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Wednesday’s session was a lot like Tuesday’s as American indices were more or less flat while the TSX modestly rose. Though Ontario reverted to a strict lockdown, Bay Street is looking past the current spike in Covid cases (driven by […]

This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by David Fingold, including Elbit Systems (A Top Pick May 27/19, Down 13%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. On Tuesday, the TSX […]

Investor and consumer confidence inspired markets to rally to begin the week. On Thursday, the U.S. reported strong employment numbers as the country added the most jobs in seven months. Then today, Monday, the ISM manufacturing numbers for March came […]

As the U.S. 10-year Treasury tumbled 3.75% to 1.6752%, tech as well as reopening stocks rallied on both sides of the border to end the week. There was an unexpected increase in weekly jobless claims, but American manufacturing soared to […]

The first quarter ended on a largely positive note Wednesday. Canada’s economy expanded for a ninth-straight month, based on new January data, and impressing Bay Street. The TSX ticked up 0.13%, lifted by tech and materials while telcos and financials […]

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It was a relatively quiet start to the trading week as markets dipped negative Monday morning, but climbed in the afternoon to mixed results. The S&P lost a few points, but essentially finished flat as the Dow rose 0.3% to […]

This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Jaime Carrasco, including Valens Groworks Inc. (A Top Pick Mar 15/19, Down 24%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. Markets rallied–and the […]

Thursday saw another wild session as the benchmarks in Toronto and New York sank in the morning, then rallied in the afternoon, particularly in the dying minutes. What looked like a negative day turned into a 0.52% gain for the […]

A choppy Wednesday session saw the indices trading positively for the day until the dying minutes. The Dow closed flat, but the S&P finished -0.55% and the TSX -0.22%, while the Nasdaq plunged 2%. Zoom Video (-7.3%), Peloton (-10.2%) and […]

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Markets began the week reverting to one of two recent scripts: the U.S. 10-year Treasury slipping 2.7% to 1.684% while tech rallied. Not only tech, but the Dow rose 0.32% and the S&P advanced 0.7%. The Nasdaq enjoyed the steepest […]

This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Shane Obata, including Netflix Inc. (A Top Pick Sep 27/19, Up 31%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. Another bumpy week on […]

Wall Street disregarded U.S. Fed Chair Powell’s assurances about maintaining interest rates and sold tech stocks on Thursday. Pressure also arose from Europe as France imposed new lockdowns in Paris and other regions as continental struggles to vaccinate and tame […]

Wednesday was St. Patrick’s Day, but U.S. Fed Chair Jerome Powell blessed markets with green after announcing he won’t raise interest rates through 2023. Markets had been on hold since Tuesday, then popped on the news. In fact, the S&P […]

This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Michael Sprung, including Manulife Financial (A Top Pick Mar 20/19, Down 36%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. After Monday’s across-the-board rally, […]

The trading week began on a quiet note, but finished upwards among tech as well as reopening stocks. The Dow added 0.53% and the S&P 0.64% to both crack new record highs, while the TSX advanced 0.55% to make its […]

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President Biden’s US$1.9 trillion stimulus bill passed, as expected on Wednesday, and American markets were mixed. The Nasdaq started the session with a strong 1% rally, but faded to close barely positive as the Dow held onto a 1.52 gain […]

This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Jason Mann, including Enerplus Corp (A Top Pick May 10/19, Down 75%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. A day after a […]

The week began with U.S. markets continuing to rotate out of big tech and into the reopening trade. After a positive morning, the Nasdaq slid for the rest of the day and closed on session lows at -2.41%. To date, […]

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Thursday markets were treading water until U.S. Fed Chair, Jerome Powell, announced that inflation will likely rise (albeit temporarily) as the American economy recovers. Markets reacted negatively and sold off, extending the current tech slump. The Nasdaq dove 2.11% while […]