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2023 First Quarter Review

Since the start of the first quarter, all four of the major North American indexes – Toronto Stock Exchange Composite Index (TSX), the S&P 500 Index (S&P), the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), and the Nasdaq Composite Index (Nasdaq) – finished the quarter higher than they started, as were the three portfolios. Let’s take a […]

Weekly Update for the week ending April 7, 2023

Items that may only interest or educate me …. Canadian economic stats, oil production cutbacks, American jobs cooling, but first …. Last Thursday, Statistics Canada reported the Canadian economy remains strong, adding 34,700 jobs in March, higher than the 12,000 jobs analysts predicted. Employment has been trending upward since September, with March being the seventh […]

Weekly Update for the week ending March 31, 2023

Items that may only interest or educate me …. Canadian budget, Canadian GDP, US Economic data, latest Silicon Bank chapter, … Prior to releasing the latest budget, the current Canadian government said they would be “fiscally responsible” while at the same time spending a whole lot of your taxpayer dollars on the new green economy […]