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Investors are braced for a barrage of earnings news, and the debate in Washington around the next stimulus package may also be an important catalyst for markets since it has implications for the economic recovery. Big tech names, including Microsoft, Intel, Twitter and IBM, are among companies reporting in the week ahead, as is high-flying Tesla. Blue chips Coca-Cola, Verizon, American Express and Travelers are […]
What a week it was. S&P 500 went sideways (0.5%), Nasdaq came down a bit (2.25%), and the DJIA crept up slightly (1.75%). For my fellow Canadians out there the TSX EXPLODED up (2%)! Again much volatility was experienced on an individual stock basis and gold came down to some multi month lows. Overall uncertainity […]
“Be sure to taste your words before you spit them out.” -Anonymous You can insult someone directly and lose a contact, or indirectly and gain a friend. The power of words is amazing. Monitor the words you use on yourself too. This can be a main contributing factor as to why you aren’t were you […]
Updated: 2 days ago The worst earnings season in years is about to begin, and it’s possible the stock market could shrug off the sharp profit decline, as long as companies see some signs of a recovery ahead. Earnings are expected to fall by 44%, the worst quarterly performance since the Great Recession when S&P 500 […]
Canada records record job gains (no surprise). COVID cases continue to rise as the death toll stabilizes. The S&P 500, DJIA, and Nasdaq Composite were largely unchanged This week (all within +/-1% move). With that said the Nasdaq is still in god like territory and the markets continue to face unprecedented levels of market volatility […]
“It’s the follow through that makes the great difference between ultimate success and failure, because it is just so easy to stop.” -Charles Kettering Here I am again. At the free throw line with a chance to put our team up for good in the finals. It’s a moment that will call upon everything I’ve […]
Stocks in the week ahead will focus on the severity of the spread of COVID-19, during what should be a lull between Thursday’s strong jobs report and the upcoming earnings season. Stocks had a bang-up week, in the four days ahead of the long July 4 weekend, with all indexes making sharp gains. A surprise […]
Updated: Jul 4 Stocks finished the week higher, capping the shortened July 1st holiday week. The second quarter also saw the Dow Jones having its best quarter on record since 1987, closing up 17.8%, with the TSX up 16%. Favorable jobs data came in as confirmed cases of COVID-19 reach record highs and some U.S. states […]
“If you talk about it, it’s a dream, if you envision it, it’s possible, but if you schedule it, it’s real” -Tony Robbins When it comes to myself, I know I need a schedule. If left to schedule my own tasks on a daily whim, you’d probably catch me doing a lot of things that […]
The second half of 2020 is nearly here, and now it’s up to the economy to prove that the stock market was right about a sharp comeback in growth. The first big test will be the June jobs report, out on Thursday instead of its usual Friday release due to the July 4 holiday. According […]