A few years ago I bought 50 shares of Avigilon Corp (TSE:AVO) at a price of $25 per share. Avigilon is a surveillance and security company based in Vancouver. The idea for the trade was to ride the momentum up and then sell it for a profit. Soon after however, instead of continuing to climb, the stock price dropped. 🙁… Read More »
According to businessman and author Seymour Schulich, investors should ask themselves 5 questions when screening a potential deal. 🙂 Here’s an excerpt from his book, “Get Smarter.” How much can I make? How much can I lose? How do I get my money back? Who says this deal is any good? Who else is in the deal? I… Read More »
The Largest Name in Retail Continues to Grow Amazon.com (AMZN) recently announced it’s taking over the trendy supermarket chain, Whole Foods. At the beginning of this year I wrote an article which included a prediction that this would happen. Maybe Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos got the idea from reading my blog. 🙂 Whole Foods sells healthy, organic products.… Read More »
How to Invest in U.S. Infrastructure Donald Trump’s policies focus on building infrastructure and prioritizing America first. With the U.S. economy growing stronger than Canada’s, I believe this is a good time to look south of the border for opportunities. Thanks to the Trump rally, the S&P 500 market index in the U.S. is up about 7% year to date.… Read More »
Borrow money to make money Today we’ll explore a common question I get asked all the time: What is my thought process behind leverage? The short answer is simple. I want to make high returns without being exposed to high risk. Normally the two go hand-in-hand. But leverage allows me to separate them. For example, a speculative marijuana stock may grow 20%… Read More »
Recent Purchase – Yellow Media Ltd Although most of my investments are in blue-chip dividend paying companies, it can be fun sometimes to speculate on smaller companies as well. It’s kind of a risky play, but I recently picked up 120 shares of Yellow Media (TSE:Y.) I paid on average $8.14 per share, plus commission. The stock is trading at… Read More »