2018

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December 31, 2018

December 31, 2018: On Monday, markets closed out the year with gains. The S&P 500 was up 0.85% and Toronto […]

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December 28, 2018

On Friday, the S&P 500 was down 0.3% while Toronto was up 0.4% The great majority of stocks on our

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December 27, 2018

On Thursday, the U.S. markets appeared set to take back most of Wednesday’s big gain. But the market rallied into

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December 26, 2018

Wednesday brought some welcome relief for the U.S. markets. The Toronto exchange was closed but should catch up tomorrow unless

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December 24, 2018

Given recent market actions it was no surprise that markets were down once again on this Christmas Eve Monday. The

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December 23, 2018

The recent stock market declines have been hard to stomach. The economy so far has remained strong with corporate earnings

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December 22, 2018

Friday was another weak day as the S&P 500 closed down 2.1% and Toronto was down 1.5%. The situation with

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December 20, 2018

Thursday was another nasty down day in the markets. The S&P 500 was down 1.6% and Toronto was down 0.9%.

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December 19, 2018

On Wednesday, markets were initially up. They then initially rose even more when the Fed increased rates as expected but

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December 18, 2018

Markets closed relatively flat on Tuesday with the S&P 500 about unchanged and Toronto up 0.4%. Stantec was up 2.3%

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December 17, 2018

Monday’s markets were ugly especially considering that the declines come on top of all the other recent declines. The S&P

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December 15, 2018

Friday was another negative day in the markets. The other side of that coin however, is that those with cash

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December 13, 2018

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was about unchanged while Toronto was down 0.2%. CRH Medical was up 3.2%. Dollarama recovered

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December 12, 2018

Stocks rose on Wednesday with the S&P 500 up 0.5% and Toronto up 0.8%. Constellation Software was up 3.3%. Toll

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December 11, 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was about unchanged while Toronto was down 0.4%. Alimentation Couche-Tard rose 2.7%. This company continues

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December 10, 2018

Monday was a volatile day in the markets. But at the end of the day, the S&P 500 was up

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December 7, 2018

Friday’s action saw the S&P 500 down 2.3% and Toronto down 0.95%. Costco was down 3.6%. AutoCanada was down 4.4%

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December 6, 2018

On Thursday, the S&P 500 ended the day down 0.15% while Toronto was down 1.6% Earlier on Thursday, the S&P

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December 5, 2018

On Wednesday, the U.S. markets were closed to respect the late President George H. W. Bush. Toronto rose 0.8% The

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December 4, 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was down a hefty 3.2% while Toronto was down 1.4%. Most stocks were down. FedEx

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December 3, 2018

On Monday, the S&P 500 ws up 1.1% which was likely due to reduced trade tensions between China and the

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November 30, 2018

On Friday, the S&P 500 was up 0.8% while Toronto was about unchanged. AutoCanada was up 10.7%. This may have

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November 29, 2018

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was down 0.2% while Toronto was up 0.15. Linamar recovered 3.3%. AutoCananda was up 4.1%.

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November 28, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 surged 2.3% and Toronto was up 1.3%. This came after remarks by the FED Chair

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November 27, 2018

There are lots of things to mention tonight. On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was up 0.3% while Toronto was down

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November 26, 2018

On Monday, the S&P 500 was up 1.5% while Toronto was about unchanged. Boston Pizza Royalties recovered 4.6% after it

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November 23, 2018

On Friday, the S&P 500 was down 0.7% and Toronto was down 0.5%. BHP Billiton was down 4.0% which may

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November 22, 2018

On Thursday, the U.S. stock markets were closed while Toronto was about unchanged. There were no particularly note worthy moves

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November 21, 2018

Wednesday was another interesting day in the market. The S&P 500 was about unchanged. But Toronto was up 1.5% and

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November 20, 2018

Tuesday was a non-bring day in the markets. The S&P 500 was down 1.8% and Toronto was down 1.3%. Almost

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November 19, 2018

Monday’s action saw the S&P 500 down 1.7% and Toronto down 0.6%. Canadian Western Bank had a notable decline of

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November 18, 2018

On Friday, the S&P 500 was up 0.2% and Toronto was up 0.1%. Melcor Developments was up 4.0%. The company

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November 15, 2018

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was up 1.1% while Toronto was up 0.1%. Stocks on the rise included: Visa, up

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November 14, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.8% while Toronto was about flat. AutoCanada fell 12.3% to $11.09 giving back

