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While the market’s deep drop put investors on edge, we see the correction giving way to a renewed advance in share prices. Equity markets gave investors a rough ride from a late September peak all the way to a Christmas Eve capitulation. There has been...

A big majority of economists polled see the U.S. economy in the “late cycle” stage. We agree—the U.S. economy and likely the Canadian and British economies are in the late stages of what will probably go down as the longest-ever economic expansion, measuring...

While major economies have been knocked off balance, they’re not falling head over heels. We explain why we expect modest gains from equities in 2019. The equity market rebound following the December rout and Christmas Eve low shows a wide divergence...

The idea of “normalization” has been a constant theme for investors since the financial crisis of 2008. The market impact and the steps taken in response—particularly by global central banks—were so extreme that there now seems to exist in the psyche...

By David Chilton, The Wealthy Barber: I love my friends. They really are a great bunch. I’m lucky to have them and there really isn’t anything I wouldn't do for them. Well, that’s not quite true. There are two things that I won’t do, even when begged...