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Weekly Update for the week ending March 24, 2023

Items that may only interest or educate me …. Canadian CPI and sales stats, US interest rate hike, Global central bank hikes, Credit Suisse, Global banking issues, Another online investing app … Statistics Canada’s February Consumer Price Index report showed Canada’s annual inflation rate fell to 5.2% in February, down from January’s 5.9%. February’s rate […]

Weekly Update for the week ending March 17, 2023

Items that may only interest or educate me …. Breaking banks, Deposit insurance, US economic news, European interest rate hike, dividends are a good thing … The US Federal Reserve (Fed) raised interest rates at the fastest pace in years. Last week the financial system cracked with the sudden and unexpected failures of the Silicon […]

The week ending September 16, 2022

Fractional shares…. Just when supply chain problems were slowly being eliminated, rail workers in the US threatened to go on strike. Fortunately, a deal between the major U.S. railroads and the railroad unions was reached to avert a work stoppage. This was such a crucial deal for the US economy that even President Biden took […]