RE:WhyPicking individual stocks is foolish and nothing more than gambling. Any serious investor will tell you that if it's exciting, you're doing something wrong. The only real strategy is to invest in the overall market, the TSX and the S&P 500, which will bring you on average 8% a year in the long run. XSP.TO or VFV.TO. Combine that with bond and rebalance your portfolio once a year, and you'll be OK.
I too was led to believe DH was somewhat of a blue chip stock I could trust. Fvck this BS. Fvck the analsysts.