Edgewater develops and commercializes technologies and intellectual property with a focus on the high-density wireless communications market. Working with key industry companies like CableLabs and with key customers, such as Kroger, Edgewater is poised to capture part of the high-density Wi-Fi market. [more]

Canadian interest rates have risen quite a bit lately. Also, the spreads are narrowing. However, there is still no change to our Economic Recession forecast for Canada. [more]

The focus on high dividend-paying stocks has been a key component of investment strategy in 2019. The near-term performance of the Canadian bond market could be key in determining the future direction of dividend-paying stocks. [more]

Shares of Saudi Arabian Oil Company (“ARAMCO”) started trading on the Riyadh stock exchange this week and rose in price with the market cap hitting US$2 trillion. [more]

Our Top Ten Portfolio continues to be range-bound, essentially since mid-June, suggesting that it might be time for an over-haul. Portfolio managers typically consider this strategy at this time of year. [more]

Spruce Point Capital Management, a New-York-based firm focused on shorting company stocks, issued a negative report on Canadian Tire that sees a potential downside of 50%. [more]

The outlook for the energy sector, and particularly for the oil component, was given a boost on Friday as the OPEC+ cartel agreed to cut oil production in Q1/2020. Our Portfolio continues to perform relatively well but is still struggling to gain much traction in positive territory. [more]

Our Dividend-Income Portfolio got off to a good start this week, ending up in the Black, compared to the ETF comparables and the S&P/TSX Composite Index, all of which ended up in the Red. [more]