If the markets were Clubber Lang, their prediction for 2022 would have been “Pain!”. And so far, pain it has been with the S&P 500 off to its worst start to a year since 1939. Over $10 trillion has been erased from American stocks alone. The Nasdaq Composite Index alone is down 25% in 2022 […]
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The week ending April 29, 2022
Atrox mensis For those not up on their Latin, that is ‘a terrible month’, or so Google tells me. And indeed, it was. Coming into April, I had such high hopes for the markets. So much for history. April has historically been the best performing month for stocks but this year the S&P 500 Index […]
The short week ending April 14, 2022
Tax double whammy On April 7, the Canadian government introduced the latest federal budget. Once again, rather than living within its means or taking advantage of natural strengths to fund their pet projects, the government committed to spending more taxpayer money than they take in. Rather than debate the pros and cons of the various […]
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 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 […]