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 Sunday Reads.
Happy Easter Sunday to those who recognize the day. And perhaps we can all share in the spirit of renewal and hope. In Ontario, the sun is shining. The grass is greening up. I look longingly at the garden. I look forward to digging in the dirt. Green shoots are to come; I already see […]
The first quarter for Canadian investors.
The first quarter of 2021 delivered positive returns for most portfolios. The period reflects the optimism of “getting to the other side of the pandemic”. While there will still be challenges and it may not be an easy journey, optimism and hope is wining the day. We also continue to see that great rotation of […]
A look at iShares High Dividend ETF, XEI. Built for the Great Recovery.
Spring is in the air (in some parts of Canada, and certainly in much of the US). Vaccines are going into arms. More lockdowns are being lifted. Jobs are being created well beyond expectations. Economic growth is ready to flourish. Planes are ready to take off. Hotels and resorts can’t wait to welcome you, almost […]
Canadian banks say ‘we got the beat’, on Weekend Reads.
The Canadian banks reported quarterly earnings this week, and as the Go-Go’s sang “we got the beat”. The banks were beating on earnings and revenues in every which way. A beat means that they surpassed the expectations of the earnings analysts who price the stocks. So perhaps it is not that the banks beat, but […]
Looking to the year ahead on Weekend Reads.
Welcome to the first Weekend Reads post of 2021. Who knows what the year 2021 has in store for us? In January of 2020 we didn’t have a clue. It’s human nature to think that we at least have some sense of where things are going. In early 2021 we are planning our escape from […]