Blog

Third-Quarter GDP Growth Not as Good as It Seems Many will point to recently released advanced third-quarter U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) results as proof that the U.S. economy is getting better. So good in fact that the Federal Reserve will have no choice but to raise interest rates in December or early January. The […]

Bank of Canada Holds Key Rate at 0.5% The Bank of Canada kept its key lending rate at 0.5% (unchanged since July 2015) and reduced its outlook for the Canadian economy, blaming soft exports. The Bank of Canada trimmed its economic growth outlook for 2016 to just 1.1% from the July forecast of 1.3%. That […]

Options Are a Perfect Way to Leverage Risk & Generate Income The economic news out of Europe, China, Japan, has not been encouraging. This, coupled with fears of an overvalued stock market and potential Federal Reserve rate hike, is weighing on investor sentiment. As a result, the current market risk is high for a stock […]

Compared to the U.S. dollar, the euro has been on a rollercoaster ride for much of 2016. At the start of 2016, one euro would get you $1.08 U.S. Today, one euro will net you $1.12 U.S. Even though the U.S. economy is larger than the 28 member states that make up the eurozone, the […]

Despite the vast differences between Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, the race to the White House is going to be close.  But how will the stock market respond to a Trump or Clinton victory after November 8? Historically, there is a strong correlation with stock market returns and presidential elections, […]

Federal Reserve Worried about Stock Market Bubble Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen announced recently that she will leave interest rates unchanged in the range of 0.25% to 0.5%. The Fed signalled it could still tighten its monetary policy by the end of year as the labor market, she says, is improving. The Fed last raised […]

Correction in Toronto and Vancouver Real Estate Will Hurt Stocks In sharp contrast to the U.S., the Canadian housing market has been on a tear over the last decade, especially in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and greater Vancouver area. Unfortunately, many economists believe Canadian real estate has been growing too fast and created a […]

U.S. Dollar Resilient against Euro and British Pound The U.S. may be the biggest economy in the world, and the U.S. dollar may be the world’s reserve currency, but the greenback has been volatile since the start of 2015, trading in a range of $0.93 and $1.00 against a basket of other currencies. One of […]

While the Eurozone economy has not suffered a blow as a result of the Brexit vote, economic uncertainties in its largest economies, namely Germany and France, continue to show that the world’s biggest economic region continues to sputter. This opens up the window on a number of time-sensitive investing opportunities. Eurozone Economy Continues to Look […]

S&P 500 Soars to Record Levels…But Will It Last? It’s been a rough year for the S&P 500. First the index tanked in early January after economic data suggested the U.S. economy wasn’t as strong as previously thought and over fears of a global recession. After rebounding, the S&P 500 spiraled again in late June […]