IPOs: Avoiding the Dangers and Spotting the Opportunities

When a company offers its stock for sale to the public for the first time, that is called an Initial Public Offering. From closed private ow...

Canadian Equity Market Darlings and Dogs: August 2012 Update

Every six months or so, we take a look at which sectors and companies are currently in (the Darlings) or out (the Dogs) of favour in the mar...

Elite Women Directors in Canada - How Do They and Their Companies Perform?

Last week we looked at the general picture of women on boards of directors of publicly traded Canadian companies and concluded that there wa...

Women on Boards of Directors in Canada - Should Investors Care?

A few days ago, Credit Suisse released Does Gender Diversity Improve Performance? The study of 2360 companies worldwide from 2005 to 2011 d...