There are a number of great companies in the market today.

I evaluated 36 different companies this week to determine whether they are suitable for Defensive Investors or Enterprising Investors. Of those 36 companies, only 4 were found to be undervalued or fairly valued and suitable for either.

It's that most wonderful time of the investing year. Pundits offer tidbit tips to tempt traders to their tallies. These tempting trades I call "WizDogs" because Wall St. wizards wrought them.

Actively managed ETFs saw inflows of $261 million and now have total assets of $27.5 billion, a nice 19.8% increase since the beginning of the year.

When building retirement income, look for stocks that have consistently increased their dividends for many consecutive years, building future gratification with higher cash dividends.

Today we go to the north of the border to find some of the best dividend stocks Canada has to offer.

Sun Life is a Canadian-based life insurance company that derives the bulk of its net income from its Canada and wealth divisions combined, though Asia and the U.S. contribute double digit levels as well.

Dechaine notes that “long bond yields in the U.S. and Canada fell 20 to 35 bps. Equity markets were generally positive, with a rise in Canadian equity and Global equity markets being tempered by flat S&P performance.”