Items that may only interest or educate me …. Oil price caps, latest change to the Canadian interest rate, electric vehicles are not enough to offset the energy consumption of global population and economic growth, will there be a Nickel cartel, … This week marked the start of the Group of 7 (Canada, France, Germany, […]
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Weekly Updates for the week ending November 25, 2022
Items that may only interest or educate me …. Increased TFSA contribution limit, probability of smaller interest rate increases in Canada and the USA, potential rail system gridlock (again) Let us start with some good news. The annual contribution limit for Canada’s tax-free savings account (TFSA) is set to rise from C$6,000 to C$6,500 for […]
The week ending November 11, 2022
Items that may only interest or educate me …. … lest we forget, more Canadian rate hikes, American October CPI, US mid-term elections, semiconductors. Let’s begin … Thanks to surprisingly huge jobs gains in Canada in October (108,000 new jobs, more than ten times the number economists expected), analysts believe the Bank of Canada (BoC) […]
The week ending October 7, 2022
Fractional shares…. With the start of a new quarter, comes an update of all three Portfolios as of September 30. Check out the latest holdings and gains for Portfolio 1, Portfolio 2, and Portfolio 3. After a terrible third quarter, investor sentiment is definitely bearish. However, with very low expectations its possible the fourth quarter […]
The week ending September 23, 2022
Fractional shares…. The big news that impacted us investors came out of the USA this week, causing share prices to tumble. As expected, the US Federal Reserve (Fed) raised the US benchmark interest rate by 0.75% this week. This was the third straight 0.75% increase. What was unexpected was the Fed’s vow to crush inflation, […]
The week ending August 19, 2022
Spare change …. Canada’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation for July was 7.6%, down from June’s 8.1%, but still well higher than the Bank of Canada’s target of 2%. As in the US last week, the fall in the price of gasoline was the main driver in the lower CPI. However, when volatile components, such […]