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December 30, 2015

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 fell 0.7% and Toronto fell o.8%. Preferred shares mostly rose, for example the Canadian Western […]

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Updates for RioCan

The report for ReoCan REIT is updated and rated Buy at $24.24. When I first added RioCan to the site

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December 29, 2015

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 rose 2.3% while Toronto fell 0.5%. Toronto’s decline was caused in part by Valeant’s decline

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December , 2015

On Monday, the S&P 500 fell 0.2% while Toronto was closed in lieu of Boxing Day. Our next update will

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December 26, 2015

On Christmas Eve, the S&P 500 fell 0.2% while Toronto rose 0.2%. Boston Pizza Royalties was up 2.4% to $17.70.

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Updated Wells Fargo Report

Wells Fargo is updated and rated (higher) Buy at $54.82. Despite being the world’s most valuable bank Wells Fargo’s operations

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December 23, 2015

Wednesday was a positive day in the markets with the S&P 500 up 1.2% and Toronto was up 1.5%. Oil

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December 22, 2015

The S&P 500 was up 0.9% on Tuesday and Toronto was up 0.4%. The five-year government of Canada bond yield

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December 21, 2015

On Monday, the S&P 500 was up 0.8% and Toronto was up 0.1%. Canadian Western Bank was up 1.6% after

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December 20, 2015

On Friday, the S&P 500 fell 1.8% while Toronto was up 0.1%. Bombardier was up 16% after announcing that it

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Updated FedEx report

FedEx is updated and rated Buy at $147.15. It’s an excellent company the stock price has declined about 15% in

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December 16, 2016

The Federal Reserve Bank in the U.S. finally raised its overnight inter-bank target rate by 25 basis points. The S&P

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December 16, 2015

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was up 1.1% and Toronto was up 1.7%. Preferred shares were particularly strong. Melcor bucked

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December 14, 2015

Monday was another non-boring day in the markets. The S&P 500 was up 0.5% while Toronto was down 0.78% Oil

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December 13, 2015

On Friday, the S&P 500 declined a hefty 1.9% and Toronto was down 1.7%. Overall, 2015 has not been a

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December 10, 2015

On Thursday the S&P 500 was up 0.2% and Toronto was up 0.6% Dollarama was down 5.3% to $77.37. That

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December 9, 2015

Wednesday’s action had the S&P 500 down 0.8% while Toronto was up 0.1%. Dollarama fell 7.3%. I will update that

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December 8, 2015

Tuesday was another down day for the markets. The S&P 500 fell 0.7% and Toronto fell 0.9%. Among the more

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December 7, 2015

On Monday, the S&P 500 was down 0.7% and Toronto was down 2.4%. A decline in the price of oil

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December 6, 2015

On Friday, the S&P 500 was up a hefty 2.0% and Toronto was up 0.3%. Notable gainers included Berkshire Hathaway,

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December 3, 2015

Thursday was another negative day in the markets with the S&P 500 down 1.4% and Toronto down 1.0%. The biggest

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Visa Report Updated

Visa Inc. is updated and rated Weak Buy at $79.04 (it closed today at $78.29 but my analysis was done

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December 2, 2015

Wednesday was a down day for the markets with the S&P 500 down 1.1% and Toronto down 1.3%. Almost all

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December 1, 2015

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 rose 1.1% and Toronto rose 1.2%. Notable gainers included Valeant Pharmaceuticals up 9.6%; Stantec, up

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November 30, 2015

On Monday, the S&P 500 fell 0.5% while Toronto rose 0.8%. Agrium was up 2.8% and Melcor was up 4.7%.

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November 29, 2015

On Friday, the S&P 500 rose 0.1% while Toronto fell 0.4%. I am now planning to make use of my

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Agrium report updated

Agrium Inc. is updated and rated Speculative Buy at U.S. $97 or Canadian $128. This stock is up 2.5% this

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November 26 , 2015

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was closed and Toronto rose 0.2%. One thing that investors can give thanks for is

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November 25, 2015

The S&P 500 and Toronto were both essentially unchanged on Wednesday. U.S. markets are closed on Thursday. Bombardier had a

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November 24, 2015

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was up 0.1% and Toronto was up 0.2%. Oil bounced back to $42.85. Bombardier wasted some

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November 24, 2015

On Monday, the S&P 500 was down 0.1% and Toronto was down 0.4%. As expected TransAlta got a bounce due

