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Image source: Getty Images. Often, retirees are recommended to hold an investment portfolio that consists of a mix of bonds and stocks. The general advice to the typical investor maybe 40% bonds and 60% stocks. An old rule of thumb is to subtract your age from 100 for the percentage in stocks. This suggests that if you’re 65, you should keep 35% of your portfolio in stocks and 65% in fixed-income investments like bonds. However, as interest rates have fallen to historical ...

Image source: Getty Images Buying and holding stocks is a top investment strategy. It doesn’t matter the type of stock. The best investments to make today in Canadian stocks will always be companies you can buy and hold for the long term. Most often, these stocks are major businesses that pay growing dividends. However, they can even be high-potential growth stocks like Shopify. If you had bought Shopify when it first began trading, you could have taken profits with an im...

Here's why Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RY)(NYSE:RY) remains a top pick for global investors in any market right now.

Retirees can still get high yields from top-quality Canadian stocks. These three deserve to be on your radar.

Dividend stocks can leave investors with lasting passive income to secure your financial future, even just investing in this one stock.

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These three stocks were recently upgraded by analysts, providing a strong value opportunity for those looking for top Canadian stocks to buy.

Here's why Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX:KL)(NYSE:KL) continues to make my list of top picks in this current market today.

Kansas City Southern (TSX:KSU). These railroad stocks have generated a tonne of buzz following an initial CP bid to buy out KSU. However, a higher competing offer from CN has ultimately won out. CN and KSU are now poised to become the largest intra-continental railroad in North America. For investors, this is a big deal. However, the question remains: is now the time to buy CN ahead of this merger? Let’s discuss. A little backstory In late March, CP and KSU announced they had entered a merge...

Here's why Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX:KL)(NYSE:KL) and Maple Leaf Foods (TSX:MFI) continue to be among my top value picks today.