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5i Stock Screener: Canadian Companies That Are Buyback Machines

The purpose of a share buyback is to return capital to shareholders in a tax-efficient way, instead of paying dividends. In addition, buybacks are also a way for management to take advantage of...

Michael Huynh Dec 16, 2025
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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...

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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...

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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...

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5 from 5i: How Consumer Surplus Impacts Pricing Power

Weekly stock market update & five stock related articles we thought were a...

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5 from 5i: The Psychology Behind Market Betting (and Why it Fails)

Weekly stock market update & five stock related articles we thought were a...

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5 from 5i: Fishing and Investing

Weekly stock market update & five stock related articles we thought were a...

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5 from 5i: The Surprising Truth About Dividend Growth Stocks

Weekly stock market update & five stock related articles we thought were a...

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5 from 5i: Meme Stocks & Mr. Market

Weekly stock market update & five stock related articles we thought were a...

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Investment Tips & Education

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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...

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5 reasons investors like dividends

From company stability to ‘lazy’ investing, the reasons investors take to...

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Q2 2025 Earnings: Key Trends from Corporate Canada

This week, we will look into the earnings of some of the public Canadian companies...

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5 things it would take to get small cap stocks moving again

Smaller companies, historically, have done better than large companies. And yet they...

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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...

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Chart Attack V.13 - A Synopsis

An overview of some of the more interesting economic charts from our latest Chart...

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5 reasons to be worried about the market today

Though markets have steadily climbed higher for the past 100 years, investors should...

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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...

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Podcast - The Exponent

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05 Monthly Rollup: Interesting ETFs | Canadian Small-Cap Stocks | Hedging Strategies

Listen on  Spotify Join Chris and Zach as they  discuss a...

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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...

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03 Pt. 2 - Stock Market Stories With Peter Hodson

Listen on  Spotify Join Chris and Peter Hodson for Part 2 of...

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03 Pt. 1 - Stock Market Stories With Peter Hodson

Listen on  Spotify Join Chris and Peter Hodson for ‘stock...

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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...

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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...

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Stock Research

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Rockets and Duds: Week 40 - October 6, 2025

5i Research Weekly Rockets and Duds Thanksgiving is coming up in Canada, so...

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Are Investors Familiar with All the Entities of the Constellation Family?

Constellation Software (CSU) has been one of the most successful technology companies...

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Rockets and Duds: Week 39 - September 29, 2025

5i Research Weekly Rockets and Duds Welcome to another week of 5i Research...

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The Brookfield Playbook: Our Ranking of Its Public Entities

Continuing with our discussion of the Brookfield family of entities in our previous...

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Rockets and Duds: Week 38 - September 23, 2025

5i Research Weekly Rockets and Duds Welcome to another week of 5i Research...

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Inside Constellation Software’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Update and What It Means for Investors

UPDATED  - On September 25, 2025, CSU announced the resignation of ...

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Should investors be worried about owning too much of the Brookfield family?

Brookfield Corporation (BN) has been one of the largest, most successful financial...

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Rockets and Duds: Week 37 - September 15, 2025

5i Research Weekly Rockets and Duds Welcome to another week of 5i...

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Stock Screens

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5i Stock Screener: Canadian Companies That Pay Monthly Dividends

A stable dividend income stream, despite any macro environment, is the dream of most...

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5i Stock Screener: Canadian Companies With Sustainable Revenue Growth

Maximizing shareholder value in a sustainable, socially acceptable way is one of the...

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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...

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5i Stock Screener: Canadian Dividend Machines

Canadians love dividends, it is not only the culture but also an implied encouragement...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Stock Teasers

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Stock Market Gems from /r/CanadianInvestor: XBB vs CASH

In this edition of ‘Stock Teasers’ we are going to be looking at a...

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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...

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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...

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Stock Market Gems from /r/CanadianInvestor: Thoughts on Telus (T)

In this edition of ‘Stock Teasers’ we are going to be looking at a...

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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...

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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....

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Cross-Border Stocks: Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD) and Cadence Design Systems (CDNS)

Welcome to ‘Stock Teasers’, where we aim to provide investment research...

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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...

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TSX Weekly Wrap

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TSX Weekly Wrap - Friday April 4, 2025 | Investing Philosophies | Market Outliers | VIX Stats

TSX Weekly Wrap - Friday April 4, 2025 Investing Philosophies and...

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TSX Weekly Wrap - Friday March 7, 2025

TSX Weekly Wrap - Friday March 7, 2025 Canadian stocks hitting new...

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TSX Weekly Wrap - Friday February 14, 2025

TSX Weekly Wrap - Friday February 14, 2025 Markets bottom on bad news...

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TSX Weekly Wrap - Friday February 7, 2025

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