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Financial New Year

Oil and Gold End 2010 on New Highs

December 31, 2010 · 3 comments

in 2010, 2011, China, Financial New Year, bubble, bull market, commodities, energy, europe, forecasts, gold, market reports, oil

Oil and gold prices are ending 2010 on new near-term breakout highs.  After a post-crash slump that kept oil around $60-$68, oil broke out to the $80-85 range for much of 2010, but in December oil’s made new breakouts yet again.
Just this past week or so, oil touched through $90 for the first time since [...]

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Market Risks and Challenges That Lay Ahead in the Second Half of 2010

January 12, 2010

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 [...]

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Have You Made Your Financial Plan For 2010?

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 [...]

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Outlook for Canadian Stocks in 2010

December 15, 2009 · 12 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 [...]

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Stock Market Trends in December 2009: What Should You Invest In At the End of the Year?

November 30, 2009

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 [...]

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Happy Financial New Year!

September 1, 2008

in Financial New Year, September, special dates

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. [...]

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