Canada Outperforms Other Developed Markets

Fidelity Invesments’ Viewpoints recently published an interview with Doug Lober, manager of Fidelity Canada Fund (FICDX). In the interview Doug discusses the strong performance of the Canadian equity market relative to other developed markets and some of the opportunities that await investors north of the border. From the article titled Canada: Land of opportunity?: Developed …

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Are Canadian Banks Better Than European and American Banks?

The Canadian banking system remained strong and stable during the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2008. Unlike many European and American banks, banks in Canada did not require any form of bailout and the regulatory system won praise from many countries and global institutions such as the IMF. Since then however some have raised doubts …

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Comparison of Public Debt: U.S. vs. Canada

The Canadian economy is one-tenth of the size of the U.S. economy. The Canadian banking system was largely unaffected by the global credit crisis and the country is in a relatively strong fiscal position than the U.S. The outstanding public debt of Canada stood at$563,068,532,455.00 CDN (or) C$563.0 billion as of July 22, 2011. The …

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Canadian Dividend Growth Stars

The Globe and Mail recently published an interesting article on Canadian dividend growth stocks. With research help from Morningstar CPMS, the article revealed three lists with different views on dividend growth. From the article: One includes the Canadian stocks that have increased dividends in each of the past 10 years, and another covers 15 stocks …

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11 Canadian Non-Financial Dividend Aristocrats To Consider

I have written about investment opportunities in Canada many times before.Many others have written on the same topic as well. More recently Seeking Alpha published an excellent piece by Joseph L. Shaefer of Stanford Wealth Management, LLC. In this post let me list some of the top dividend stocks of Canada. These stocks are part …

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