My wife recently went on a shopping trip to the mall and came home with a couple bags of clothes, although not surprised, it did get me thinking about the clothing industry and it made me wonder if there were any good Canadian companies in this sector. I remembered one that Middle Class Millionaire had recommended a while ago, so I thought that I would do my own analysis on it. So please enjoy my analysis of Reitmans Canada Ltd. (TSE: RET.A).

About the company:

Here is Google Finance's description of what Reitmans does, which can be found here

For todays pick, I had my wife randomly pick a ticker out of a list, and lo and behold she picked out Industrial Alliance (TSE: IAG) canada's 4th largest insurance company. I had thought about including this stock when I had analyzed Manulife Financial and Sunlife Financial, but decided not to, since it wasn't as big a player as the other two. Let's see how IAG stacks up as a dividend based stock.

About the company:

Here is Industrial Alliance's description of what they do, which can be found on their website here

"Every barn needs a CAT". This was the phrase that caught my eye on this stock, I'm sure everyone reading this can recognize the big yellow Caterpillar machinery that can be found on just about every construction site across this continent. Well, Finning International is the worlds largest company that deals with these monsters. Let's take a look at how they stack up as a dividend based investment.

About the company:

Here is Finning Internationals description of what they do, which can be found on their website here

About the company:

Here is SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. description of what they do, which can be found on their website here

I figured that I would finish off the last of the three insurance companies I was comparing, Lets see how Sun Life Financial stacks up against Great West Lifeco and Manulife Financial.

About the company:

Here is Company description of what they do, which can be found on their website here

For some reason I started thinking about an old Canadian Tire commercial which contained the phrase, "A penny saved is a penny earned" and this led me on to the idea of saving money. I have always been an avid money saver. Sometimes I think my wife loathes me because of my insistence to save money now instead of spend it. And I often catch her rolling her eyes when I talk about the merits of compounding interest. In her defense she is very good at saving money as well, and I find myself very fortunate because of this. But, sometimes I know she would like to spend a little more money then what we do. Because of this, we have developed a good system of discussing any big (> $100) purchase that either of us want to make. Once we have discussed it, we either go out and make the purchase, or we don't.

Seeing as how I did an analysis on Great-West Lifeco Inc. Last week, I figure I should do Manulife Financial and Sun Life Financial as well to see which one is the best option between the three. So, This week I give you my analsyis on Manulife Financial Corp. (TSE: MFC)

About the company:

Here is Manulife Financial Corps description of what they do, which can be found on their website here