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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 20, 2023

Items that may only interest or educate me …. AI coming to a cloud near you, Canadian interest rates, US interest rate data, globalization meets friendshoring … Microsoft (NASD:MSFT) is considering adding more cash to its US$ 1 billion investment in start-up OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT. Microsoft is already previewing ChatGPT under the name […]

The week ending November 18, 2022

Items that may educate or interest only me …. Thanks to higher interest rates and slowing revenues, many companies are starting to feel the pinch of inflation. Higher interest rates are causing consumers to cutback, and even target what they purchase. According to Howard Marks, of Oaktree Capital, the combination of inflation and higher interest […]