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Resilience. It is a quality we try to instill in our children at a young age, so they develop the ability to rebound and persevere after setbacks in their life. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines it as “an ability to recover from or adjust easily...

Before we discuss the recent events that have triggered financial market turbulence, it is important that we remind investors of a few points. First, while there are always unique aspects to every stock market pullback, having invested in and studied...

Investors that had a healthy allocation to US stocks are certainly pleased with the 23% gain in the S&P 500 in 2024, which marks the second consecutive annual gain of more than 20%. Of course, much of the gains were led by the mega-cap tech stocks, but...

The US Presidential election is less than a month away and the polls and the betting markets make it clear that this is going to be an edge-of-your-seat nail-biter. It is just too close to call whether Donald Trump or Kamala Harris is going to be able...

The biggest investing story of the first half of 2024 is how concentrated the US stock market has become. The five largest US stocks (Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, Amazon and Meta Platforms) now comprise more than 27% of the S&P 500 Index – the highest concentration...

Some people naturally have a more pessimistic perspective than others. Such individuals often expect things to go wrong, even when all seems to be going well. While a healthy dose of skepticism can keep one vigilant to negative outcomes, always expecting...

At the beginning of every year, market pundits make predictions about where the S&P 500 and the TSX indices will end up based on how they see the economy and corporate earnings developing. And then a surprise (or ten) comes along. That is just the reality...