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November 22, 2015

Friday’s markets saw the S&P 500 rise 0.4% while Toronto fell 0.3%. West Texas Intermediate oil is down to $39.39

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Walmart update

Walmart is updated and rated (lower) Buy at $60.07. Walmart is currently experiencing declining earnings per share due to the

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November 19, 2015

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was down 0.1% and Toronto was up 0.5%. The Canadian Western Bank preferred share bounced

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November 18, 2015

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was up 1.6% and Toronto was up 0.9%. Stocks that rose included CN Rail, up

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November 17, 2015

North America stock markets ended Tuesday with the S&P 500 down 0.1% and Toronto down 0.3%. Stocks that rose included

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AutoCanada Update

The report for AutoCanada is updated and rated Speculative Buy at $28.64. This company was added to the site on

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November 16, 2015

Markets were surprisingly strong on Monday with the S&P 500 up 1.5% and Toronto up 1.8%. Among the bigger gains

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November 14, 2015

On Friday, the S&P 500 fell 1.1% and Toronto fell 0.4%. Bombardier was down another 7.3% as its conditional sale

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November 12, 2015

On Thursday, the S&P 500 fell 1.4% and Toronto was down 1.6%. Valeant was down 6.2%. Based on my view

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November 11, 2015

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.3% and Toronto was down 0.5%. Canadian Tire was up 4.2% ahead of

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Melcor report updated

Melcor is updated and rated a Strong Buy at $15.25. It has a long history of earning good returns on equity

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November 10, 2015

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 rose 0.1% and Toronto was down 0.5%. Canadian Tire was down another 2.1% to $108.93.

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November 9, 2015

Monday saw a negative start to the level of stock prices in north America, on average. The S&P 500 was

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November 8, 2015

On Friday, the S&P 500 and Toronto were both about unchanged at the end of the day. Stocks that were

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November 5, 2015

Thursday’s action saw the S&P 500 down 0.1% and Toronto down 0.8%. Valeant was down about 15% after big investor

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November 4, 2015

Wednesday’s markets closed with the S&P 500 and Toronto each down%. And oil gave back much yesterday’s gains but remains

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November 3, 2015

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 rose 0.3% and Toronto was up 0.6%. Oil (West Texas Intermediate) was up 3.7% and

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November 2, 2015

Monday was a strong day in the markets with the S&P 500 up 1.2% and Toronto up 0.7%. The Canadian

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October 31, 2015

On Friday, the S&P 500 was down 0.5% and Toronto was down 1.9%. Valeant’s decision to “sever ties” with Philidor

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October 29, 2015

The S&P 500 was about even and Toronto was down 0.5%. Constellation Software was up 4.8% after releasing a strong earnings

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October 28, 2015

Wednesday was a strong day in the markets with the S&P 500 and Toronto each up 1.2%. The FED once

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American Express update

I have updated the American Express report for Q3 earnings. It’s rated (lower) Buy at $75.25. It’s had some “headwinds”

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October 27, 2015

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.3% and Toronto was down 0.7%. TransForce was down 7.0% for probably no

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October 26, 2015

Monday saw the S&P 500 down 0.2% while Toronto was down 1.2%. AutoCanda was down 4.9% and Melcor was down

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October 23, 2015

Friday was another positive day in the markets. The S&P 500 was up 1.1% and has clawed its way back

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October 22, 2015

On Thursday, the S&P 500 rose 1.7% and Toronto was up 1.3%. These are hefty gains. Individual winning stocks today

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October 21, 2015

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.6% and Toronto was down a full percentage point. Valeant Pharmaceuticals, which was

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October 20, 2015

The S&P 500 was down 0.1% and Toronto was up 0.6%. Stantec was up 2.8%. AutoCanada was up 4.6% after

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October 18, 2015

On Friday, the S&P 500 was up 0.5% and Toronto was up 0.1%. The Canadian market will have the results

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October 15, 2015

The S&P 500 was up a hefty 1.5% and Toronto was down 0.3%… Bank of America which is still trying

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October 14, 2015

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 fell 0.5% while Toronto rose 0.2% Walmart announced that its earnings per share would fall

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October 13, 2015

The S&P 500 was down 0.7% and Toronto was down by 0.9%. Canadian Western Bank was down 4.9%, CN rail