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November 13, 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.15% and Toronto was down 0.2%. AutoCanada rose 11.4% to $12.65. But it

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November 12, 2018

Monday was a government holiday, but the markets were open. The S&P 500 was down a hefty 2.0% and Toronto

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November 10, 2018

On Friday, the S&P 500 was down 0.9% and Toronto was down 0.5%. Stantec was down 6.5% in what seems

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November 8, 2018

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was down 0.25%, giving back a bit of yesterday’s gains. Toronto was down 0.1%. Melcor

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November 7, 2018

Wednesday, in response to the results of the mid-term elections, the S&P 500 was up 2.2% while Toronto rose 0.5%.

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November 6, 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was up 0.7% as U.S. markets await the election results. Toronto was up 0.5%. TFI

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November 5, 2018

On Monday, the S&P 500 and Toronto were each up about 0.6%. Berkshire Hathaway surged 4.7%, Toll Brothers was up

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November 3, 2018

On Friday, the S&P 500 was down 0.6% and Toronto was down 0.2%. Starbucks was up 9.7% to $64.32 after

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November 1, 2018

(This post was made on November 1, but inadvertently, was not uploaded until November 3) On Thursday, the S&P 500

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October 31, 2018

So, Halloween was anything but scary in the markets. On Wednesday, the S&P 500 rose (or recovered) 1.1% while Toronto

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October 30, 2018

Tuesday was a positive day in the markets as the S&P 500 rose 1.6% and Toronto was up 1.2%. Our

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October 29, 2018

On Monday, stocks were initially higher but closed the day with the S&P 500 down 0.7% and Toronto down 1.1%.

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October 27, 2018

On Friday, the S&P 500 was down 1.7% while Toronto declined 0.2%. Amazon was down 7.8% to $1643. In early

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October 25, 2018

Thursday saw a partial rebound from Wednesday’s market declines. The S&P 500 was up 1.9% but Toronto was up only

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October 24, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was down a very hefty 3.1% and Toronto was down 2.5%. Given a lot of

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October 23, 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 ended the day down 0.55% but had been down over 2% earlier in the day.

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October 22, 2018

On Monday, the S&P 500 and Toronto were each down 0.4%. Most stocks were down. But Stantec rose 5.8% as

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October 18, 2018

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was down 1.4% and Toronto was down 0.8%. Most stocks on our list were down.

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October 17, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was about unchanged while Toronto was down 0.3%. Starbucks was up 2.3%. Linamar was down

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October 16, 2018

Tuesday was a very positive day for North American stock markets with the S&P 500 up 2.15% and Toronto was

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October 15, 2018

On Monday, the S&P 500 was down 0.6% while Toronto was about unchanged. Linamar recovered 3.4%. Canadian Western Bank recovered

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October 14, 2018

On Friday, markets recovered somewhat as the S&P 500 rose 1.4% and Toronto rose 0.6% Visa was up 4.7% and

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October 11, 2018

Thursday was a negative day in the markets with the S&P 500 down 2.1% and Toronto down 1.3%. Most stocks

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October 10, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was down a hefty 3.3% and Toronto was down 2.1%. I don’t think investors can

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October 9, 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.1% while Toronto was down 0.6%. Ceapro was up 19% on its news

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October 8, 2018

On Monday, the S&P 500 ended the day about unchanged. Toronto was closed. Amazon was down 1.3% to 1864 but

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October 6, 2018

On Friday, the S&P 500 was down 0.6% and Toronto was down 0.4%. Costco was down a hefty 5.6% to

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October 4, 2018

Thursday saw the S&P 500 down 0.8% and Toronto down 0.4%. A drop in the S&P 500 is no surprise

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October 3, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was up 0.1% and Toronto was up 0.3%. Canadian Tire was up 1.7%. Toll Brothers

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October 2, 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was about unchanged while Toronto (apparently unexcited by the big LNG announcement) was down 0.5%.

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October 1, 2018

On Monday, with a NAFTA (Sorry Trump, I mean USMCA) deal in hand, the S&P 500 was up 0.4% and

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September 27, 2018

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was up 0.3% and Toronto was up 0.2% Toll Brothers was down 2.4% to $33.55.

