Silver linings in the SVB fall-out: If the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapse inspires images of the Hindenberg explosion, take comfort knowing that Canadian investors stand at a distance from the fallout. Also, SVB’s implosion may slam the brakes on […]
2019 will be remembered for trade wars, tariffs, tech and weed. By year’s end, the TSX will have risen an impressive 20% though will still lagged its American peers. There were a lot of prosperous stories, but instead of reviewing […]
On Wednesday, New York markets were up slightly by half-a-point, recovering some of the ground lost (down 1.5%) on Tuesday. While meeting with Germany’s Angela Merkel, Trump downplayed his tariff threats of the day before to vaguely say that progress […]
We continue the Battle of the Stocks this week with a new round of American names. With the holiday shopping season, we focus on retail with a bit of tech, in other words… Amazon. It’s hard to ignore the gorilla […]
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 […]
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 […]
American markets sold off on Thursday after reports that Chinese officials were throwing cold water on Trump’s hopes that a phase one trade deal between China and the U.S. would be signed. Chinese trade officials fear him impulsively backing out […]
The TSX and American indices dipped slightly on Tuesday, except Nasdaq which fell o.59% as earning season continued. Two food stocks got grilled. Beyond Meat was burned for 22.22% after restrictions on selling 80% of it shares was lifted on […]
Former Market Darlings As in physics, the law of markets decrees that stocks move up and down. However, the following stocks blazed to sudden, dizzying heights before sinking or crashing, caused by market forces or criminality. Have those stocks recovered […]
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, […]
Though newly re-elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed to forge ahead with the TransMountain pipeline, crude-by-rail has driven the rail stocks higher in the past year. However, on Wednesday, CN Rail said it was lowering its guidance for 2019 due […]
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 […]
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Your RRSP is your money garden: plant some stocks and ETFs, walk away and watch them grow. Maybe you have five or 45 years to contribute to your RRSP until you must convert it into a RRIF at age 71. […]