Lower U.S. inflation and Jerome Powell comments gave The Bank of Canada permission to go on a rate cutting frenzy (say experts). The news and numbers in the U.S. was more of a spark north of the border. Canadian stocks were up 2.76% for the week, vs 0.87% for U.S. stocks. International developed nation stocks […]
The Beat The TSX Portfolio skips another beat, while Canadian wide moats rule on the Sunday Reads.
In this Sunday Reads we’ll begin with a look at the first half returns for the Beat The TSX Portfolio and the Canadian Wide Moat Portfolios. The Beat The TSX Portfolio is a pure value play, discovered by those big dividends. The Canadian Wide Moat Portfolio relies on the moats – a lack of competition. […]
Checking in on our U.S. stocks on the Sunday Reads.
It’s much more fun to check in on the U.S. stock portfolio, compared to our Canadian stocks that’s for sure. That’s where the action is. That’s where the portfolio growth driver lives. I created a U.S. stock portfolio in 2014/2015 and while this was not the goal, the portfolio has bested the S&P 500 by […]
Canadian banks step up to the plate on the Sunday Reads.
TD Bank, the bank of the Blue Jays, was fittingly hitting lead off this Canadian bank earnings season. The Blue Jays are off to one of their worst starts in a decade. TD beat estimates for earnings and revenues. Did TD hit it out of the park? The rest of the Canadian banks step up […]
Pipeline stocks and utilities are moving again on the Sunday Reads.
This defensive sector has seen better days, but thanks to increased demand, the prospect of rate cuts and the surprising benefit of AI (Artificial Intelligence), the utilities sector is on fire. In the U.S., utilities is the top performing sector in 2024. And we’ll include the Canadian pipelines as quasi utilities as they often include […]
Berkshire and Warren Buffett on the Sunday Reads.
Berkshire Hathaway is led by the greatest investor of all time – Warren Buffett. This weekend offered the Superbowl of investing events, the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting. Shareholders (many multi, multi millionaires) and worshippers flock to Omaha, Nebraska to take in the musings of the Oracle of Omaha. It’s Woodstock for capitalists with Berkshire and […]