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How to start an education fund for your kids

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How can I pay for my children’s tuition fee? This is a question we often ask ourselves when we see our kids blowing their candles on their 16th birthday (like it or not, they will still accept candles if they get a bigger piece of the cake!). At that point, it is sometimes too late to think about funding their education. Hopefully you read this article before it happens. I’m going to do a brief review of how to start saving for your child’s education and I will quickly jump to what is of …

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Trading on Hope is a Bad Thing; Look at What Happens to GE

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I am telling you upfront, this is not the 147th article about GE and its restructuration strategy. However, I will use this example to discuss a fundamental lesson about investing. Trading on hope is a bad strategy. Without a strong investment thesis, buying a stock in the hope that the company will turn on the heat and become a leader again is rarely a good move. At the beginning of the year I listed the reasons why I think General Electrics (GE) is a bad investment. Many investors told me I …

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An Investor Guide for When the Crash is in Your Rear Mirror

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Not another article about the market going to crash? Don’t worry; I’m not going to tell you what you already know. I’m not the kind of guy who is passive and cry while waiting. There is an absolute truth that comes with each bull market: it will hit a wall. Market corrections happen all the time. They are especially brutal when it’s been a while. It’s like that time at the party where you thought you could handle a whole bottle of Jack Daniels because you were drinking slowly through the night. …

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A Month Later, I Have Invested 76K Already

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Not too long ago, I told you I had 108K to invest in the stock market. If you didn’t follow me through summer time, I received this money when I quit my job to work full-time on my investing websites. This money was what my pension plan was worth and I decided to take it with me instead of leaving it for a small pension. Many of you told me I should be patient and that I should wait for the next market crash. Fair point: we are at the summit of a bull market, and there is no other way to go …

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Should You Trade Aecon?

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I often have the feeling we forget about industrials. There is nothing sexy about them. There is nothing to create hype on the stock market. Even worst, this sector is not seen as a high yielding one. Still, the fact that many companies operate through cycles, there are always a few industrials for sale. During 2016, I’ve covered many railroads and suggested Canadian National Railway (CNR.TO) and Union Pacific (UNP) to be strong buys. They both did very well over the past 20 months compared …

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Andrew Peller: I love the wine and you should too!

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Andrew Peller (ADW.A.TO) owns wineries in British Columbia, Ontario and Nova Scotia. It doesn’t only produce its own wine, but also market it along with other products. ADW owns several brands like Peller Estates, Trius, Hillebrand, Thirty Bench, Sandhill, Copper Moon, Calona Vineyards Artist Series VQA wines and Red Rooster. Currently the company has an estimated 14% share of its total wine market and a 37% share of domestic wines. The company is known to grow its revenues through …

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