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) […]
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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 […]
Look to the future for opportunities
Back at the start of the year, in January 2022, financial analysts were warning, if not screaming, that inflation and higher interest rates were coming. Prices were rising and it was going to cost more to pay off debt, be it loans, mortgages, or corporate debt. That we knew should have planned accordingly (I did […]