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5 from 5i: Why the 4% Rule is More Like the 2% Rule
Weekly stock market update & five stock related articles we thought were a...
Sep 26, 2025
5 from 5i: The 60/40 Portfolio: A 150-Year Markets Stress Test
Weekly stock market update & five stock related articles we thought were a...
Sep 19, 2025
5 from 5i: Oracle’s insane cloud infrastructure forecast is giving shades of Nvidia’s data center business
Weekly stock market update & five stock related articles we thought were a...
Sep 12, 2025
5 from 5i: How Consumer Surplus Impacts Pricing Power
Weekly stock market update & five stock related articles we thought were a...
Sep 05, 2025
5 from 5i: The Psychology Behind Market Betting (and Why it Fails)
Weekly stock market update & five stock related articles we thought were a...
Aug 29, 2025
5 from 5i: Fishing and Investing
Weekly stock market update & five stock related articles we thought were a...
Aug 22, 2025
5 from 5i: The Surprising Truth About Dividend Growth Stocks
Weekly stock market update & five stock related articles we thought were a...
Aug 15, 2025
5 from 5i: Meme Stocks & Mr. Market
Weekly stock market update & five stock related articles we thought were a...
Aug 08, 2025
Investment Tips & Education
5 reasons why trading penny stocks is a fool’s game for any serious investor
Many small companies consolidate their shares just so they are not penny stocks. But...
Sep 17, 2025
5 reasons investors like dividends
From company stability to ‘lazy’ investing, the reasons investors take to...
Sep 04, 2025
Q2 2025 Earnings: Key Trends from Corporate Canada
This week, we will look into the earnings of some of the public Canadian companies...
Sep 03, 2025
5 things it would take to get small cap stocks moving again
Smaller companies, historically, have done better than large companies. And yet they...
Aug 20, 2025
5 things in markets that will make you do a double-take
From the meme stock revival to Trump's Fed feud, Peter Hodson looks at some of the...
Aug 06, 2025
Chart Attack V.13 - A Synopsis
An overview of some of the more interesting economic charts from our latest Chart...
Jul 29, 2025
5 reasons to be worried about the market today
Though markets have steadily climbed higher for the past 100 years, investors should...
Jul 22, 2025
5 reasons new market highs are not necessarily a sign to sell
Should investors worried about wars, tariffs, inflation and the Trump factor fear an...
Jul 08, 2025
Podcast - The Exponent
05 Monthly Rollup: Interesting ETFs | Canadian Small-Cap Stocks | Hedging Strategies
Listen on Spotify Join Chris and Zach as they discuss a...
Apr 25, 2024
04 Monthly Rollup: Buying at 52-Week Highs | Canadian Small-Cap Stocks | 5i's Newest Service
Listen on Spotify Join Chris and Michael as they dissect the...
Mar 28, 2024
03 Pt. 2 - Stock Market Stories With Peter Hodson
Listen on Spotify Join Chris and Peter Hodson for Part 2 of...
Feb 20, 2024
03 Pt. 1 - Stock Market Stories With Peter Hodson
Listen on Spotify Join Chris and Peter Hodson for ‘stock...
Feb 14, 2024
02 Monthly Rollup: Canadian Small-Cap Stocks | Tips and Education | Tech Earnings | Market Catalysts
Listen on Spotify Join your hosts, Chris and Zach, as they...
Feb 14, 2024
01 Monthly Rollup: 5i Research Favourites | Canadian Small-Cap Stocks | Recent Earnings
Episode 1 - Monthly Rollup Join your hosts, Chris and Michael, as they delve into...
Feb 14, 2024
Stock Research
Rockets and Duds: Week 40 - October 6, 2025
5i Research Weekly Rockets and Duds Thanksgiving is coming up in Canada, so...
Oct 06, 2025
Are Investors Familiar with All the Entities of the Constellation Family?
Constellation Software (CSU) has been one of the most successful technology companies...
Sep 30, 2025
Rockets and Duds: Week 39 - September 29, 2025
5i Research Weekly Rockets and Duds Welcome to another week of 5i Research...
Sep 29, 2025
The Brookfield Playbook: Our Ranking of Its Public Entities
Continuing with our discussion of the Brookfield family of entities in our previous...
