Maximizing leverage is terrific if your timing is perfect. Luck will likely play a major part in getting the timing right.

Ten Surprises - Contemplating the Future

Investment Returns with Risk Controls

I have been contemplating changes in the work environment. Barron's and Apple News shared my interest in the topic and published my...

Could global interest rates fall to substantially lower levels?

If you are a well-known investment analyst, can you make claims with little chance of hearing feedback?

Is it the comfort of knowing Canadian names or is there an opportunity for portfolio improvements, by increasing my U.S. exposure?

The Hero in You: Would You Bet against the House?

Why would you abandon confidence in a strategy that has generated a positive return 87% of the time over the past sixteen years?

"Risk Not Thy Whole Wad", a classic ad that lives on

What I lacked in wisdom was made up in confidence. " It could be the start of better markets...simply due to everyone being so pessimistic

A good friend asked me if individual investors can compete fairly with institutions and hedge funds. It is an important question and...

The U.S. Federal Reserve seems intent on breaking the back of the U.S. economy. Well, this week something broke.

Do analysts make predictions that seem to defy logic, merely to get the attention of the press? Can they stay composed, with a straight face

Can a select group of twenty stocks outperform a 400-stock benchmark? Or will the randomness of return within the S&P 400 index prove .....

Buy and Hold? It is not so easy, as even the largest companies in America are removed from the S&P 500 for declining valuations.

It is exciting to innovate and try a new investment strategy. But expectations meet reality when stock purchases begin.

Can I really add value through superior stock selection, buying "good" companies and avoiding the "bad"?

It really can't be that hard to beat the stock market, can it? The dilemma faced by stock pickers.

You would think global investors would look to Canada for investment opportunities that are not available elsewhere.