointing investment since 2014 when oil prices started to slide.
Now, on top of relatively weak single family housing starts in Alberta it has been slammed by extremely low oil prices as well as the economic shutd...

On Thursday markets rose after Trump tweeted that he had talked to leaders in Saudi Arabia and Russia and that he expected or understood that they would soon agree to cut production by some 10 million barrels per day.
The direction of markets on Frid...

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was down 4.4% and Toronto was down 3.8%
As COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to rise and as the shutdown gets more extensive and looks to last longer, markets could continue to fall. Offsetting that is the impact of the...

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 ended the day down 1.6% while Toronto was up 2.6% boosted by announcements that the Keystone XL pipeline would be financially supported by the Alberta government and that TCE intended to go ahead with it.
Later Tuesday,Pre...

Markets were higher on Monday as the S&P 500 was up 3.3% and Toronto was up 2.8% despite lower oil prices.
There has been some positive developments regarding much faster testing for the virus.
A few companies have formally withdrawn their earnin...

Markets are higher today despite indications over the weekend that the shutdown will be longer than recently hoped. 
The Canadian government is offering to pay 75% of wages if businesses keep workers on (up to $58,700) The businesses do not even have...

On Friday, the S&P 500 was down 3.4% and Toronto was down 5.1%.
Given the current situation I am surprised to see that, after its big rally last week, the S&P 500 is only down 21% this year (down somewhat more from its peak level). 
A lot of ...

Markets were down this morning giving back some of the recent huge rally but the DOW is currently down about 700 points while it was down closer to 1000 points earlier. 
Possibly it will get a boost when the House passes the stimulus bill but perhaps...

On Thursday the huge market rally continued with the S&P 500 up 6.2% and although Toronto was up only 1.8%.
It seems the market has decided that the gargantuan U.S. stimulus package will take care of much of the revenue losses associated with the...

The big stock market rally continues now in its third day.
It's difficult to know what to do.
Many investors were well positioned to ride this through. Those who were comfortable with their level of equity exposure can continue to do that.
For those ...

The markets were up strongly again on Wednesday making for a very large recovery in the past two days.
It would seem that investor fear was diminished mostly due to the massive $2 trillion stimulous package in the works in the U.S. Investors may also...

With markets up this morning, my fear that the trend was still negative is suspect at this time. But there are many days ahead before the virus situation is even remotely resolved.
I understand there is agreement on the U.S. $2 trillion stimulus deal...

Melcor REIT  isupdated and rated Buy at $2.98. It's difficult to account for the changed world. But basically the Melcor REIT would look to be a good bargain unless things will get so bad that it goes under and the debt holders end up owning the buil...

The markets staged an epic rally on Tuesday mostly in response to an epic U.S.A. financial aid package expected to be passed imminently. Apparently 2 trillion and there was talk that along with other measured the total was $6 trillion. That's 10 time...

Stocks are up strongly this morning. CNBC indicates this is due to the pending U.S. financial aid package.
There is also good news from China which will lift its lock down on April 8 and apparently there has only been one new case of the virus in the...

On Monday, the S&P 500 was down 2.9% and Toronto plunged 5.3%.
The economic shutdown continues and deepens daily. 
The case counts and lack of testing in the U.S. is frightful.
There is some indication the cases in Italy may be peaking. 
Unless t...

Markets are down once again this morning. And this is despite additional major moves by the FED to support credit markets.
The shut down is becoming more extensive and fear is rising and therefore the markets could certainly go lower still.
On the vi...

Markets spent much of Friday somewhat higher but ultimately ended lower with the S&P 500 down 4.3% and Toronto down 2.6%.
The extent of business closures is monumental. We can only hope that it will be short-lived.
If this lock down lasts two mon...

Markets rebounded a little on Thursday with the S&P 500 up 0.5% and Toronto up 3.8% as West Texas Oil recovered somewhat (a 24% increase but from a low base).
I really don't think the worse is over for the markets.

The economic shut down is more...

Wednesday saw the S&P 500 down 5.2% and Toronto down 7.6% as oil prices dove.
Most stocks were down, many double digit percentage losses.
A few stocks were up. Amazon has held up really well. Walmart and Costco too. FedEx has not done well but wa...

Markets down again this morning.  Canadian Border with U.S. closed to non-essential visits. Trade to continue. Oil prices in Alberta collapsing. Government offering increased child tax benefits.
I did sell a few more stocks this morning. I am just no...