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October 12, 2015

The S&P 500 rose 0.1% and Toronto was closed for the holiday. Oil was down 4.4% to $47.44. The Baker

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October 11, 2015

On Friday, the S&P 500 rose 0.1% and Toronto fell 0.1%. Costco added to the gains of the previous day

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October 8, 2015

The S&P 500 was up 0.9% and Toronto was up 0.8%. Stantec was up 3.8%, Costco was up 2.5%, Canadian

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October 7, 2015

S&P 500 up 0.8% and Toronto up 1.6%. Stocks of note: Melcor up 6.2% (but on thin volume as usual),

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October 6, 2015

S&P 500 down 0.4%, Toronto up 0.7% Oil rose several percentage points and is trading at $49.07. Among the gainers:

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October 5, 2015

On Monday, the S&P 500 was up 1.8% and Toronto was up 1.6%. Notable gainers included TransAlta up 5.7%, Canadian

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October 4, 2015

I am currently working to add Fortis Inc. to our list. It’s a “pure-play” regulated electric and gas utility which

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October 2, 2015

On each daily post I mention the percentage gain or loss in the S&P 500 and the Toronto stock index

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October 1, 2015

Today, the S&P 500 rose 0.2% (although it was down for most of the day) and Toronto fell 0.5%. TransAlta

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September 30, 2015

S&P 500 up 1.9% and Toronto up 2.1%… Notable gainers included Valiant up 12.3% (in a partial rebound from recent

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September 29, 2015

S&P 500 up 0.1% and Toronto up 0.2%. Bombardier was up 7.0% on comments from the Quebec government that Bombardier’s

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September 28, 2015

Stock market indexes declined on Monday. The S&P 500 was down 2.6% and Toronto was down 2.8%. This year to

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September 27, 2015

Friday saw the S&P 500 about flat while Toronto was up 0.3%. Individual stock movements which seem worthy of note

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September 24, 2015

S&P 500 down 0.3% and Toronto down 0.3% (after bigger losses earlier in the day) Bombardier was down again, this

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September 23, 2015

The S&P 500 was down 0.2% and Toronto down 0.8%. And oil fell about 3.8% to $44.61. Canadian Western Bank

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September 22, 2015

Stock prices mostly traded lower today. The S&P 500 was down 1.2% and Toronto was down 2.1%. Valiant Pharmaceuticals (which

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September 21, 2015

S&P 500 up 0.5% and Toronto up 1.0%. Gainers included CNR up 2.7%, Canadian Western Bank up 1.5%, Canadian Tire

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September 20, 2015

In Friday’s episode of follow the bouncing market the S&P 500 was down 1.6% and Toronto was down 1.0%. And

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September 17, 2015

On Thursday, the big news (or at least confirmation of what was expected by most) was that the FED did

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September 15, 2015

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 rose 1.3% and Toronto was up 0.8%. Oil is at $45.08 U.S. which is about

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September 14, 2015

On Monday, the S&P 500 was down 0.4% and Toronto was down 0.8%. Canadian Tire was down 2.6% to $118.10.

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September 13, 2015

On Friday, the S&P 500 was up 0.4%, while Toronto was down 0.8%. This week the market will be focused

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September 10, 2015

Thursday saw the S&P 500 up 0.5% and Toronto up 0.3%. Bombardier was up 29% as it showed off its

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September 9, 2015

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 finished the day down 1.4% and Toronto was down 0.7%. Bombardier was a notable gainer, up

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September 8, 2015

Canadian Western Bank is updated and rated Strong Buy at $22.78. I have studied the latest earnings report and read

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September 6, 2015

The software that controls the logins and passwords has been mostly restored and the need to login with a password

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September 3, 2015

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was up 0.1% and Toronto was up 0.4%. Oil is at $46.55. Melcor was up

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September 2, 2015

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was up 1.8% and Toronto was up 0.5%. Canadian Western Bank will report earnings either

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August 31, 2015

On Monday, the S&P 500 fell 0.8% and Toronto was about flat. Oil surged 8% to over $48 but now

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August 30, 2015

Happy birthday to Warren Buffett who turns 85 today and who remains extraordinarily sharp. In fact part of his success

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August 27, 2015

Well it certainly has not been a dull week in the markets. On Thursday the S&P 500 rose 2.4% and

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August 26, 2015

Wednesday’s action saw the S&P 500 end the day up 3.9% in partial a rebound from recent losses. Toronto was

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August 24, 2015

On Monday, the S&P 500 was down another 3.9% and Toronto was down 3.1%. Every stock on the list I

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August 22, 2015

So the S&P 500 ended the day on Friday down 3.2% and Toronto was down 1.9%. Every stock on our

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August 21, 2015

My IT provider indicates the login server will be fixed soon meanwhile I have opened all the reports for your

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August 20, 2015

On Thursday, the price of owning a share of Corporate America or of Corporate Canada fell 2.1%. It will be

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August 19, 2015

My server problem continues but should be resolved soon. I use a local small business to host the login page.

