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This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Hap Ryan Bushell including Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (A Top Pick Sep 26/18, Up 28%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. Markets ticked down […]
Markets continued to have indigestion over the latest remarks issued by U.S. Fed chair Wednesday afternoon. It’s puzzling, because Jerome Powell reiterated that he will keep the key interest rate at its historic low through 2023, which is what investors […]
Markets in Toronto and New York were trading modestly positive until Jerome Powell, the chair of the U.S. Fed, delivered his latest remarks Wednesday afternoon. In fact, Powell said nothing alarming, stressing that the key interest rate would remain rock-bottom […]
This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Hap Josef Schachter including InPlay Oil Corp (A Top Pick Oct 09/18, Down 55%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. North American markets […]
The trading week began on a positive note as tech news propelled the Nasdaq and other indices higher. In the morning, Oracle confirmed it’s part of the TikTok/Bytedance proposal. Microsoft lost out on this deal, which still needs White House […]
This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Hap Robert Sneddon including Fortis Inc. (A Top Pick Mar 22/19, Up 13%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. Though it was a […]
Wednesday’s bounce faded soon after the opening bell Thursday as the bears started selling. No, it wasn’t another rout, but the TSX closed -1.21% and the American indices fared worst, especially the Nasdaq which finished -1.99%. Also of note, volumes […]
Following nearly a week of sharp selling across the board, tech stocks on Wednesday led a bounce to partially recover recent losses. The Nasdaq rallied 2.7% while the Dow rose 1.6% and the S&P climbed 2.01%. It was a convincing […]
This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Michael Sprung including Canadian Natural Rsrcs (A Top Pick Aug 22/18, Down 27%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. Markets resumed the tech […]
This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Barry Schwartz including Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (A Top Pick Oct 31/18, Up 35%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. Though it was nowhere […]
Just a day after the Nasdaq cracked 12,000 points and the S&P closed at record highs, American stocks plunged Wednesday. The Nasdaq plunged 4.96%. The heavily traded shares were Apple, closing -8% and AMD at -8.51%. Basically, every tech stock […]
The big news Wednesday was Altice USA offering to buy Cogeco Communications for $10.3 billion cash (US$7.8 billion), but would sell Cogeco’s Canadian assets to Rogers. However, the family that controls Cogeco is rejecting this hostile bid. Cogeco soared 16.84% […]
This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Andrew Pyle including Dollarama Inc. (A Top Pick May 29/19, Up 15%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. Another day, another rally. Despite […]
Though the TSX closed -1.09%, it completed August with its fifth-straight monthly gain despite being handicapped by historically weak oil prices. Headlines dominated the Toronto exchange to start the week. Ottawa has agreed to buy over 100 million COVID vaccines […]
This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Rick Stuchberry including Toronto Dominion (A Top Pick Sep 05/18, Down 6%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. Whether it’s FOMO, the […]
The TSX couldn’t return to morning highs and closed -0.35% on Thursday, despite good news that Canada’s current account deficit had shrunk from $13.22 billion in Q1 to $8.63 billion in Q2. However, TD and CIBC concluded bank earnings week […]
This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Josef Schachter including Trinidad Drilling Ltd (A Top Pick Aug 13/18, Down 3%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. Bank earnings week continued […]
This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Josef Schachter including Trinidad Drilling Ltd (A Top Pick Aug 13/18, Down 3%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. On Wall Street, the […]
Hopes for a COVID vaccine and treatment lifted markets in Toronto and New York to start the week and extend the current bull run. The S&P rallied 1% to close above 3,400 for the first time while the Nasdaq made […]
This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Gordon Reid including CVS Health Corp (A Top Pick Aug 21/18, Down 14%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. Lower oil prices pushed […]
Thursday saw low trading volumes and a negative start that gradually turned positive. Not exactly a session to write home about, but the TSX closed 0.18% while the Dow and S&P finished in that range. TSX volumes were 20% lower […]
The TSX sagged 0.29% on higher volumes than in the past week. Canada’s inflation rate slipped to 0.1% in July below the expected 0.5% and June’s 0.5%. Gold slipped below $2,000/ounce or nearly 1% though the price of WTI dipped […]
This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Jamie Murray including Constellation Brands Inc (A Top Pick Oct 02/18, Down 5%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. Tuesday saw a stunning […]
Markets began the week breaking new highs on the Nasdaq and coming within a hair for the S&P. The Nasdaq rallied 1% to close at 11,129 while the S&P rose 0.27%. The Dow, in contrast, shed 0.31%, though the TSX […]
This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Lorne Steinberg including ING Groep NV (A Top Pick Aug 01/18, Down 33%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. Though volumes were in […]