So Tuesday saw an increase in the markets driven by fairly massive U.S. FED stimulus / liquidity announcements and promises to help out both businesses and individuals.
S&P 500 was up 6.0% and Toronto (hampered by lower oil prices) was up 2.6%.
M...

Markets are currently up 4 to 5% and rising at the moment due to breaking news on massive stimulus in the U.S. including the FED supporting the commercial paper market, support to airlines and even apparently $1000 cheques going out.
For those still ...

As everyone is no doubt aware, and to no great surprise, markets were down sharply again on Monday.
Ugh, S&P 500 down 12.0%, Toronto down 9.9%. Oil down as well.
Individual declines are too painful to list.
Looking at futures, I am greatly surpri...

North America is starting to understand the seriousness of the virus situation. With all the closures, the fear levels are way up since Friday.
Sadly, I doubt that the FED rate cut and the Fed bond buying is going to do much for the markets.
I am ple...

The latest World Health Organization situation report is out. China has 18 new cases and 14 new deaths. That's higher than the low numbers of the past few days but still indicates very good containment given they had 81,000 total cases. Singapore con...

Markets on Friday were somewhat higher over the day and then really jumped when trump announced a national emergency along with big steps to get testing ramped way up in the U.SA. And there was news of a faster test coming available. Also there was a...

There has been something of a relief rally in stocks this morning due in part to positive about progress on getting far more people tested for the virus. There is also more news about central banks supporting bank liquidity.
But the relief rally soon...

Thursday, as everyone must know by now, saw another huge loss in the markets. The S&P 500 was down 9.5% and Toronto was down 12.3% for apparently its biggest ever one day percentage loss.
Almost all of the stocks on our list were down sharply and...

Markets down another 7% at the moment.
With fear really rising and the prospect of large-scale closures of universities and work places and cancellation of gatherings, the fear is getting worse. Could get far worse.
In that scenario it is hard to see...

Wednesday saw another big decline in the markets with the S&P 500 down 4.9% and Toronto down 4.6%.
Virtually every stock on our list was down. The biggest decliners were the  Boston Pizza units down 11.7% and Toll Brothers down 10.9% and AutoCana...

Tuesday saw a partial rebound from the big losses on Monday.  This was due to investors buying the dip but also very much due to indications that President Trump is about to provide some kind of stimulus.
I am not going to list any of the individual ...

With the market decline today, almost every stock on our list would look like a buy based on past earnings. But of course fear could push stocks lower as the market anticipates that fear will also hamper the economy.
Investors with cash may want to s...

On Friday markets were down again. The S&P 500 was down 1.7% and Toronto was down 2.3%.
Stantec at $40.57 has weathered the storm much better than most stocks. The same can be said for Couche-Tard.
Many stocks are down to what would appear to be ...

It was not surprising to see the markets down on Thursday. The good news of the Joe Biden strength in the primaries was yesterday's news and now the focus is back on the coronavirus and its impact on the economy.
The S&P 500 was down 3.4% and Tor...

Markets were up sharply on Wednesday due to probabaly a delayed reaction to central bank rte cuts and due to Joe Biden's success in the primaries. (The markets would not like Bernie Sanders to be the Democratic nominee and potential President.)
Almos...

Markets are up today so far. 
How bad could this all get? Well (temporarily) very bad of course. If countries really start to restrict travel and if consumers are scared to shop and people become scared to go to work or are prevented from working the...

Tuesday was yet another non-boring day in the markets as the S&P 500 fell 2.8% and Toronto fell 0.8%.
This despite the FED cutting interest rates by 0.5% and other central banks also expected to cut. I can see that cuts are good for stocks but I ...

Monday saw a strong and I think surprising recovery in stocks. But I would not bet on the declines being over.
The S&P 500 was up a hefty 4.6% and Toronto was up 1.8%.
Apple was up 9.4%, Costco was up an amazing 10.0%. Visa was up 5.8%.
Canadian ...

Friday saw another big headline-grabbing drop in the market on coronvirus fears.
The DOW was down over 1000 points during the day but recovered for a decline of 357 points or 1.4% at the close. The S&P 500 was down 0.8% and Toronto was down 2.7%....

Thursday was another down day in the markets due to the coronavirus.
The S&P 500 was down 4.4%. Toronto was down 1.9% but likely would have been down more except that it has to close early due to some technical problem.
Notable declines included:...

Markets at first rose on Wednesday but finished the day with the S&P 500 down 0.4% and Toronto down 0.8%.
Most stocks declined including American Express - down 2.0%, TFI International - down 2.15%, Linamar - down 2.9%, and Royal Bank - down 2.1%...

