Since the start of the year, 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 first half higher than they started, as did the three portfolios, thanks to a bull run in the Nasdaq and the S&P. Unfortunately, what had been a strong bull run for the first half of the year, saw the emergence of a bear or two in the third quarter.
Let’s look at what happened during the third quarter of 2023 ….