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September 26, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.3% while Toronto rose 0.1%. The FED increased interest rates as expected and

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September 25, 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.1% and Toronto was down 0.3%. Linamar was down 2.2% and will probably

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September 24, 2018

On Monday, the S&P 500 was down 0.35% which was blamed on the escalating China / U.S.A. trade war. Toronto

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September 22, 2018

On Friday, the S&P 500 was about unchanged while Toronto was up 0.1%. Amazon was down 1.5% to $1915. BHP

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September 20, 2018

On Thursday, the S&P 500 closed at a new record high, surging 0.8% to 2931. The 3000 level is not

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September 19, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was up 0.1% while Toronto was down 0.3%. West Texas Oil is at $71.48. Unfortunately

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September 18, 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was up 0.5% as investors basically ignored any negative risks from Trump’s trade war with

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September 17, 2018

On Monday, the S&P 500 was down 0.6% which was at least partly due to concerns about Trump’s escalating trade

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September 16, 2018

On Friday, the S&P 500 was about unchanged and Toronto edged up 0.1%. Costco was down 2.4% as an analyst

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September 13, 2018

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was up 0.5% while Toronto was down 0.3%. Linamar was up another 4.5% top $61.06.

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September 12, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was about unchanged while Toronto was down 0.3%. West Texas Oil was back over $70

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September 11, 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was up 0.4% while Toronto was up 0.2%. Yesterday, after the close, Boston Pizza Royalties

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September 10, 2018

On Monday, the S&P 500 was up 0.2% while Toronto was down 0.2%. Canadian Western Bank was down 1.7% to

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September 9, 2018

On Friday, the S&P 500 was down 0.2% and Toronto was down 0.1%. Costco was up 2.0% to $241.46 after

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September 6, 2018

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was down 0.4% while Toronto was down 0.2%. WSP Global was up 7.3%. It did

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September 5, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.3% and Toronto was down 0.15%. Toll Brothers was up 2.1%. AutoCanada was

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September 3, 2018

On Friday, the S&P 500 was about unchanged while Toronto was down 0.7%. The cancellation of approval and therefore work

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August 30, 2018

Happy Birthday to Warren Buffett who turned 88 today. He spent the day in Manhattan at a lengthy lunch for

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August 29, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was up 0.6% and Toronto was up 0.2%. AutoCanada was up 5.1%. On Thursday morning,

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August 28, 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was about unchanged while Toronto was down 0.5%. Linamar was up 3.3%. Our one penny

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August 27, 2018

On Monday, the S&P 500 was up another 0.8% and Toronto was up 0.5%. Linamar rose 6.5% on news of

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August 28, 2018

On Friday, the S&P 500 was up  0.6% to a new all-time closing high. Toronto was up 0.2%. Constellation Software

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August 23, 2018

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was down 0.2% and Toronto was down 0.1%. AutoCanada was down 5.1%. If new management

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August 22, 2018

On Wednesday, the market basically ignored Trump’s latest troubles as the S&P 500 was about unchanged. Meanwhile, Toronto was up

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August 21, 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was up 0.2% while Toronto was down by 0.2%. Toll Brothers earnings were better than

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August 20, 2018

On Monday, the S&P 500 was up 0.2% while Toronto was about unchanged. CRH Medical was up 6.0% in Toronto.

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August 19, 2018

On Friday, the S&P 500 was up 0.3% and Toronto was up 0.6%. CRH Medical was up 4.5% to $5.14

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August 16, 2018

Markets were very strong on Thursday with the S&P 500 up 0.8%, the DOW surging 1.6% and Toronto up 0.5%.

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August 15, 2018

Wednesday was a down day in the markets apparently due to worries about the situation in Turkey and contagion from

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August 14, 2018

Tuesday’s markets were strong with the S&P 500 up 0.6% and Toronto up 0.5%. Dollarama was up 4.0% although it

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August 13, 2018

On Monday, the S&P 500 was down 0.4% and Toronto was down 0.5%. AutoCanada fell another 6.5% to $10.05. Trump’s

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August 9, 2018

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was down 0.1% but Toronto rose 0.6%. Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund released Q2 earnings

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August 9, 2018 10:45 am eastern

Boston Pizza Royaties Q2 results are out this morning. The results are at least moderately disappointing with same-store-franchise-eligible sales down

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August 8, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was about unchanged while Toronto was up 0.2% despite a decline in oil prices. Canadian

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August 7, 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was up 0.3% while Toronto was down 0.8%. Based on my Melcor update I added

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August 6, 2018

On Monday, the S&P 500 was up another 0.35% while Toronto was closed. Berkshire Hathaway was up 2.9% on its

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August 5, 2018

On Friday, markets were strong with the S&P 500 up 0.5% although Toronto was up only 0.1%. Berkshire Hathaway released

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August 2, 2018

Thursday saw the S&P 500 rise 0.5% and Toronto rise by 0.2%. CRH Medical was up 3.5% after reporting earnings.