Toll Brothers is updated and rated (higher) Buy at $37.90. It just reported weak figures for Q4 but also reported sharply higher contracts for new houses which will show up in earnings when the houses are completed and "delivered" nine to twelve mont...

Tuesday was the second day in a row of headline-grabbing losses in the markets. The DOW was down 879 points or 3.25%. The S&P 500 was down 3.0% and Toronto was down 2.0%.
Some of the bigger losses included: Aecon Group Inc. - down 3.6%, Apple Inc...

Markets were down sharply on Monday on fears about the Coronavirus.
The S&P 500 was down 3.35%. The DOW was down a 3.6% or just over 1000 points. Toronto fared better but was still down 1.6%.
The bigger declines included Visa down 4.8%, American ...

Canadian Tire is updated and rated (lower) Strong Buy at $145.44. They had a very strong Q4. There are always risks, but based on the numbers and its history this stock is quite attractive.
...

On Friday, the S&P 500 was down 1.05% and Toronto was down 0.6%.
The market has started to take notice of the Coronavirus situation and S&P 500 futures are down a further 1.2% as of Sunday evening. It looks like Monday will be yet another non...

TFI International is updated and rated (higher) Buy at CAN $47.03 and U.S. $35.51. This is an excellent company. I sold a good portion of my holdings last week on concerns about the what the Coronavirus (and the resulting sharp slow-down in China) is...

Thursday was a somewhat mixed day in the markets as Toronto rose 0.1% while the S&P 500 was down 0.4%.
AutoCanada was down 3.1% to $12.86. It had recently clawed its way back to highs over $15. But that came after  years of steep declines. I stil...

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was up 0.5% and Toronto was up 0.4%.
Aurora Cannabis was up 3.7%. I suspect there is lots more bad news to come from this company. Time will tell.
CRH Medical was up 4.4%.
Statistics Canada released the latest inflation ...

I am selling over half of my TFI International shares this morning.
Checking the latest rail car loading figures, out this morning: Canada is of course reporting lower car loadings due to the blockade of CN in eastern Canada. The U.S. is also reporti...

Stock markets were closed for a holiday on Monday.
Tuesday was yet another interesting day in the markets. The S&P 500 was down 0.3% while Toronto was up 0.1%
Aurora Cannabis bounced up 5.8%.
lululemon was up 1.9%.
Apple Inc. was down 1.8% after ...

On Friday, the S&P 500 was up 0.2% and Toronto was up 0.15%.
AutoCanada was down 3.4%.
Canadian Tire was up 1.8%. No word on whether Big Short guy, Steve Eisman will give up on his short position.
Aurora Cannabis bounced up 5.1%. 
Penny stock Cea...

There was lots of news in the markets on Thursday including after the close.
Overall, the S&P was down 0.2% and Toronto was down 0.1%.
Boston Pizza held up surprisingly well after its reduction to the distribution per unit. It was down 2.8%.
TFI ...

Boston Pizza Royalties units have announced Q4 results along with the feared and not surprising cut to the distribution. They are cutting by 11.3% from 11.5 cents per month to 10.2 cents.
This would bring the payout ratio down to about 95% from the t...

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was up 0.65% while Toronto was up 0.3%.
Shopify was up 7.7% after releasing its Q4 report.
Heineken was up a hefty 5.2%.
Apple was up 2.4%.
TFI International was up 4.4%.
What can be said except, "let the good times roll...

On Tuesday, markets were relatively little changed with the S&P 500 and Toronto each up 0.2%.
Aecon Group was up 2.2%. 
Bombardier continues to circle the drain down as it fell 5.3% and its preferred shares were down 9.6%. Sad. Mostly self-inflic...

On Monday markets were up. The S&P 500 was up 0.7% and Toronto was up 0.5%.
Amazon was up another 2.6%, and Shopify was up another 2.7%.
Restaurant brands was up 3.1% after releasing earnings and same store sales. Tim Hortons however had a declin...

On Friday, the markets gave back a little of the big gains of last week. The S&P 500 was down 0.5% and Toronto was down 0.6%.
Linamar was down 4.2% probably due to its exposure (so to speak) to the situation in China.
Auroa Cannabis was down 15.2...

Our report on Toll Brothers (the U.S. luxury home builder) is updated and rated (lower) Buy at $47.27. Its home sales have been increasing since early last Summer but contracts to build a home do not show up in revenue and earnings until the home is ...

Aurora Cannabis is down 16% to $2.25. It was about $2.60 yesterday. Last night I said I would not be surprised if it went under $1.00 on this news. When i said that I was somehow thinking it was at about $1.60. So I should have said more like under $...

