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The major indices, the TSX, NASDAQ, and S&P 500 are trading near record levels, and while investors remain bullish, they shouldn’t get complacent. As we have seen recently, it doesn’t take much to spook the stock market, nor does it take much for investor sentiment to shift. And there are more than enough economic indicators […]

The tech heavy NASDAQ racked up another record on July 13, hitting an intra-day high of 14,803.68, juiced by a positive start to earnings season and fears that the Federal Reserve will tighten its generous monetary policy on the backburner. The big question is, what will the NASDAQ do in the back half of 2021? […]

Crude oil prices have been on a tear, hitting a three-year high of $74.74 per barrel on June 28. Since the start of 2021, crude oil prices have advanced approximately 50%; that’s a remarkable recovery when oil prices cratered to negative $40 per barrel in April 2020. Oil prices have experienced huge gains since the […]

In early June, the Bank of Canada held its key lending rate at 0.25%, despite inflation running at its hottest levels in 10 years. The reasoning is that inflation is primarily spiking because the Canadian economy was shut down a year ago due to the coronavirus pandemic. Once the economy fully opens later this year, […]

Canadian retail sales have been on a roller coaster ride over the last number of months. Most recently, in April, Canadian retail sales plunged 5.7%, the biggest drop since the start of the pandemic. The big decline follows months of ups and down in retail spending, and shows that economic recovery, which many analysts believe […]

Last week, the S&P 500 flashed a signal that we don’t see often, but when we do, we pay attention. The last time we saw this signal … … the market lost 50% of its value over the coming months.  Those that weren’t prepared lost a large percentage of their investment accounts. But you don’t have […]

The Bank of Canada announced that it is holding its key lending rate at 0.25% noting that rising inflation is only temporary. While the central bank might say inflation will cool down later this year, right now, inflation is at it’s highest level in 10 years. This is making everything from gas to food, clothing, […]

Stocks are trading at all-time highs, thanks in large part to the low interest rate environment, overly generous monetary stimulus, and investor euphoria about expected strong post-pandemic economic growth. But a large number of economic indicators show that stocks are seriously over-valued, and, according to some on Wall Street, stocks could crash as much as […]

Because of COVID-19, the state of the global economy, and ongoing uncertainty about just how long the pandemic could last, gold prices experienced significant growth in 2020. From January to early July 2020, gold prices soared 37.5% and were trading at their highest levels ever. Gold rallied again this past May; while strong U.S. economic […]