The First Quarter is behind us From an investment standpoint, the first quarter of 2022 was not good. The Canadian Index, the Toronto Stock Exchange Composite Index (TSX), was the only Index to post a gain for the first quarter. All three American Indexes, the S&P 500 Index (S&P) higher, the Dow Jones Industrial Average […]
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The week ending April 1, 2022
Have you ever had one of those weeks where things just seem to go your way? The past week was one such week for me. I made three trades during the week, triggered by a busted thesis and a book. Let me explain. Trade 1: I purchased shares in a Special Purpose Acquisition Company, Social […]
The week ending March 25, 2022
March 21 – March 25, 2022 Do you like rollercoasters? If you do, the markets went on a bit of a ride this past week. The Indexes were up and down throughout the week. Do you ever wonder what causes the markets to move like this? Investor sentiment for sure but let us look at […]
The week ending March 18, 2022
March 14 – March 18, 2022 It was an ominous start to the week when the Nasdaq 100 Index closed in bear market territory (down more than 20% from its peak in November). It was the first time in three years that any of the US Indexes had fallen into a bear market. Heck, even […]
The week ending March 11, 2022
March 7 – March 11, 2022 The week got off to a great start …. if you’re heavily invested in oil and energy companies as oil jumped to USD $130 a barrel. Sadly, I am not ☹, so it was another in a trend of blue Mondays. The markets went on a bit of a […]
The week ending March 4, 2022
Stay calm and carry on For the last two months I’ve watched my three Portfolios fall up to 30%, with some stocks falling more than 75% (looking at you Shopify) . A fall of 30% is mentally painful and not for the faint of heart. Having gone through this with the dot com bubble at […]