Despite new worries about the country's housing bubble, economists and analysts alike have relatively optimistic outlooks. Read More

Despite Canada’s reputation for fiscal conservatism, over the past few years the country’s government has grown increasingly comfortable with expanding budget deficits and rising debt. Read More

In his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, legendary investor Warren Buffett joked that his stint as a paperboy during adolescence was his “one brief flirtation with honest labor.” Altogether, the Oracle of Omaha estimates that he heaved about 500,000 newspapers at the front porches of subscribers along… Read More

Amid all the noise that surrounded the U.S. presidential election, at least one key message was very clear: Donald Trump has promised to create jobs for Americans. The newly elected president has vowed to add 25 million new jobs over the next decade, or 2.5 million jobs per year. The… Read More

For the Canadian market, 2016 turned out as well as we could have hoped. In U.S. dollar terms, Canada’s benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index generated a total return of 24.5%, making it the best performer among the developed world’s equity markets and more than doubling the S&P 500’s return.Canadian Edge had… Read More

You will probably recognize the chorus from Bruce Springsteen’s hit song of the 1980s that recounts the glorious times of days gone by: the little league baseball star who could “throw a speedball by you” and the schoolgirl that could “turn all the boys’ heads.” Sadly for… Read More

It should not be possible to beat the market with either technical or fundamental analysis.That’s because, in theory, efficient markets incorporate all known information instantaneously in the prices of publicly traded financial instruments.However, it has been proven time after time that markets aren’t always efficient. Anomalies that… Read More

I grew up during a time when it was considered prudent to work hard, pay debts as quickly as possible and save for retirement.But times have changed. The world’s key central bankers have decided that the interests of borrowers carry much more weight than… Read More

Short sellers of Canadian banks — of which there are many — must have felt some stomach flutters in August: all three of the main Canadian banks managed to handily beat muted expectations for third-quarter profits.Each of the three top Canadian banks — Toronto Dominion Bank (TSX: TD, NYSE: TD),… Read More

My old football coach had a simple message for the team: focus on the game at hand rather than lingering on the glory or disappointments of the last game. Yes, analyze what went right and wrong – but then concentrate on the here and now.Strangely, his advice has had a… Read More