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It was not a good week for traditional conglomerates as commercial break ups spread across the world. Earlier in the week, 129-year-old General Electric announced it was splitting into three units centred around aviation, healthcare, and energy. In Japan, industrial giant Toshiba stated it would be splitting into three companies focused on infrastructure, semiconductors, and […]

It was a busy week with over twenty companies across the three portfolios reporting their quarterly earnings (this coming week is worse). Lots of press releases to read and sift through the spin, but overall, most of the companies are doing fine. One of the benefits of a buy and hold philosophy is I do […]

This past week wrapped up a good October for all the portfolios and the 4 leading North American markets. This week saw a number of companies present Quarterly Reports, indicating how they performed during the July through September period, as well as provide insight on how their plans going forward. Without further ado, lets see […]

Another positive week for the markets and all the Portfolios. Each of the portfolios can report new additions, while Portfolio 1 had a busy week increasing ownership in existing companies in the portfolio. Yes, I know the ownership is extremely small, but I can say I do own a bigger piece of them. 😊 Lots […]

Market News After a very rough start to the week with all 4 indexes down significantly on Monday, the markets recovered throughout the week as investors bought the dip. The potential of reduced economic stimulus and fears of rising energy prices that could boost inflation caused the volatility in the markets throughout the week. On […]