On Thursday, U.S. the markets cooled down just a bit. But the S&P 500 was still up 0.3%. Toronto was up 0.6%.
Couche-Tard was up 2.7%.
TFI International was up 1.8%
Aurora Cannabis was halted for news for much of the trading day. Then, after the ...

I'm somewhat concerned that a good part of the reason for the surging U.S. stock market is that interest rates are expected to drop due to concerns about the impact of the coronavirus on trade and economic activity. Sure, lower interest rates are goo...

Markets continued to be "on fire" on Wednesday. The S&P 500 was up another 1.1% and Toronto was up 0.8%.
Some of the notable gainers included:
Toll Brothers up 6.2%.
AutoCanada up 6.6%.
CRH Medical up 4.2%.
Linamar, up 2.7%.
With the markets roar...

FedEx is updated and rated Sell at $149.20. The company is projecting lower earnings for the next two quarter and then a recovery. I have basically lost faith as management has failed to meet its own projections for a long time. Perhaps they will tur...

Markets were basically "on fire" on Tuesday as the S&P 500 rose 1.5%. Toronto was up 0.8%.
Accordingly, most stocks were up. Some of the notable gainers were:
Starbucks - up 2.8% - and that's despite the fact that half its stores in China are clo...

On Monday, markets recovered some of the losses from Friday as the S&P 500 rose 0.7% and Toronto rose 0.35%.
AutoCananda ws up 5.8%
CRH Medical was up 5.0%.
Aurora Cannabis was up 6.4%.
lulu lemon was up 2.9%.
Market movers this week will include...

On Friday, the markets finally took notice of the coronavirus. The S&P 500 was down 1.8% and Toronto was down 1.0%.
It may be be that the coronavirus will never become a truly serious health threat. But it could nevertheless pead to an economic s...

On Thursday, the market decided by the end of the day that the Coronavirus was no reason to sell stocks. The S&P 500 was up 0.3% while Toronto was down 0.1%.
CRH Medical was down 4.7% giving back some its recent gains.
Amazon was out with a stron...

On Wednesday, markets were higher most of the day but weakened near the close. The S&P 500 ended the day down 0.1% while Toronto was up 0.1%.
Autocanada added 5.1% as analysts must have liked its recent news.
Stantec was up 2.6% to $40.06. That's...

On Tuesday the markets shrugged off much of yesterday's fears and the S&P 500 was up 1.0% while Toronto was up 0.3%. This pushed most stocks up.
AutoCanda was up 14.9% after announcing that its lenders have extended its lines of credit by three y...

Om Monday, markets declined due the Corona virus threat. (And possibly due to John Bolton saying that the President did in fact withhold aid in an effort to get Ukraine to investigate the Bidens.)
The S&P 500 was down 1.6% and Toronto was down 0....

On Friday, markets had (a rare) down day as the S&P 500 ws down 0,9% and Toronto ws down 0.3%. 
This was related to the new Coronavirus. It's probably anyone's guess how badly that will continue to impact the markets or whether it will turn out t...

Stantec is updated and rated Buy at $39.10 in Toronto or $29.71 in U.S. trading
Stantec had been a fantastic investment for many years but then was hit hard by the recession in the Canadian energy sector starting in 2014 and then by its own mistakes ...

Despite some fears about the new virus in China and despite the impeachment hearing, the markets were little changed today. The S&P 500 and Toronto were each up 0.1%.
Toll Brothers was up 2.4%. Rate reset preferred shares were down somewhat due t...

On Wednesday, markets were initially up noticeably but at the end of the day the S&P 500 was about unchanged and Toronto was up 0.1%.
Stantec was up 1.1% and has been rising steadily after it had jumped with its Q3 earnings report around November...

On Tuesday, markets gave back a little bit of ground as the S&P 500 0.3% and Toronto was down 0.1%.
But Costco was up 2.8% (probably due to positive analyst reports as there was no news from the company itself).
Constellation Software was up 3.3%...

Monday was a quiet day in the markets as U.S. markets were closed for the Martin Luther King holiday.
The Toronto index was up 0.2%.
Boston Pizza units were up 2.6% to $14.83. BP has been running television ads promoting free delivery (if you use pro...

Couche-Tard (as it is usually referred to as) is updated and rated Buy at $44.43. It recently had a two for one share split. The company has been a fantastic buy-and-hold investment. It does exhibit volatility when fuel price margins decline and of c...