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August 19 (7:20 am)

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.3% and Toronto down 0.4%. Individual stocks of note from our list included

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August 17, 2015

On Monday, the S&P 500 was up 0.5% while Toronto was down 0.2%. Boston Pizza fell 2,4% to $17.96. I

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August 16, 2015

My login server is still down and so I have opened access to the subscriber page without logging in. I

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August 13, 2015

A server problem is preventing access to the login page so I have temporarily redirected that link to this page.

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August 12, 2015

Melcor is updated and continues to be rated Strong Buy now at $16.37. And the report continues to indicate that

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August 11, 2015

A server problem is preventing access to the login page so I have temporarily redirected that link to this page.

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August 10, 2015

On Monday, the S&P 500 rose 1.3% and Toronto rose 1.1%. Toll Brothers was up 2.3%. Agrium was up 2.2%.

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August 9, 2015

On Friday, the S&P 500 was down 0.3% and Toronto was down 0.7%. Most stocks were down but there were

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August 6, 2015

Thursday was a down day for markets as the S&P 500 fell 0.8% and Toronto fell 0.7%. Most of the

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August 5, 2015

In Wednesday’s markets the S&P 500 was up 0.3% anf Toronto was up 0.1%. Walmart was up 2.4%. RioCan REIT

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August 4, 2015

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 fell 0.2% while Toronto rose 0.15% TransAlta (which I have mentioned before but do not

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August 3, 2015

On Monday, the S&P 500 fell 0.3% while Toronto was closed. Oil is trading at $45.81 and the Canadian dollar

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August 2, 2015

On Friday, the S&P 500 fell 0.2% while Toronto rose 0.6% The Canadian Western Bank preferred shares fell 3.4% to

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July 30, 2015

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was about unchanged and Toronto was up 0.6%. AutoCanada was up 4.3%. Bombardier fell 9.7%

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July 29, 2015

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 gained 0.7% and Toronto gained 1.6%. Canadian Western bank was up 5.3%. Constellation Software was

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July 28, 2015

Tuesday’s markets provided a modest reversal of recent losses. The S&P 500 was up 1.2% and Toronto was up 0.5%.

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July 27, 2015

Monday was another day that was good for picking up stocks at lower prices but not so good for those

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July 25, 2015

On Friday, the S&P 500 was down 1.1% and Toronto was down 0.6%. Declinming stocks included AutoCanada, down 3.6%; Canadian

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July 23, 2015

On Thursday, the S&P 500 fell 0.6% and Toronto fell 0.3%. Markets appear to be testing the patience of value

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July 22, 2015

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 fell 0.2% and Toronto fell 0.5%. Several of our U.S. stock picks continue to rise.

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July 21, 2015

Tuesday was another negative day for Canadian markets. The S&P 500 was down 0.4% and Toronto was down 0.3% Bombardier

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July 20, 2015

On Monday, the S&P 500 rose 0.1% but Toronto fell 1.5%. Canadian Western Bank fell 4.2% to $24.41. In part,

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July 19, 2015

On Friday, the S&P 500 rose 0.1% and Toronto fell 0.6%. Stocks on the rise included the Canadian Western Bank

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July 16, 2015

On Thursday, the S&P 500 0.8% to 2124. This puts it back very near its high of 2134. Toronto was

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July 15, 2015

On Wednesday the S&P 500 0.1% while Toronto rose 0.4% The Canadian dollar fell to a value of U.S. 77.3

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July 14, 2015

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 rose 0.4% and Toronto was up 0.5% Oil was up modestly to $53.25 as I

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July 12, 2015

On Friday, the S&P 500 rose 1.2% and Toronto rose 0.9%. This was due to optimism over a Greek debt

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July 8, 2015

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was down 1.7% and Toronto was down 1.5%. Just about everything on my stock list

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July 7, 2015

Stocks were volatile on Tuesday as the indexes had been down mid day but finished the day with the S&P 500

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July 6, 2015

On Monday, the S&P 500 fell a modest 0.4% despite the Greek vote to reject the creditors’ offer. Toronto was

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July 2, 2015

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was about unchanged while Toronto, in catch up mode for the holiday, was up 0.6%.

