Here’s the real reason your Canadian stocks can’t keep up

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It’s hard to escape the conclusion that investors globally don’t see Canada as an attractive place to put their money to work

There’s a simple and somewhat depressing reason your Canadian stocks cannot seem to keep pace – corporate Canada just does not make enough money.

Weak corporate profitability isn’t just a drag on domestic stocks. It also reinforces the narrative that the Canadian economy is in trouble. Deep worries have arisen in recent months over the country’s poor productivity record, waning competitiveness, and declining GDP per capita. . Over that time, U.S. returns have outpaced Canadian by a factor of more than 2.5 to 1. Profitability is at the heart of that shortfall.

 

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