As Chinese authorities contain the coronavirus and biotech companies in North America race to find a vaccine, markets continue to bounce like a basketball. 🏀 Naturally, the most volatile ones do substantial business in China, whether it’s insurance (Manulife) or […]
In the last few days, North American indices shed gains as fears of the new disease, the coronavirus, reached investors and the stock market. China authorities have decided to suspend trading on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges which could […]
Christmas is a week away, but Monday felt like Santa had arrived. Markets across the board–across the world–were sharply up, following Friday’s news of a phase one trade agreement between China and the United States and upbeat economic news from […]
This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Teal Linde including Air Lease (A Top Pick Dec 10/18, Up 27%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. This may be the […]
The S&P and Nasdaq enjoyed record closes on Thursday after Trump tweeted that a phase one trade deal between the U.S. and China was “very close.” Later, there were reports that both sides had agree to a deal in principle. […]
This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Joshua Varghese including Tricon Capital Group (A Top Pick Dec 05/18, Up 15%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. Headlines, not earnings, […]
Will 2020 be the year for international stocks? Some believe so. Since markets began recovering from the Great Recession in March 2009, American equities have been the top performers worldwide. Meanwhile, European stocks, in particular, have struggled to gain momentum […]
This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Gordon Reid including Bank of America (A Top Pick Nov 13/18, Up 23%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. A week that […]
The week started with good news, from of all places, oil. Enbridge’s line 3 went online Sunday, which adds much-needed takeaway capacity for beleagured western oil. The line runs from Alberta, through Manitoba and into Wisconsin, and is the largest […]
BLACK FRIDAY IS HERE From Nov 28th to Dec 3rd, get 15 months of Stockchase Premium for the price of 12! Each Stockchase Premium subscription paid for 12 months will automatically get a free extension to 15 months. Get Stockchase […]
This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by James Telfser including Descartes (A Top Pick Oct 09/18, Up 35%.) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market opens. NB: In the last few […]
News that China introduced tougher laws to protect copyrights–a longstanding beef with the White House and American companies–drove New York markets up on Monday. The Nasdaq soared the highest at 1.32%. That and the S&P smashed new closing records, mere […]
This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Kim Bolton including Amazon.com (A Top Pick Dec 14/18, Up 11%.) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market opens. On Friday, the TSX went […]
The TSX closed flat on Wednesday with cannabis stocks continued to skyrocket as American lawmakers began hearings in Washington to take marijuana off the controlled substances list and to expunge some cannabis convictions. The Green Organic Dutchman jumped nearly 22%, […]
This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Richard Croft including Boeing (A Top Pick Nov 09/18, Up 2% – Don’t trade Boeing now, but do a call). Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few […]
Forget FANG, FANG or FANGM, here comes HOLEMAN Forget FANG, FAANG or FANGM (Microsoft at the end). H.O.L.E.M.A.N. is an (admittedly awkward) acronym that includes tech stocks that have performed well, but don’t receive as much love as the tech […]
Over the weekend, Trump said that trade negotiations with China would continue to move along, but ruled out any tariff relief. That announcement may well be strategic, but it pressured American markets Monday morning, though New York indices closed the […]
The S&P and Nasdaq broke records this week, but American indices on a holding pattern Friday as investors digested conflicting trade signals from Washington and Beijing. On Thursday, officials in American and China were reported as saying that tariffs would […]
Markets rose on news that the U.S and China would reduce some tariffs to pave the way to signing phase one of the closely watched trade agreement. The Dow gained as much as 0.66% Thursday, though North American indices faded […]
Markets on both sides of the border ended on optimism as the S&P and Nasdaq made new all-time highs while the Dow rose a full percent. The TSX closed 110 points higher, near 15,600. Unlike recent up days, Friday boasted […]
While the TSX closed flat on Monday, New York indices were way up, with the S&P cracking a new intra-day high at the opening bell and the Nasdaq closing 1.01% higher. American investors were feeling confident after Trump told reporters […]
The Nasdaq 100 closed Friday week at an all-time high. In fact, all the major indices in New York and Toronto gained for the week as earnings nudged markets higher as geopolitics took a rest. The Nasdaq rose the highest, […]
Who are ETFs for? Are you a passive investor who doesn’t have time to study individual stocks, but wants to invest in the markets? Then, buy some ETFs. If you don’t know them, ETFs are exchange-traded funds, which you can […]
American stocks leapt Friday upon news of a tentative “phase one” deal in the US-China trade war. New York indices popped at the start of trading Friday on high hopes that both sides were making progress. Markets rose throughout the […]
American markets were excited Thursday, treating the resumption of US-China trade talks like Superbowl Sunday. New York markets surged by nearly 1% by lunchtime, but closed around 0.60%. Chinese internet company, Baidu, benefited from the promising trade news, rising 3.95% […]
