As you will likely notice from your June statements, markets have declined and pretty much given back most of the earlier gains this year. If you recall, I have been beating the “volatility” drum for sometime now and voila…it’s here!
Well, happy Monday from the markets! As I’m sure you all have heard, markets continued their losing streak with a pretty sizeable pullback worldwide this morning.
The new Liberal Finance Minister just announced today that he has tabled a Ways and Mean motion in the House of Commons. As of 2016, the annual Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) limit will be set at $5,500. Going forward, full indexing of the annual contribution limit will be re-instated. The Minister of Finance specifically addressed … Update on Tax Free Savings Account Limits
Watching the election in the United States last night-how it unfolded across the country and ultimately, the pace at which markets reacted, reminded me of an album in the early 1970s by Monty Python, “And Now For Something Completely Different”. We are in uncharted territory with Donald Trump as President-Elect of the United States of … Donald Trump is Elected President
Well, that was an interesting year! To say that 2016 held some memorable moments would be an understatement. The start of the year saw a pretty pronounced market drop on the heels of a negative year in markets in 2015. Markets slowly recovered through the spring but with slow global growth and low commodity prices, … 2016 Year End Market Commentary
The first quarter of 2017 has continued to deliver the positive performance that we saw at the end of 2016. From an economic and growth perspective, the global economy is growing albeit still at a slower pace than most economists and market analysts would like to see. There are many factors for this, not the least … Market Commentary – Q1 2017
Market Commentary: I had been writing an end of June market commentary that I wanted to send to you along with your performance reports and portfolio summaries when I received an excellent piece from the Sentry Investments investment team. I thought you would find their insights and commentary more interesting than my musings! Enjoy and have a wonderful summer!
Before we attempt to give our insights on this argument, let us do some math to set the stage for the discussion.
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From a market perspective, from where I sit, portfolio returns so far this year, in a Word are… Meh. There certainly have been sectors that have had a good year in 2017, notably technology, but broadly speaking, markets have been, for the most part, lackluster. While we are generally sitting in positive territory for the … Market Commentary – Q3 2017
