10 Affordable Wide-Moat Stocks Across the U.S. to Consider for 2025
Wide-moat companies carry sound balance sheets and significant competitive advantages—two desirable qualities in the face of today’s economic uncertainty. The constituents of the Morningstar Wide Moat Focus Index are a fertile hunting ground for long-term investors looking for high-quality stocks to buy that are trading at cheap prices. 10 Cheap US Wide-Moat Stocks for 2025 […]
Morningstar Medalist Fund Rating
The Morningstar Medalist Rating for funds is a five-tier system used to assess a fund’s ability to outperform its Morningstar Category index after fees. • The Morningstar Medalist Rating provides investors with assessments of a strategy’s ability to outperform its Morningstar Category index after fees.• Research has repeatedly shown that the ability of a strategy […]
Facebook Marketplace Offer Fizzles Out…
Shares of narrow-moat eBay EBAY surged more than 9% after wide-moat Meta META revealed a pilot partnership to feature some of eBay’s listings on Facebook Marketplace for select users in Germany, France, and the US amid recent anti-trust rulings by the European Commission. While the market is championing this announcement as a potential boon to […]
Equinox Stock Soars After Achieving Record Production Year
This is compared with the annual guidance of 590,000 to 675,000 ounces from its seven operating gold mines in Canada, the US, Mexico, and Brazil. Shares of Equinox were up 6.5% at 11 am EDT, giving the company a market capitalization of CAD 4 billion ($2.8 billion). The company ended the year with $240 million […]
Will the Federal Reserve Increase Interest Rates in 2025?
When the Federal Reserve jolted markets in December, it wasn’t with its decision to cut interest rates by a quarter point, but with big changes in its rate forecasts for 2025. Fed officials indicated they now expect to cut rates by just a half point in 2025, which would likely mean two rate cuts at […]
Top U.S. Stock ETFs for Canadian Investors
The US has by far the world’s largest stock market, with many areas of opportunity for investors. Exchange-traded funds can make it easier and cheaper to add US stocks to a portfolio than traditional mutual funds. For Canadian investors looking to invest in US stock ETFs, there are six funds that Morningstar has given Gold […]
The Lowest-Performing ETFs of 2024
Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, are often low-cost instruments for investors to track popular indexes or leverage experienced manager choices in an attempt to beat the market. The best ones serve as building blocks for a portfolio, and unlike open-end mutual funds, all ETFs are traded throughout the day on an exchange. In 2024, the worst […]
India Records $5 Billion Decrease in November Gold Imports
The spike widened the country’s merchandise trade deficit to a record $37.84 billion in November, exceeding economists’ forecast of $23.9 billion and spooking financial markets. The country’s gold imports in November were $9.84 billion, compared with a preliminary estimate of $14.8 billion published last month, data compiled by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and […]
Top-Performing ETFs for Canadian Investors in 2024
Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, are often low-cost instruments for investors to track popular indexes or leverage experienced manager choices in an attempt to beat the market. The best ones serve as building blocks for a portfolio, and unlike open-end mutual funds, all ETFs are traded throughout the day on an exchange. In 2024, the top-performing […]
2025 Canadian Bond Forecast: Enticing Yields Ahead, Yet…
For a glimpse of the outlook for the Canadian bond market, look at how 2025 is starting. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he would step down and that Parliament would be suspended until March 24, adding political uncertainty at a critical time. A shift to a more fiscally conservative government could ripple through the economy […]