The so-called January Effect, the seasonal trend where the stock market experiences higher returns in January than any other month is in full swing. In fact, the TSX, S&P 500, and Nasdaq are all having their best start to a year since 2019. Despite booming investor optimism, 2023 looks like it will be a rocky […]
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Bay Street and Wall Street just capped off one of the worst trading years in decades with the S&P 500 falling roughly 20% and the TSX posting a negative return of 8.5%. The decline was not as big as in the U.S., mostly because the commodities and financials components account for a larger share than […]
Futures trading adds a dimension to investing that you don’t get with stocks. With stocks, you buy at the current price with expectations that they will go up. With futures trading, you speculate about what an asset will be worth at a specific time in the future; up or down. Knowing how to place futures trades […]
Learn-To-Trade.com Inc. (www.Learn-To-Trade.com), Toronto’s leading provider of professional stock market trading courses designed to create successful traders on the financial market, is warning investors against complacency as stock markets hit fresh highs. The broader North American stock markets have been on a tear since the markets bottomed in early 2009. The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) […]