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August 1, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.1% and Toronto was down 0.35%. TFI International was up 5.2%. This has

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July 30, 2018

On Monday, the S&P 500 was down 0.6% and Toronto was down 0.3%. Heineken fell 5.3% after releasing first half

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July 28, 2018

On Friday, the S&P 500 was down 0.3% and Toronto was down 0.4%. TFI International (formerly TransForce) was up 10.0%

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July 25, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was up 0.9% adn Toronto was up 0.2%. CN Rail was up 4.7% after reporting

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July 24, 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was up 0.5% while Toronto fell 0.2%. BHP Billiton jumped 5.1% (The BBL American Depository

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July 22, 2018

On Friday, the S&P 500 was down 0.1% while Toronto was down 0.65%. Linamar was down 4.8% due to tariff

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July 18, 2018

Firstly, as you likely noticed, I have a new contributor, Zack Trease, to InvestorsFriend who has written some posts that

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July 17, 2018

Tuesday saw the S&P 500 rise 0.4% and Toronto 0.15%. Linamar was up 3.0% to $59.38 modestly rewarding those who

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July 16, 2018

On Monday, the S&P 500 was down 0.1% and Toronto was down 0.4%. Linamar recovered 2.75%. There was not much

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July 15, 2018

On Friday, the S&P 500 was up 0.1% while Toronto was about flat (it was down marginally). AutoCanada was down

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July 12, 2018

On Thursday, the S&P 500 and Toronto were each up 0.9% which made for a strong day in the markets.

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July 11, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.7% and Toronto was down 0.8%. Today, the market took notice of Trump’s

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July 10, 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was up 0.35% and Toronto was up 0.6% to a record high. The record high

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July 9, 2018

On Monday, the S&P 500 was up 0.9% and Toronto was up 0.5%. FedEx was up 2.9% recovering some of

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July 8, 2018

Friday was a positive day in the North America stock markets as the S&P 500 rose 0.85% and Toronto rose

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July 5, 2018

On Thursday, the U.S. markets were quite strong with the S&P 500 rising 0.9%. Toronto, however was down 0.2%. Q2

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July 4, 2018

On Wednesday, U.S. markets were closed for the holiday while Toronto was up 0.3%. Canadian Western Bank rose 1.9%. The

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July 3, 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.5% while Toronto was down 0.1%. Canadian Western Bank was up 1.9%. Couche-Tard

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July 2, 2018

On Monday, the Toronto Stock market was closed for the holiday and the S&P 500 ended the day up 0.3%.

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July 1, 2018

On Friday, the S&P 500 was up 0.2% while Toronto was up 0.6%. Linamar recovered 3.2% to $58.91. Perhaps Thursday

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June 28, 2018

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was up 0.6% while Toronto was down 0.3%. Linamar was down 4.5%. This came after

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June 27, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.9%. And Toronto was down 0.3%. Earlier in the day both markets had

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June 26, 2018

On Tuesday, markets rebounded somewhat and the S&P 500 was up 0.2% and Toronto was up 0.6%. West Texas oil

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June 25, 2018

Monday was a down day in the markets with the S&P 500 falling 1.4% and Toronto down 1.6%. Most stocks

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June 24, 2018

On Friday, the S&P 500 was up 0.2%. Toronto was up 0.7% as the price of oil climbed because OPEC

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June 21, 2018

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was down 0.6% and Toronto was down 0.5%. AutoCanada was down 3.8% losing some of

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June 20, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was up 0.2%. Toronto was up 0.6% and has crept up to a new record

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June 18, 2018

On Monday, the S&P 500 was down 0.2% while Toronto was up 0.4%. AutoCanada recovered 2.8% after it announced that

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June 17, 2018

On Friday, the S&P 500 ended the day down just 0.1% although it been down considerably more earlier in the

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June 14, 2018

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was up 0.25% and Toronto was up 0.4%. Linamar recovered 2.0%. CN Rail was up

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June 13, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.4% and Toronto was down 0.1%. The Federal Reserve Bank in the U.S.