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July 1, 2015

On Canada day, the S&P 500 was up 0.7% while Toronto markets were closed. On Tuesday the S&P 500 had

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June 29, 2015

On Monday, North American markets fell about 2.0% on the news from Greece. Just about every stock on my list

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June 28, 2015

The reference article listing Global ETFs is updated. However, none of these appear to be compelling investments. As of about

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June 26, 2015

On Friday, the S&P 500 was flat while Toronto was down 0.6%. Monday’s markets may be driven by the Greece

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June 24, 2015

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 fell 0.7% on fears that a Greece debt deal was not so near after all.

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June 23, 2015

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 rose 0.1% and Toronto rose 0.8% (as oil rose about 25). I continue to view

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June 22, 2015

On Monday, the S&P 500 rose 0.6% and Toronto was up 0.9%. This was on optimism about the Greek debt

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June 21, 2015

On Friday the S&P 500 was down 0.5% and Toronto was down 0.8%. However, Canadian Western Bank was up 1.8%

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June 18, 2015

In a further reaction to the FED statements of Wednesday, the S&P 500 rose 1.0% on Thursday and Toronto was

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June 17, 2015

On Wednesday the S&P 500 was up 0.2% while Toronto was down 0.1% Janet Yellen, chair of the FED, said

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June 14, 2015

Friday’s action saw the S&P 500 down 0.7% and Toronto down 0.6%. Almost all the stocks on my list were

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June 11, 2015

On Thursday, the S&P 500 rose 0.2% and Toronto was down 0.4%. Canadian Western Bank at $28.02 is trading at

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June 10, 2015

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was up 1.2% and Toronto was up 0.5%. Most of the stocks on our list

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June 9, 2015

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was about unchanged while Toronto was up 0.5%. Oil was up about 4% and is

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June 8, 2015

On Monday, the S&P 500 was down 0.7% and Toronto was down 1.4%. Lower prices provide the opportunity to buy

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June 4, 2015

On Thursday, the S&P 500 and Toronto were each down 0.9%. Among the few stocks rising in price was Constellation

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June 3, 2015

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 rose 0.2% and Toronto was up 0.3%. Couche-Tard was up 2.8%. Canadian Western bank is

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June 1, 2015

On Monday, the S&P 500 was up 0.2% and Toronto was up 0.4%. Dollarama was up 3.6%. Element Financial was

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June 1, 2015 CNR Update

Canadian National Railway Company Ltd. is updated and rated Buy at CAN $74.88 or U.S. $58.98. It had reached a high

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May 31, 2015

On Friday, the S&P 500 and Toronto were each down 0.6% apparently due to weak figures for GDP growth in

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May 28, 2015

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was up 0.1% and Toronto was about unchanged. Rising stocks included Couche-Tard up 2.0%, e-Bay

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May 27, 2015

Berkshire Hathaway is updated and rated Buy at $144.75. What Buffett has accomplished with Berkshire is almost beyond comprehension (stock

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May 26, 2015

Tuesday was a negative day in the markets with the S&P 500 down 1.0% and Toronto down 0.9%. Melcor was

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May 25, 2015

Monday was the Memorial Day holiday int he U.S. and stock trading was closed. Toronto was down 0.1%. Melcor was

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May 24, 2015

On Friday, the S&P 500 was down 0.2% and Toronto was about flat. Element Financial was up 3.4% to $18.34.

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May 21, 2015

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was up 0.2% while Toronto rose 0.9%. Oil (West Texas Intermediate July futures contract) was

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May 20, 2015

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.1% and Toronto was down 0.3%. Most of the stocks on my list

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May 18, 2015

Monday was a holiday in Canada but not in the U.S. The S&P 500 was up 0.3%. Toll Brothers was

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May 17, 2015 Stantec

Stantec is updated and remains rated Buy, now at $35.78. Stantec is a wonderful business (has earned ROE in the

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May 14, 2015

On Thursday, the S&P 500 rose 1.1% and is basically at its record high. (Which is in no way a

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May 13, 2015

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was about unchanged and Toronto was down 0.4%. Canadian National Railway was down 3.2% to

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May 12, 2015

On Tuesday the S&P 500 fell 0.3% and Toronto was down 0.7%. But oil (West Texas Intermediate on the futures

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May 11, 2015

On Monday, the S&P 500 fell 0.5% and Toronto was down 0.1% Bond yields were up modestly (10 year U.S.

