My recent MoneySense column stars David Bowie. He was much more than a music visionary. It’s almost as if David Bowie could see the future. He was a creative business man as well offering the Bowie Bonds that allowed him to buy back his music rights, as investors then profited from the success of his […]
The Dividend Aristocrats are fighting back.
The Dividend Aristocrats are S&P 500 companies that have increased their dividends each year, for at least 25 years running. That is an exclusive group. Companies that have increased their dividends for 50 years or more are dividend royalty – they are dividend kings. The Aristocrats have underperformed over the last year and more. You […]
Drug makers say that COVID-19 vaccines are still 3-4 years away. Stock markets continue to fall.
This would be the headline today if the ‘normal’ path of vaccine development had played out. While I am guessing on the response from investors and stock markets, I think it’s a good guess that stock markets would offer significant corrections if we knew that we would be in the grip of the first modern […]
The Canadian Dollar and your portfolio.
It looks like the Canadian Dollar is still considered a petrodollar. That is, our dollar is tied to resources and more specifically, oil and gas prices. The price of oil is on a massive run, and the Canadian dollar is going along for the ride. Most Canadian investors will hold US stocks and other US-priced […]
The stock markets predicted the US election, on Weekend Reads.
What else could we write about? The news and stock market news and social media was just swamped with election fever and fervour. Yes the elections in the US stole the spotlight. There was not much light left for any other topic. And election predictions were everywhere. The predictions mostly got it right as they […]
Looking to the Canadian energy sector for Canadian investors.
The Canadian energy sector has been beaten up. Foreign investors have given up and so have many Canadian investors. Where there is incredible pessimism there can be incredible rewards. But there is certainly no guarantee that the pessimism for the Canadian energy patch is not deserved. That said, it is also certainly possible that the […]