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 […]
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Tailwinds (Good), Headwinds (Bad)
Tailwinds and Headwinds were originally posted in the Weekly Updates for May 6 and May 13, respectively. When I originally wrote about these two topics in May 2022, the three American Indexes – the S&P 500 Index (S&P), the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), and the Nasdaq Composite Index (Nasdaq) – were trending downward since […]
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 30, 2022
Fractional shares…. And so ends the third quarter of 2022. After a rally to start the quarter, the markets ended with a thud! The Toronto Stock Exchange Composite Index (TSX) is doing the best of the four major North American Indexes, and it is in a market correction (down more than 10% from recent highs). […]
The week ending June 3, 2022
Last week, I started discussing my process for identifying companies I would like to own, albeit a very, very, small piece of the company. I created a 4-stage process to eliminate companies from consideration relatively quickly while going through the process. These stages of the process are: Stage 1 – Radar Check Stage 2 – […]
The week ending May 27, 2022
“Sell in May and go away,” refers to the tendency of stocks to perform worse in May through October than during the rest of the year. I hope that is not the case this year given the decline in the stock markets. The S&P 500 Index and Dow Jones Industrial Average are both in market […]