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May 10, 2015

Friday was a good day to own stocks. Actually, on average, most days are good days to own stocks. When

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May 7, 2015

On Thursday, the S&P 500 rose 0.4% and Toronto also rose 0.4% Bombardier rose 6.7% after announcing it would sell

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May 6, 2015

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.5% and Toronto was down 1.0%. Agrium was one of the few stocks

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May 5, 2015

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 fell 1.2% and Toronto fell 1.3% Melcor was up 4.9% on higher than usual volume.

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May 4, 2015

On Monday, the S&P 500 rose 0.3% and Toronto was up 0.2%. Notable gainers included Couche-Tard up 4.6%, Liquor Stores

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May 3, 2015

The report for Bank of America is updated and the stock is rated Speculative (higher) Buy at $16.11. The thesis

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April 30, 2015

On Thursday, the S&P 500 fell 1.0% and Toronto was down 0.8%. Notable decliners included Couche-Tard down 5.1%, Constellation Software

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April 29, 2015

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 fell 0.4% while Toronto was about unchanged. Melcor recovered some of yesterday’s decline and was

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April 28, 2015

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was up 0.3% while Toronto was about unchanged. I was surprised to see Melcor down

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April 27, 2015

On Monday, the S&P 500 was down 0.4% and Toronto also declined 0.4%. Among the decliners was Melcor, down 2.1%

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April 26, 2015

On Friday, the S&P 500 was up 0.2% and Toronto was up 0.1%. Most preferred shares rose which was likely

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April 23, 2015

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was up 0.2% and Toronto was up 0.4%. Toll Brothers was down another 4.2%. I

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April 22, 2015

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was up 0.5% and Toronto was down 0.3%. Visa was up 4.1% on news it

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April 21, 2015

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 fell 0.2% and Toronto fell 0.4%. CN rail was down 3.1% after reporting earnings. Melcor

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April 18, 2015

On Friday, the S&P 500 was down 1.1% and Toronto was down 0.2%. A notable decliner was American Express down

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April 18, 2015

Constellation Software is updated and rated Weak Sell at $491.30. There is no doubt that this is a great company

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April 16, 2015

On Thursday, the S&P 500 fell 0.1% and Toronto fell 0.4%. The Canadian dollar rose and now sits at 82.0

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April 15, 2015

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 rose 0.5% and Toronto rose 0.4% The Canadian dollar rose 1.2%, Oil rose several percentage

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April 14, 2015

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was up 0.2% and Toronto was about flat. There were no big gains among the

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April 13, 2015

On Monday the S&P 500 was down 0.5% while Toronto was about unchanged. The RioCan pref share that I mentioned

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April 12, 2015

On Friday, the S&P 500 rose 0.5% and Toronto was up 0.4%. Element Financial was up 4.8%. Constellation Software was

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April 9, 2015

On Thursday, the S&P 500 rose 0.4% and Toronto was up 0.7%. Costco fell 2.1% as it reported lower same-store

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April 8, 2015

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was up 0.3% and Toronto was up 0.2%. Toll Brothers followed up its 2.6 %

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April 7, 2015

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.2% and Toronto was up 0.6% as oil rose about 3%. FedEx was

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April 5, 2015k

American Express is updated and rated Buy at $79.70. It has suffered a blow due the upcoming loss of its

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April 3, 2015

Agrium is updated and rated Speculative (lower) Buy at U.S. $104.83 or CAN $131.72. While I am not a buyer

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March 31, 2015

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 fell 0.9% while Toronto was relatively flat. Melcor was up 2.5% to $19.45. This stock

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March 30, 2015

On Monday, the S&P 500 rose 1.2% and Toronto rose 0.6%. FirstService was up another 2.25% to $81.68 I have

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March 29, 2015

The Canadian Western Bank rate re-set preferred share report is updated and rated Buy at $24.81. Our popular article on

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March 28, 2015

Alimentation Couche-Tard is updated and rated Weak Buy / Hold at $50.54. This company just reported exceptionally strong growth in

