Someone I work with told me yesterday about a company that designs and manufactures video surveillance equipment and software called Avigilon (TSX:AVO) He said he knows a person who knows another person who has worked directly with AVO and thinks the stock is very undervalued right now. The company is expected to announce their quarterly financial results very soon.… Read More »
Last week I invested roughly $5K into two new companies: Timbercreek, and Atrium. Both are mortgage backed securities called MICs and trade publicly on the TSX. Timbercreek (TMC) is based out of Ontario, where it conducts most of it’s lending business. TMC recently lowered its interest payout to 7.8% a year, which is still pretty attractive 🙂 Its CEO… Read More »
To become successful investors we have to think like marathon runners, because we have to stay committed to the long run 😀 So when it comes to the stock market the short term fluctuations are not important. Our perception of risk and performance should be placed on looking further down the road. Below are two made up scenarios for… Read More »
I’m pretty confident that there will always be a healthy number of frugal people in this world. So last Friday, as some of you may already know, I purchased 15 shares of Dollarama Inc (DOL). Each share was purchased at $87.61 for a total investment amount of $1,324. This is a dollar store chain with over 800 retail locations… Read More »
According to brand consulting company Interbrand, Apple has overtaken Coke as the world’s number 1 brand last year 😀 Second place goes to Google! For more than a decade Coke has always been on top. No matter where you go in the world people will recognize the smooth taste of Coca Cola, but this time it has fallen… Read More »
It’s so easy to make money in the market these days 😀 If you bought the Dow Jones index 18 months ago, your investments would be up 30% today! But the chart below may be a strong signal that these good times will likely be ending very soon! *gulp* 😯 The darker green line indicates the Dow stock… Read More »