The coronavirus outbreak is currently out of control. There’s just no other way to put it. New cases outside of China are growing exponentially. The US now leads the world in the number of active cases. The US is setting records for new case growth rates. If things don’t change in a hurry, New York […]
Fighting COVID-19 is World War 3 – Weekend Reads.
Who knew that World War 3 (WWIII) would be against a virus that we cannot see? That would be almost no one. But that is the case. That is the reality. Like the Allies in WWII we are fighting a war on two fronts. We are fighting COVID-19 and we are fighting the economic war […]
Do you have a bear market investment plan?
Yes, we are in a bear market. And a recession is all but inevitable. It’s tough when we are in the moment, but this is all ‘normal’ stock market and economic behaviour. All bull markets must come to an end. Continued economic growth is not inevitable. Recessions appear with regularity. So here we are. We […]
Do you believe in the human spirit?
The world is currently fighting a virus. We are fighting a viral strain known as COVID-19. We are fighting something that we cannot see. And it doesn’t belong here, in humans. It belongs in other animals, epidemiologists tell us it originated in bats and found its way to humans. The human body doesn’t know what […]
What the heck is going on with Canadian bonds and bond funds?
The answer to the headline just might apply to the broader ‘what is going on in the stock markets?’ Ditto for the gold prices and bitcoin and so on. Trying to make sense of any asset price is more than tricky business these days. Nothing seems to make sense. The velocity of price movements is […]
How to trade ETFs in volatile markets.
Now I’m certainly not suggesting that you should turn into a ‘trader’. Those are the folks who are making the markets convulse like they’re in an electric chair. Apologies for the gruesome analogy. But it is ugly. Because you are investing on a regular schedule, you need to place your trades. You don’t want to […]