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June 12, 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 and Toronto were each up 0.2%. AutoCanada was down 4.4% and so it seems the

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June 11, 2018 AutoCanada

AutoCanada has responded to the activist shareholder as follows: “AutoCanada Inc. (“AutoCanada” or the “Company”) (ACQ.TO) today acknowledged receipt of

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June 11, 2018

On Monday, the S&P 500 was up 0.1% while Toronto rose 0.4%. AutoCanada was up 5.8% after “activist investor” Clearwater

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June 10, 2018

On Friday, the S&P 500 was up 0.3% while Toronto was up 0.1%. AutoCanada recovered 3.2%. Dollarama recovered 3.5% Toll

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June 7, 2018

Thursday’s action saw the SP&P 500 finish down 0.1% and Toronto was about unchanged with a 0.05% gain. As expected,

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June 6, 2018

Wednesday was mostly a positive day on the markets. The S&P 500 was up 0.9% and Toronto was up 0.4%.

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May 31, 2018

Thursday was mostly a negative day on the markets. The S&P 500 was down 0.7%. Toronto managed a 0.1% gain.

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May 30, 2018

Markets bounced back on Wednesday with a 1.3% gain for the S&P 500 and 0.8% for Toronto. With Kinder Morgan

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May 29, 2018

Tuesday was a negative day on the markets as the S&P 500 declined 1.2% (and the DOW was down 1.6%)

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May 28, 2018

On Monday, the U.S. markets were closed for the Memorial Day holiday. Toronto was down 0.4%. Our one and only

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May 27, 2018

On Friday, the S&P 500 and Toronto were each down 0.2%. Oil (West Texas) has declined about 5% to $67.14.

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May 24, 2018

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was down 0.2% and Toronto was down 0.1% as Trump rattled markets by canceling the

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May 23, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was up 0.3% and Toronto was down 0.1%. Couche-Tard was up 3.5%. Linamar was down

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May 22. 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.3% while Toronto was down 0.1%. Canadian Western Bank was up 1.6%. Perhaps

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May 21, 2018

On Monday, the S&P 500 was up 0.7% while Toronto was closed. FedEx was up 2.1%. Toll Brothers was up

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May 20, 2018

On Friday, the S&P 500 was down 0.3% while Toronto was up 0.1%. Toll Brothers was up 1.8% to $43.18

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May 17, 2019

Thursday’s markets saw the S&P 500 down 0.1% while Toronto was up 0.2%. I did end up buying back half

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May 16, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was up 0.4% and Toronto was up 0.1%. Notable gainers include: BHP Billiton (The BBL

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May 15, 2018

Tuesday’s action in the markets saw the S&P 500 down 0.7% while Toronto was up 0.1%. The U.S. 10 year

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May 14, 2018

On Monday, the S&P 500 was up 0.1% while Toronto was up 0.6%. TFI International was up 2.2% to $37.81

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May 13, 2018

On Friday, the S&P 500 was up 0.2% and Toronto was up 0.15%. Canadian Tore was down 2.0% as investors

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May 10, 2018

Thursday was a generally positive day in the markets. The S&P 500 was up 0.9% and Toronto was up 0.3%.

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May 9, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was up 1.0% while Toronto was up 0.4%. BHP Billiton was up 3.1% (the BBL

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May 8, 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was about unchanged while Toronto was up 0.2%. AutoCanada was down another 3.2%. (See update

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May 7, 2018

On Monday, the S&P 500 was up 0.35% and Toronto was up 0.5%. Constellation Software was up 2.1%. AutoCanada was

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May 6, 2018

Friday was a strong day in the markets although AutoCanada was a notable exception. The S&P 500 was up 1.3%

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May 3, 2018

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was down 0.2% (but had been down more like 1.2% earlier in the day). Toronto

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May 2, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.7% while Toronto was up 0.1%. Melcor was up 3.45% but it is

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May 1, 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 rose 0.25% while Toronto was up 0.1%. CRH Medical rose 13.5% in Toronto to $4.04

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April 30, 2018

On Monday, the S&P 500 was down 0.8% and Toronto was down 0.4%. Berkshire Hathaway was down 1.8% to $193.73

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April 29, 2018

On Friday, the S&P 500 was up 0.1% and Toronto was up 0.2%. Alimentation Couche-Tard was up 3.6% to $56.91.

