STOCK TIPS Stock Strategies To be a successful stock investor, there are a few rules and guidelines that one needs to follow. 1) Do not look for – or accept – stock tips Peter Lynch, one of the greatest and most successful investors of all time had the following to say about market stocks tips: […]
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How to Buy Stock Options
HOW TO BUY STOCK OPTIONS Buying a stock option is more complicated than buying a stock, and has a different risk profile. A stock option is the right, but not the obligation, to transact (buy or sell) at certain price (strike price) for a period of time (contract length). Here is a basic summary of […]
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Dividend Stocks
DIVIDEND STOCKS What is a Dividend Stock? A dividend stock is a simple way of describing a stock that produces a dividend. A dividend is a payment or distribution by a corporation to a shareholder. Dividends can be made in the form of cash, shares of the corporation, or shares in a subsidiary business or […]
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Stock Markets
STOCK MARKETS What is a Stock Market? A stock market is a secondary market where shares of listed companies trade. It can be a formal exchange, such as the NYSE or Toronto Stock Market, or an Over-The-Counter Exchange, like the NASDAQ. Why Stock Markets Exist Raising Capital In free-market economies, stock markets (or stock exchanges) […]
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Where are we in the Market Cycle?
Where are we in this market cycle? There seems to be two views. The Bear Case 1) A bubble about to pop And The Bull Case 2) This is the beginning of a generational bull market. In this post we will look at the bear argument and then I will give you my gut feeling. […]
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Viewpoint Q2/2017
“History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes” May or may not have been said by Mark Twain JP Morgan Guide to the Markets I have been thinking about the above chart from the JP Morgan Guide to the Markets. It clearly shows that the sideways action of the past decade and a half has […]
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Commodities & Resources
COMMODITIES & RESOURCES Commodities and resources tend to be interchangeable terms in the investment world and include everything from energy products, to agricultural products like meats and grains, to precious metals like gold, or base metals like copper. Commodities Trading Commodities trading mostly happens as futures and forward contracts on commodities exchanges, such as the […]
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Mutual Funds
MUTUAL FUNDS A Mutual Fund is an investment product that pools investors’ funds for the purpose of investing in stocks, bonds or money market instruments. A Mutual Fund will have a designated sector or style, such as Canadian Growth Stocks, Canadian Government Bonds or Asian Stocks. There is an endless amount of categories of assets […]
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Investment Strategies
INVESTMENT STRATEGIES There are many roads to investment success and investors should be aware of all the different investment options they can take. Regardless of which investment strategy you choose, the key is to find one that leads to a well-balanced portfolio and stick to it. Portfolio Strategies There are a number of excellent investment […]
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