Happy Canada Day long weekend to those who celebrate. And celebrate we should. While most of us will have some “suggestions” about how to make things better, we should first admit that we won the lottery when it comes to the passport we hold. Canada is a wonderful place to live. The true north strong […]
The balanced portfolio rules on the Sunday reads.
Sorry, it looks like I jinxed the bull market run in U.S. stocks. After posting on the new bull market, U.S. stocks have had a rough go. That said, it’s a drop that only spans several trading days. Canadian stocks had a rough week and seem stuck in the mud, though they are modestly positive […]
We’re selling our winners on the Sunday Reads.
What do you do when you have runaway winning stocks? You sell them, silly. Especially if the valuations are out of control, or out of this world. Those stocks might live in the land of AI – artificial intelligence. The share prices might be artificially inflated. The U.S. stock market is enjoying a bull run […]
A new bull market on the Sunday Reads.
In last week’s Sunday Reads, the headline read that the recession can wait. The economic forces that are at work trying to tame the economy are moving in slow motion. I had suggested that we might take the Summer off, on the recession watch. And now we have a new bull market in the U.S. […]
The recession can wait, on the Sunday Reads.
It appears that employers and consumers did not get the recession memo. Employment is strong, and the Canadian consumer is spending at record levels. We have the same economic events playing out south of the border. The recession can wait. Perhaps we can revisit the recession talk and watch in the Fall or Winter. It’s […]
Buying the big Canadian banks, plus the debt ceiling on the Sunday Reads.
The U.S. debt ceiling standoff stole most of the headlines the past week. And “this just in” as they say on the nightly news – the Democrats and Republicans have potentially reached a deal. The debt ceiling will be increased and there will be no U.S. default. Phew! Of course most knew how this game […]