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Massive interest for IPO results in higher price range, several banks have stopped taking orders on the stock

Global Investing

Stocks have fallen so much they’re roughly back to the same levels as in March, 2009

Asset Management

Albert Friedberg also places bets on U.S. housing market turnaround

Schizas' Mailbag

Until there is a trend reversal I would let this one go, says Lou Schizas

Market Call

The portfolio manager reveals his favourite resource stocks

TheStreet

The Arrow Dow Jones Global Yield U.S. exchange traded fund yields above 7% but comes with risks

Funds

Firm’s battered stock attractive to those prepared to wait

Market Call

The research analyst advises investors to rotate into defensive sectors

Fabrice Taylor

There should be plenty of discounted mining stocks out there. Finding the best bets requires some digging

Media

Specialty broadcasters are going at a discount, and if they are bought out, the payoffs could be worth the wait

Multibillion-dollar offering highlights the supersonic growth of social media

Value Investing

The owner of insurers, a shipper and a large stock portfolio is rarely traded but is trading well below book value

Stocks

Historically, the market is weak from May to October, but some analysts say this year will be different

Consumer Stocks

Industry has beat the market by cutting costs, boosting prices and diversifying into smokeless tobacco products

Breakingviews

Asian sovereign bonds: a resilient refuge for investors

Issues by Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines are least vulnerable to outflows as larger economies sputter

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Yield Hog

Economy will test Russel's dividend mettle

photo by Russel Metals

Steel industry has had its ups and downs, but cyclical company learned its lesson during the last slump

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Expert's Podium

3 promising stocks with little debt, strong fundamentals

A trader works at Akros bank in Milan.

These firms are among the favourites right now in Validea's model portfolios

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VOX

Why AutoCanada is a (cautious) buy

Pat Priestner, CEO of publicly traded AutoCanada, says he welcomes the idea of more firms like his in the Canadian market.

The stock has surged, but its attractive outlook is marred by the industry's tangled web of interests

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TAKING STOCK

Farmland funds grow in more ways than one

At least five farmland funds have cropped up in Canada, mainly in Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Proliferation of farmland funds allow long-term investors to vicariously live off the land

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AT THE BELL

Bribery allegations forecast to rain on Wal-Mart’s earnings parade

Investors distracted by continuing controversy from good news of growth of new urban stores in U.S.

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Three Charts

'Substantial minority' of Canadians will struggle if rates rise

Also: Why the information technology sector is poised for slower growth

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Portfolio Strategy

Beware the limitations of buying the index

One adviser’s solution is to design portfolios that steer away from resource-geared stock

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The Buy Side

Covered call ETFs: Are they for you?

Tom Bradley looks at the pros and cons of this latest twist on an old investment strategy

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Market Lab

Looking beyond the profit warnings: Insiders are selling

Record activity suggests spike in profit warnings isn’t just a short-lived case of nerves

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Investor Clinic

Top 25 investing questions answered

Colleagues holding question mark signs in front of their faces

John Heinzl selects the most common queries from readers

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Who is Buying and Selling

Contrarian insiders buying at New Gold

Gold bars

With shares under pressure, intermediate miner’s CEO, others go against the flow

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What the Charts Say

Bullish on Parkland Fuel

Fuel taxes are too high, the American motorist moans, even though taxes in the United States are among the lowest in the world.

Rally above V-Extended pattern supports higher price targets for shares of fuel and lubricant distributor

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Eye on Equities

HudBay sinks to 3-year lows but most analysts still say buy

Production at Hudbay flagship mine, the 777 in Flin Flon, Man.

Also: Shares plunge in Hana Mining after disappointing resource estimate

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Midnight Trader

Today’s small-cap stocks to watch

Canadian issues that are moving on early news

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Traders

Avoid being influenced by the crowd

Two popular stock market strategies can actually reduce returns, studies find

Traders

Is the stock market due for a pullback?

Some analysts like what they see, others can’t look past the U.S. housing mess and job growth

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