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Weekly Update for the week ending February 3, 2023
Items that may only interest or educate me …. US interest rates, European interest rates, Huge job growth int the US, Slowing Canadian GDP, Big tech earnings’ misses … As expected, in a unanimous decision by members of the US Federal Reserve System’s (Fed) Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), they increased the US benchmark interest […]
Weekly Update for the week ending January 13, 2023
Items that may only interest or educate me …. TINA meet TARA, Latest US CPI numbers, a golden triangle has appeared… A new acronym makes its way into the investing world, likely at the expense of another acronym. Following the financial crisis of 2008, central banks lowered the cost to borrow money (interest rates) to […]
The week ending October 14, 2022
Items that may only interest me …. For some analysts, semiconductor (chips) manufacturers are considered a proxy for economic growth. That is not good news as lately chipmakers have issued ominous warnings about the economy. Last week, AMD and Samsung both revealed that demand for their chips has plunged — a bad omen for the entire […]
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). […]