Which is better: GIC 's or Bonds?

July 12, 2023 |Robert Thomson

For the first time in over 15 years, GIC's look enticing. Here is why we don't recommend moving your portfolio to GIC's:

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Market Update

October 18, 2022 |Robert Thomson

Inflation has been and continues to be the primary concern of the markets, and what we are experiencing is “Supply Side” inflation: lack of supply of goods, of energy, of food and services causing the increases in prices and cost of labour.

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Staying the course vs timing the market

June 17, 2022 |Robert Thomson

The natural reaction is to want to pull out now and wait for things to be better and then enter back in. The problem with that is that it is timing the market

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Bitcoin as an investment

May 17, 2022 |Robert Thomson

Bitcoin is not a currency, nor is it even an asset.... at some point it will go to zero or close to it. The Achilles heel for Bitcoin is the environmental problem.

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Recent Market Volatility

May 10, 2022 |Robert Thomson

Inflation and the prospect of rising interest rates has spooked the markets.  We’ve entered a point where the market is trading more on good news vs bad news as opposed to valuation …

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The fall outlook

September 22, 2020 |Robert Thomson

Looking forward the next few months, we are starting to see more positive signs. The data coming out is signaling that the economy has a foothold.

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RBC CM's Head of US Equity Strategy discusses her concerns with the current Market

July 23, 2020 |Robert Thomson

Lori Calvasina, RBC Capital Markets’ Head of U.S. Equity Strategy has a 10 Minute discussion regarding her concerns with the disconnect between the current market. 

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Elevated markets and the three types of companies influencing it

July 15, 2020 |Robert Thomson

Below is a video I recorded discussing the elevated state of the markets and how there are three different types of companies influencing it.

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The Markets have blinders on

June 02, 2020 |Robert Thomson

It seems that despite all the bad new coming out the market seems to continue to go up. It seems to have blinders on and is ignoring it.  Why is that happening? Is there a drop coming? How should we be investing right now?

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The 2 most common questions and concerns we hear from clients, and how we are addressing them.

May 21, 2020 |Robert Thomson

We're hearing two common questions: When will the markets pull out of this stage, and what will the markets and economy look like on the other side.

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