Becoming a competent investor

Guarding Wealth: There are several sources of financial advice for beginning investors, 
or investors looking to learn more

As a columnist for Grainews and Financial Post, I am frequently asked what it takes to learn to invest in stocks, bonds and other financial assets. There is a core of knowledge that every investor needs. Books Inspirational personal finance books. The Wealthy Barber is the best of this breed, but this is investing lite. […] Read more

Stock risks after year of gains

After a good run in the stock market, investors have decisions to make

It is a dilemma unique to the times, specifically to January and February 2014. After a remarkable run from 2011 or, for that matter, from the beginning of the recovery in March, 2009, stock markets in Canada, the U.S. and in much of the world are breaking through former highs. The broad U.S. market measured […] Read more


Investing against the odds

It is a custom in the press to spend the first part of a new year predicting what will happen in the remainder of the year. Keeping the custom, I am going to do it, at considerable risk to my reputation as a conservative, reasonably trustworthy guy. What to do? At the moment, we are […] Read more

Momentum investing

Financial prophecies have lives of their own and, much of the time, they are dead wrong. Read the financial press and with every runup of price of some asset, there are stories saying that zooming prices of gold, potash, various hot stocks and even some junk bonds are only the beginning. With a little numerology, […] Read more