An investor needs to keep their eyes focused on the horizon for the long haul. Look ahead with these Canadian stocks. That’s tough these days with central banks about to hike interest rates and autocrat Vladimir Putin deploying the Russian […]
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The post-U.S. election rally was definitely over by Friday with all major indices on Wall Street selling sharply. Tech, which rallied the most after the vote, sank the most during the session and week. The Nasdaq closed the day -2.24% […]
The TSX traded above 25,000 for all of Thursday and ended the session with a new closing high. The Canadian index rose 0.22%, led by energy, but lagged by tech. Major movers: Atkins Realis Group leapt 15.67%, Paramount Resources 15.32%, […]
As the post-election rally faded in the U.S., the TSX climbed 0.26% higher on Wednesday to make a new closing high. It was just shy of 25,000, led by outsized gains in tech stocks. Actually, only four of 11 sectors […]
Shopify reported a blow-out quarter that helped lift the TSX to 25,000 Tuesday morning. The TSX closed below that mark, but still notched a 0.54% gain. Nearly all sectors lost ground as materials and energy led the laggards, though. Shopify […]
The post-US election rally continued into the new week, though only partially. The Dow rose another 0.68% or 300 points to a new high of almost 44,300 while the TSX advanced 0.12% nearly its own new high. TSX sectors were […]
An investor needs to keep their eyes focused on the horizon for the long haul. Look ahead with these Canadian stocks. That’s tough these days with central banks about to hike interest rates and autocrat Vladimir Putin deploying the Russian […]
With Russia threatening to invade Ukraine (as of this writing), it may be crazy to invest in Euro stocks. It’s certainly insane to invest in Russia, but what about France or Holland? Big tech fueled Wall Street gains in 2020, […]
As interest rates rise and stocks continue to rotate out high-growth tech into steadier dividend-payers and cyclicals, what names should an investor buy? Cyclical and value ETFs come to mind. Many analysts favour stock-picking over sector-buying, but these folks are […]
I hope this is the last time I write about reopening stocks. Maybe this time will different. The U.K. has boldly removed their restrictions, allowing Britons to go maskless in order to live with Covid. Here, Quebec and Ontario are […]
On Monday this week, Citi upgraded streaming stocks Netflix and Spotify to buys. They got half the call correct. One streamer dominates film and TV, the other music. Both have slid in the current tech sell-off in the face of rising […]
Coming off a year that boasted 25% gains, January was expected to be volatile, and boy, it sure has. Nobody knows if Monday’s sell-off, which saw the TSX slide 3%, the Nasdaq 5% and the S&P tumble into a correction, […]
Commodities or technology stocks? That’s the question that investors, particularly Canadian ones, are weighing these days as central banks are poised to raise interest rates. I choose technology stocks. Though tech is more volatile than many sectors, commodity stocks are […]
With central banks in Canada and in the U.S. planning to raise interest rates in 2022, the financial sector sits at the top of investors’ buy lists. We will look at the best financial stocks in 2022. Higher rates will […]
Happy holidays! We continue to look at 2021’s most popular stocks, sectors and macro trends. We also forecast where we expect them to go in 2022. Note: our investment horizon is long. Toronto Dominion (TD-T) After they snoozed in 2020, […]
What follows is not a coronation of the best-performing stocks of 2021. Rather, here we reviews the some of the most popular stocks of the last 12 months and we forecast where they will go in 2022. A caveat: Just because […]
This week, we look ahead to 2022, a year that will see higher interest rates, the final chapter of Covid, but also lower gains in the stock market than the past two years. More on these projections later this month. […]
As central banks in Canada and the U.S. prepare to taper and raise interest rates, high-growth stocks, namely tech, continue to see pressure. Ongoing supply shortages (“constraints” is the fancy word) won’t help as they fuel inflation. Where to put […]
Now that it’s December, it’s time to look ahead to next year and some travel stocks for 2022. Though no one can predict what will happen (witness the Omicron variant that South Africa announced last week), it’s fair to say […]
As a rule, I don’t buy stocks based on headlines or fads. Whether on the catwalks of Paris or the trading floor of Bay Street, fashions come and go, and I invest for the long term. This week, however, I […]
Last week, the Bank of America announced that a millennial baby boom could start this year, with the seeds planted during 2020’s lockdown. Confirming this trend is Nielsen, which states that sales of pregnancy tests have jumped 13% year-over-year since […]
Coming off October’s rally, November markets will face ongoing supply shortages, inflation woes and interest rate worries. The good news is that consumers are still throwing money around while employment spikes and there are promising sectors with ETFs to buy. […]
Canadian telecom stock and banks are no-brain investments. Both industries are protected by law to operate as oligopolies which prevents serious newcomers from competing. This allows these companies to overcharge consumers in cell phone and bank fees, while paying shareholders […]
This week we’re looking ahead in e-commerce, fintech and real estate. It’s a mixed bag of sectors and stocks that are include promising growth stocks. This includes ideas for speculators as well as long-term investors. Zebra Technologies Corp (ZBRA-Q), Past […]
This week we’re working out with the barbell investing approach, picking a tech stock, a cyclical and an ETF play. Markets have been swinging like a pendulum between big tech names and cyclicals. There’s little middle ground against a backdrop […]
The future of humankind rests on how we generate energy, and the stock market’s reaction to energy stocks is crucial in determining this. Suddenly, Britain and China are worried over energy shortages. There’s some truth to this as reopenings drive […]
The battle is back. This week two giant retail stocks square off. The sector as well as overall market outlook is bullish, but the rising U.S. 10-year yield will inject volatility and create buying opportunities. Target Corp (TGT-N) Question: Which […]
With September seasonality kicking into high gear this week, where can an investor find safety? Bonds? Forget it. They pay next to nothing. Cash? Ditto. How about safe stocks with sound balance sheets, decent PE’s and sustained growth? We’re not […]
Next Big Stock to Buy on a Dip In August, Toronto and New York indices were making record high after record high. Two weeks into September, markets have inched down modestly, but historically are due for a pullback. In fact, […]
This week our theme is recovering stocks that are seeing a catch-up. We look outside North America to Japan, which is catching up to North America and western Europe in terms on vaccinations and their economy, and we see underdog […]
3 ETFS to Buy The last 18 months have been a stock-picker’s paradise. Just ask shareholders of Microsoft or AMC. However, ETFs still serve a purpose if an investor doesn’t know much tech or bank stock to own. ETFs remove […]