Sep 26, 2025
Rockets and Duds: Week 38 - September 23, 2025
5i Research Weekly Rockets and Duds Welcome to another week of 5i Research...
Sep 23, 2025
Inside Constellation Software’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Update and What It Means for Investors
UPDATED - On September 25, 2025, CSU announced the resignation of ...
Sep 23, 2025
Should investors be worried about owning too much of the Brookfield family?
Brookfield Corporation (BN) has been one of the largest, most successful financial...
Sep 18, 2025
Rockets and Duds: Week 37 - September 15, 2025
5i Research Weekly Rockets and Duds Welcome to another week of 5i...
Sep 15, 2025
Stock Screens
5i Stock Screener: Canadian Companies That Pay Monthly Dividends
A stable dividend income stream, despite any macro environment, is the dream of most...
Oct 15, 2024
5i Stock Screener: Canadian Companies With Sustainable Revenue Growth
Maximizing shareholder value in a sustainable, socially acceptable way is one of the...
Sep 03, 2024
Market Movers: August 2024
The TSE Index was up 5.65% in the month of July, up 10.27% YTD and 12.04 % over the...
Aug 19, 2024
5i Stock Screener: Canadian Dividend Machines
Canadians love dividends, it is not only the culture but also an implied encouragement...
Aug 06, 2024
5i Stock Screener: Canadian companies that have compounded on par with Warren Buffett’s track record in the last 20 years
Warren Buffett’s investing track record has been approximately 20% since he took...
Jul 16, 2024
Market Movers: July 2024
The TSE Index was down 1.77% in the month of June, up 4.38% YTD and 8.54% over the...
Jul 09, 2024
Market Movers: June 2024
The TSE Index was up 2.55% in the month of May, up 6.25% YTD and 13.78% over the past...
Jun 25, 2024
5i Stock Screener: Canadian “net-net” companies with more cash than market cap
In his early days, Warren Buffett was famous for compounding money at a high rate of...
Jun 04, 2024
Stock Teasers
Stock Market Gems from /r/CanadianInvestor: XBB vs CASH
In this edition of ‘Stock Teasers’ we are going to be looking at a...
Aug 22, 2024
This or That? TFI International (TFII) or Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL)
Welcome to our 'Stock Teasers'! This is where we highlight different Canadian and even...
Aug 07, 2024
Cross-Border Stocks: The Descartes Systems Group Inc. (DSG) and Spotify Technology (SPOT)
Welcome to ‘Stock Teasers’, where we aim to provide investment research on...
Aug 01, 2024
Stock Market Gems from /r/CanadianInvestor: Thoughts on Telus (T)
In this edition of ‘Stock Teasers’ we are going to be looking at a...
Jul 24, 2024
Canadian Stock Outliers: 10-Year Dividend Growth and 10-Year EBIT Growth
In this edition of ‘Stock Teasers’, we are going to be looking at...
Jul 17, 2024
This or That? TFI International (TFII) or Mullen Group Ltd. (MTL)
The trucking and logistics services industry in North America is a very cyclical one....
Jul 10, 2024
Cross-Border Stocks: Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD) and Cadence Design Systems (CDNS)
Welcome to ‘Stock Teasers’, where we aim to provide investment research...
Jul 03, 2024
Stock Market Gems from /r/CanadianInvestor: Canadian market vs US market
In this edition of ‘Stock Teasers’ we are going to be looking at a...
Jun 26, 2024
TSX Weekly Wrap
TSX Weekly Wrap - Friday April 4, 2025 | Investing Philosophies | Market Outliers | VIX Stats
TSX Weekly Wrap - Friday April 4, 2025 Investing Philosophies and...
Apr 04, 2025
TSX Weekly Wrap - Friday March 7, 2025
TSX Weekly Wrap - Friday March 7, 2025 Canadian stocks hitting new...
Mar 07, 2025
TSX Weekly Wrap - Friday February 14, 2025
TSX Weekly Wrap - Friday February 14, 2025 Markets bottom on bad news...
Feb 14, 2025
TSX Weekly Wrap - Friday February 7, 2025
TSX Weekly Wrap - Friday February 7, 2025 Canadian Unemployment rate...
Feb 07, 2025
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