Blog Posts

On April 19, 2021 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland delivered the first Federal Budget in more than 2 years. While you’ve probably seen plenty of media coverage, I thought you would appreciate an overview related to your...

What a year 2020 ended up being. 2020 saw many unforeseen events play out. We saw a global pandemic, lockdowns, major geopolitical disputes, oil conflict, a major election, and vaccine announcements to name a few. We saw a sharp market downturn, followed...

Global markets continued their recovery during the summer, followed by a slight pullback in September. In Canada, the S&P/TSX Composite Total Return Index carried on with its strong rebound before stumbling in September, finishing with a return of 4.7%...

It has been a while since my last update, and while there has been a lot that has happened in the last few months, there has been a downward trend in overall market volatility. Since March 24th, 2020 we have three months of overall positive re-growth...

April 19, 2020 I hope that you and your family are healthy and managing well during this unprecedented time. I want to provide you with another update on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected financial markets and your portfolios. As a recap from my...

Last week we saw a continuation of the market volatility we have been experiencing. However, on the plus side, we did see 3 consecutive positive days in the market which allowed for some partial portfolio rebounds. For this update I decided to consolidate...

Market Update - March 22, 2020 What has been going on in the markets since my last update? It has been more of everything I discussed in my previous updates. We have continued to see a yo-yo in volatility as COVID-19 virus numbers increase across the...

There are three major things at play in the market right now -- read here.

Market Update - March 2020 Well, this was certainly an interesting way to end RRSP season. The last week and a half in the market has been one for the history books. Not only have we seen the largest 1 day drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Index history...