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March 25, 2015

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 fell 1.5% and Toronto was down 1.0%. One of the few stocks going the other way

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March 24, 2015

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.6% while Toronto was up 0.8%. Notable gainers included Couche-Tard up 4.0%, Melcor

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March 23, 2015

Overall markets were relatively flat today. Melcor is updated and rated Strong Buy at $17.82. It’s earnings will almost certainly

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March 22, 2015

On Friday, the S&P 500 was up 0.9% and Toronto was up 0.5%. I spent time reading Melcor‘s annual report

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March 19, 2015

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was down 0.5% and Toronto was down 0.5%. Melcor fell 2.5% to $17.40 which is

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March 18, 2015

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 ended the day up 1.2% and Toronto was up 0.4% The Candadian dollar rose more

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March 16, 2015

Greetings from Puerto Vallarta (which in on the West coast of Mexico south of the baha peninsula). On Monday, the

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March 13, 2015

On Friday, the S&P 500 was down 0.6% and Toronto was down 0.3%. Oil was down about 4%. The report

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March 12, 2015

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was up 1.3% and Toronto was up 0.3% Notable gainers included Wells Fargo up 3.5%,

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March 11, 2015

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 fell 0.2% while Toronto was up 0.7% Canadian National Railway was up 2.6%, The Bombardier

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March 10, 2015

Stocks declined on Tuesday. The S&P 500 was down 1.7% and Toronto was down 1.4%. Of such a day, it

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March 9, 2015

Today marks exactly six years since the market bottomed out after the financial crisis. We were buying stocks near the

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March 8, 2015

Toll Brothers is updated and remains rated Buy at $36.92. In June 2011, I added this company to the site and

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March 7, 2015

Canadian Western Bank is updated and rated Strong Buy at $27.06. The price has fallen due to concerns about bad

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March 5, 2015

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was up 0.1% and Toronto was up a similar amount. Canadian Western Bank fell 7.1%

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March 4, 2015

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.4% and Toronto was down 0.3%. Bombardier was down 4.6% after QATAR Airlines

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March 3, 2015

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.5% and Toronto was down 0.9%. Couche-Tard was down 2.5%. The Liquor Stores

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March 2, 2015

On Monday, the S&P 500 was up 0.6% while Toronto was up 0.2%. Notable gainers included the RioCan preferred share

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March 1, 2015

On Friday, the S&P 500 fell 0.4% and Toronto was about flat. Canadian Tire is updated and rated (lower) Buy

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February 26, 2015

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was down 0.1% and Toronto was up 0.1% Canadian Tire rose 8.8% to a new

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February 25, 2015

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.1% while Toronto was up 0.4%. It seems my comments of yesterday that

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February 24, 2015

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 rose 0.3% while Toronto fell 0.2% Toll Brothers released a good earnings report and the

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February 23, 2015

On Monday, the S&P 500 was about flat while Toronto was up 0.2%. Canadian Western Bank was down 2.8%, Melcor

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February 22, 2015

On Friday, the S&P 500 was up 0.6% (to another new record high) while Toronto was down 0.1%. Stocks (from

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February 19, 2015

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was down 0.1% and Toronto was down 0.2%. Stocks on the move included; Canadian Western

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February 18, 2015

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was essentially unchanged while Toronto was down 0.5%. In yesterday’s post I said that the

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February 17, 2015

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was up 0.2% and Toronto was up 0.1% Stantec and Canadian Tire were each up

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February 15, 2015

Bombardier Inc. is updated and rated Highly Speculative (lower) Buy at Canadian $2.58. I just spent many hours reading its

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February 12, 2015

On Thursday the S&P 500 rose 1.0% and Toronto rose 0.5% Notable gainers included Canadian Western Bank up 1.7%, Boston

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February 11, 2015

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was unchanged and Toronto was up 0.3%. FirstService jumped 7.1% after announcing earnings and that

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February 10, 2015

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 rose 1.1% while Toronto rose 0.1%. Couche-Tard was up 3.0%. The seemingly unstoppable Constellation Software

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February 9, 2015

On Monday the S&P 500 was down 0.4% while Toronto was up 0.1%. Liquor Stores N.A. was down 4.25% Onex,

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February 8, 2015

Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund is updated and rated Buy at $21.80 to yield 5.6%. It it somewhat like a

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