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Since early last summer, the US Federal Reserve has been talking about tapering. In order to support the economy during the pandemic, America’s central bank has been keeping longer-term interest rates artificially low by purchasing US Treasury bonds...

Since February, semiconductor stocks have been getting cheaper relative to the rest of the market and that could be an opportunity for long term investors. Price action in the sector has lately been choppy as investors weigh the upward momentum of a...

Banks, insurance companies and other financial sector stocks have been big winners this year. Rebounding sharply after last year’s wipe out, the sprawling industry has advanced by 19.39 per cent year-to-date. The sector’s return has exceeded the broa...

Since the beginning of Trump’s presidency in 2017, trade war news dominated media headlines and rocked global financial markets. Then in 2020, an unexpected pandemic overturned the world both socially and economically. From early last year, trade iss...

Despite some recent choppiness, stock market averages continue to hover near their all-time highs – but that masks a subtle shift occurring beneath the surface. Lately, cyclical stocks, or those most dependent on economic strength for profits, have b...

After a long hiatus, stock dividends may finally be having their day in the sun. Last year, dividend-focused strategies lagged the overall market averages by a wide margin. In the year of the pandemic, investors flocked to growth stocks leaving more ...

Inflation expectations just reached their highest levels in a decade and that has some investors on edge. Every week we see additional news coverage about resurgent inflation and rising longer-term interest rates. In the world of fixed income, intere...

With the turmoil that was 2020 in the rear-view mirror, investors are looking to the future as vaccine distribution begins and the global economic recovery gains traction. In the months ahead, we see reasons for both optimism and caution. On balance,...

The closely watched US election and its aftermath has recently taken a back seat to breakthrough vaccine progress, an apparent second wave of the Covid-19 virus, and central bank policy. Despite the tight and messy presidential race last month, equit...

After last week’s sell off, markets have since rallied sharply on the back of what will likely be a divided American house. While the US presidency remains up for grabs due to the time delay of mail-in ballot counting, the Republican Party appears to...