On Friday, the markets continued their seemingly relentless climb as the S&P 500 and Toronto were each up another 0.4%. For the moment it seems that the market knows no fear. But we can be sure that something will spook the market at lest mildly ...

The U.S. stock markets are basically "on fire". The S&P 500 surged another 0.8% today! Toronto managed 0.4%.
Many stocks on our list were up between 1 and 2%.
A big loser in Canada today was Bombardier, down 32% to $1.22. It reports in U.S. dolla...

Wednesday was yet another strong and record day for the stock markets. The S&P 500 was up 0.2% and Toronto was up 0.4%. 
Aurora Cannabis was up 15.5% as there has been some good earnings reports from other Cannabis companies. Aurora remains risky...

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 took a tiny breather from its gains and was down 0.15%. Toronto was up 0.3%.
Couche-Tard was up 1.7%. This will be the next company updated on the site.
Toll Brothers was up 1.9%.
AutoCanada was down 3.1% to $10.87. 
The U...

Monday was yet another strong day in the markets as the S&P 500 was up another 0.7% and Toronto was up 0.3%.
The S&P 500 has risen steeply and steadily for over 12 months now. It can't keep that up indefinitely of course. 
lululemon was up 4....

With some trepidation (given its history), I have updated the report on Shopify and rated it Sell at U.S. $429 (or Canadian $560). This Canadian-headquartered company reports in U.S. dollars and does most of its business in U.S. dollars and therefore...

On Friday, the S&P 500 was down 0.3% while Toronto was basically unchanged.
Aurora Cannabis was down 11.2% on analysts comments about its debt and lack of profitability.
AutoCanada was down 3.0%
CRH Medical was up 2.5%.
The December jobs report f...

Our report on Apple Inc. is updated with a rating of Weak Buy / Hold at $309.63.
This company was added to the site last January 23 rated Speculative Buy at $153.92. The report high lighted the attractive P/E of 12.9 but also noted that it was then e...

Thursday was a strong day in the markets as the S&P 500 rose 0.7% and Toronto rose 0.4%.
The great majority of stocks were up including:
Aecon Group, up 2.5%
Apple, up 2.1% (I plan to post an updated report on Apple tomorrow)
Shopify up another 3...

On Wednesday the markets seem to have concluded that the risks of the Iran U.S.A. spate have largely dissipated. (That, of course, may or may not turn out to be correct.)
The S&P 500 surged 0.5% while Toronto was about unchanged.
Linamar was down...

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.3% while Toronto was up 0.4%.
Canadian Tire was up 1.7% and Couche-Tard was up 1.6%.
Toll Brothers was up 1.7%.
Constellation Software was up 3.0%.
CRH Medical was down 3.3% giving back some of its recent gains....

On Monday, markets were initially lower due to the recent events involving Trump and Iran and Iraq but they rebounded with the S&P 500 up 0.35% and Toronto up 0.2%.
CRH Medical rose a further 4.0% and it announced that it had hired an experienced...

Aurora Cannabis is added to the site. The company is not yet profitable and it is difficult to say if it will ever generate sufficient profits to justify its $2.7 billion market value (at $2.60 per share). Furthermore, it could run potentially out of...

After dropping about 80% from its highs, Aurora Cannabis is now trading at only about 61% of its book value. 
The question then becomes: What kind of assets does Aura have? Are its assets worth book value? Will the company survive to realize the valu...

On Friday, the S&P 500 was down 0.7% and Toronto was down 0.2%.
Toll Brothers was up 1.75%.
CRH Medical was up 3.8%, adding to recent gains. 
I am taking a look at Aurora Cannabis now. It would be a speculative pick. They have stopped constructio...

Boston Pizza announced that it opened 5 new restaurants in 2019 but closed 6 (5 full -service plus one express locations). They also noted that most of 2019 had been challenging for the restaurant industry including BP.
This is the lowest number of n...

The U.S. markets roared out of the gate to start 2020 with the S&P 500 up 0.8% and the DOW up 1.2%. Toronto, however, was up only 0.2%.
Apple Inc. was up 2.3% to edge over $300. 
FedEx was up 2.6%.
Amazon was up 2.7% to almost $1900.
CRH Medical ...

Our report on WSP Global is updated and rated Weak Buy / Hold at $88.67. It has continued to grow and do very well. But the stock now looks expensive. 
...

On the last day of the year, the S&P 500 was up 0.3% to finish the year up an astounding 28.9%! (Over 30% including dividends).
Toronto was down 0.2% to finish the year up 19.1%. 
Melcor Developments was up 5.2% today but, as always, that was on ...