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It was impossible Wednesday to divorce politics from stocks. Morning markets soared on news that the Democrats won a senate seat in Tuesday’s long-awaited run-off, and the party was on the verge of taking the second seat. Though not quite […]

This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Ryan Bushell, including Toronto Dominion (A Top Pick Jan 15/19, Up 9%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. Canadian stocks enjoyed a […]

Bay Street rose 0.62% Monday to begin the new year, but Wall Street sold off. Telcos, staples, energy and especially materials rallied on the TSX, while tech, industrials and financials lagged. The biggest gainers were mining names like Franco-Nevada, up […]

In typically light New Year’s Eve trading, American markets closed on a high note to end 2020. The Dow and S&P closed at record highs, up 0.69% and 0.66% respectively as they saw modest gains in financials and healthcare. However, […]

North markets climbed after the U.K. approved AstraZeneca-Oxford University’s vaccine. The British will start receiving shots on Monday as North America ramps up the vaccination of Pfizer‘s and Moderna‘s drugs in the new year despite logistical challenges. The major indices […]

U.S. stocks hit new highs early Tuesday, but declined by the close. The Dow and S&P finished -0.23% and -0.21% respectively while the Nasdaq ended -0.38% and the TSX closed at -0.4%. Volumes were exceptionally light, however, and there was […]

The TSX was closed Monday for the holidays, but Wall Street was rallied to new highs after Trump reversed himself over the weekend and signed the long-awaited stimulus aid bill. The Dow closed up 0.68%, the S&P 0.87% and the […]

It was the trading day before Christmas, and despite whirlwinds in Europe, Beijing and Washington, North American markets inched up. On Thursday, Britain and the U.K. finally signed a trade deal to truly complete Brexit and avoid widespread tariffs for […]

U.S. markets reversed script from previous days as cyclicals rose and tech slipped. The S&P closed flat at 0.07% but the Dow gained 0.38% while the Nasdaq finished -0.29%, though it made a new intraday high. Small-caps continued to rally […]

This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Hap (Robert) Sneddon, including iShares China Index ETF (A Top Pick Aug 12/19, Up 13%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. Markets […]

A mutation of Covid that has appeared in England triggered sharp selling Monday across Europe with the FTSE down 1.73% and the German DAX sliding 2.92%. The sell-off hit North America, though expectations that the U.S. Congress will sign the […]

This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Andrey Omelchak, including Chesswood Group (A Top Pick Jul 27/17, Down 7%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. With a Friday midnight […]

Wall Street hit a rare grand slam Thursday as all the major indices plus the Russell 2000 make all-time highs. Investors looked past the gloomy Covid outlook and economic numbers to find hope in the forthcoming stimulus/aid package that Washington […]

North American markets swung higher mid-Wednesday afternoon as both political parties in Washington announced that a long-awaited Covid stimulus package worth US$900 billion was on the way. Also, it would include checks for individual Americans. However, U.S. retail sales slipped […]

This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Chris Blumas, including CVS Health Corp (A Top Pick Sep 17/19, Up 18%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. Wall Street rallied […]

Markets rallied Monday morning as the first people in New York City were vaccinated, followed later in the day with the first shots in Toronto. In both places, health care workers received the Pfizer-BioNTech shot that received emergency-use approval last […]

This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Stephen Takacsy, including Sienna Senior Living Inc (A Top Pick Jan 28/19, Up 12%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. Markets edged […]

After a sluggish start, markets on Thursday (aka Airbnb IPO day) inched up as American investors held out hope that Washington will reach a stimulus deal. As of the market close, the prospects were very mixed, though the stakes are […]

Like the opening of the latest Star Wars movie, Doordash IPO’d mid-Wednesday amid a ton of hype. The food-delivery stock soared 86% above its initial price to close at $187.50 as investors snapped up 25 million shares. However, there was […]

This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Bruce Campbell (2), including Cannex Capital Holdings Inc. (A Top Pick Dec 12/18, Up 28%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. Tuesday […]

The Nasdaq began the week making a new high, rising 0.45% to 12,519. I contrast, the Dow finished -0.49% as there was weakness across all sectors, and the S&P finished-0.19%. Coca-Cola shed 1.6%, Intel slid 3.43% and Walgreens declined 2.28%. […]

This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Brian Acker, including Exxon Mobil (A Top Pick Feb 08/19, Down 4%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. Markets on both sides of […]

Markets on Thursday inched up as U.S. stimulus talks and plans to mass-vaccinate the population continue to fuel investor optimism, despite record cases and deaths from Covid, particularly in America. In Canada, telcos, energy and staples led the TSX which […]

The U.K. is the first country to approve a Covid vaccine as it gave the greenlight to Pfizer-BioNTech Wednesday. However, markets in North America opened in the red and gradually rose into the positive by the close. The Dow climbed […]