January 12, 2010 · 0 comments
in 2010, DJIA, Financial New Year, Q3, Q4, S&P 500, bull market, earnings, economy, indexes, market bottom, market crash, market timing, market trends, recession, risk, technical analysis, wealth protection
Increasingly, analysts seem to agree that the first half (and the first quarter, especially) of stock markets in 2010 will look robust and promising, but stock markets in the second half of the year leave much to be desired.
The possibility of a double-dip recession still remains for some, while others mitigate this prediction about the [...]
December 21, 2009 · 4 comments
in December, Financial New Year, discipline, estates, finances, financial planning, goals, holidays, lifestyle design, money decisions, networth, portfolio, wealth protection, wealthbuilding
It’s a good time to draw up some financial New Year’s resolutions if you haven’t yet. Sure – don’t call them New Year’s resolutions if you don’t want to – it’s a financial plan for 2010 that I’m really talking about.
Although we are still in the thick of the holiday season, take a quiet day [...]
December 15, 2009 · 9 comments
in Canadian, Canadian economy, Financial New Year, S&P/TSX, TSX, financial planning, income trusts, investing, market trends, stocks
How well will the Canadian stock market do in 2010? If the U.S. sneezes again, will Canada catch another cold? If there is any fallout or a double-dip U.S. recession owing to defaults on payment-option ARM mortgages, will it send global markets into another fiscal tailspin as we saw in October 2008?
By most estimates, Canada [...]
November 30, 2009 · 0 comments
in December, Financial New Year, holidays, investing, market timing, market trends, seasonal investing, special dates, stock picks, stocks
It’s the end of November and another month has passed us by. The seasonal correction in the stock markets never really happened this year, along with other traditional seasonal trends that failed to confirm. Then again, this past year has been one of the more unusual for markets since the Great Depression. For example, the [...]
Today’s not only Labour Day/Labor Day, it’s also the start of the financial new year for most businesses and banks. I’m not sure I’m ready to move over all my financial New Year’s resolutions to September, though. But this might also explain why some say September is the most stressful month of the year. [...]
