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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December 27, 2010
in 2010, December, NASDAQ, NYSE, TSX, banks, holidays, market reports, news and updates, special dates, stock exchanges
Stock markets reopen this year on a Wednesday. Whenever Christmas Eve and Christmas Day fall on Friday and Saturday or Sunday, the usual holidays are already taken up by the weekend. This means that many Federal institutions and businesses will declare an extra two days of holiday right after the weekend.
These extra holidays have occurred in [...]
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October 31, 2010
in 2010, Canadian, DRIPs, November, S&P/TSX, banks, dividends, financial planning, investing, money management, news and updates, passive income, special dates, stocks, wealthbuilding
Canadian bank DRIPs are known for discounts of 2-3% on dividend reinvestment through their DRIP plans, but these discounts do fluctuate.
Starting with the November 2010 common dividend, the Bank of Montreal (TSX: BMO) will no longer provide a DRIP discount from the average market price on common shares purchased under the plan.
BMO has said there will [...]
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August 9, 2010 · 5 comments
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At gold’s present rate of return, we’ll see gold price at at least $1400 an ounce in one year. Remember that just a year ago gold was still testing the $1000/oz. mark. And so this estimate of gold rising by another $200 already starts to seem conservative. If gold’s pace of increase is quickening, we [...]
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There are a lot of excellent Canadian dividend stocks, but I’m going to try to narrow it down to three that are particularly attractive at this point.
All three of these have good growth prospects going forward, and all of them have great management. That said, the usual disclaimer applies – do your own research and [...]
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January 13, 2010 · 6 comments
in 2010, BNN, Canadian, S&P 500, TSX, earnings, economy, investing, market reports, sectors, stock picks
Earlier this week we had two Canadian reports on stock market expectations for 2010 – what sectors should outperform in 2010 compared to the stock market highs in 2007 – as well as which Canadian equities are expected to do well in 2010.
Top 10 Canadian Dividend-Paying Multinationals
Best Sectors To Invest In for 2010
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Frances Horodelski reported [...]
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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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