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April 27, 2018

Thursday was a strong day for the markets with the S&P 500 up 1.0% and Toronto up 0.8%. Most stocks

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April 25, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 and Toronto were each up 0.2%. CN Rail was up 2.4%. I am in the

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April 24, 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 fell 1.3% while Toronto was down 0.5%. AutoCanada was down 4.6%. It looks like good

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April 24, 2018

On Monday, the S&P 500 was about unchanged and Toronto was up 0.4%. Couche-Tard was up 2.4%. TFI Industries was

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April 23, 2018 3:30 am

On Friday, Statistics Canada released retail sales figures for February which were up a strong 3.5% for Canada (year over

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April 21, 2018 Amsterdam

On Friday, I had a private tour of Amsterdam Stock Exchange for just myself (and three somewhat reluctant others traveling

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April 21, 2018

On Friday, the S&P 500 was down 0.85% while Toronto was up 0.2%. WSP Global was up another 2.0%. Penny

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April 18, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 rose 0.1% while Toronto climbed 1.1%. West Texas oil is at U.S. $68.75 which is

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April 16, 2018

On Monday, the S&P 500 shrugged off the firing of missiles into Syria that occurred Friday evening and rose 0.8%

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April 14, 2018

Friday was a less volatile day in the markets as the S&P 500 fell 0.5% and Toronto was about unchanged.

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April 12, 2018

In what seems to be a bit of an alternating daily pattern, markets were up on Thursday as Trump clarified

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April 11, 2018

Sometimes it feels like the U.S. market is taking turns, one day up and one day down. Yesterday was up,

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April 9, 2018

On Monday, markets continued to be volatile. The DOW closed up 46 points but had been up over 400 points

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April 8, 2018

Today, I am posting from the Atlantic Ocean aboard the Brilliance of the Seas on the fourth day of a

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April 5, 2018

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was up 0.7% and Toronto was up 1.3%. CRH Medical was up 9.5% in a

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April 5, 2018

Markets on Wednesday recovered from initial big losses related to trade worries and the S&P 500 ended the day up

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April 2, 2018

On Monday, the S&P 500 was down 2.2% while Toronto was down 1.0%. Most stocks were down including: WSP Global

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April 1, 2018

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was up 1.4% and Toronto was up 1.3%. WSP Global; was up 2.8%and BHP Billiton

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March 28, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 and Toronto were each down 0.30%. But many stocks were up. Boston Pizza recovered some

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March 27, 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was down 1.7% giving back a good portion of Monday’s gain of 2.8%. Toronto was

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March 26, 2018

On Monday, the S&P soared 2.8% as fears of a Trump trade war with China were reduced. Toronto was up

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March 25, 2018

On Friday, the S&P 500 was down a hefty 2.1% and Toronto was down 1.1%. Most stocks were down… Canadian

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March 22, 2018

On Thursday, the S&P 500 fell a hefty 2.5% while Toronto was down 1.8%. The spark was Trump’s moves to

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March 21, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.2% and Toronto was up 0.4%. Linamar was up 2.5% to $73.52 after

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March 20, 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was up 0.15% and Toronto was up 0.2%. Couche-Tard was down 6.5% (see the post

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March 18, 2018

On Friday, the S&P 500 was up 0.2% and Toronto was up 0.3%. Toll Brothers was up 2.1%. The Canadian

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March 15, 2018

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was down 0.1% while Toronto was up 0.1%. TFI International (TransForce) was down 2.9%. Our

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March 14, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.6% while Toronto was about unchanged. Toll Brothers was down 1.6% and is

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March 13, 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.6% while Toronto was up 0.3%. Alimentation Couche-Tard was down 2.8%. I would

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March 12, 2018

On Monday, the S&P 500 was down 0.1% whole Toronto was up 0.2%. Melcor Developments was up 3.6% but that

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March 11, 2018

Friday was a strong day for the U.S. markets with the S&P 500 up a hefty 1.7%. Toronto was up

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March 8, 2018

On Thursday, the S&P 500 and Toronto were each up 0.4%. Linamar was up 8.4% to $73.75 after releasing a

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March 7, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was close to unchanged (down 0.05%) while Toronto was down 0.5%. CRH Medical was down

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March 6, 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was up 0.3% and Toronto was about unchanged. CRH Medical was up 12.8% in Toronto

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March 5, 2018

Monday’s markets improved through the day and the S&P 500 closed up 1.1% and Toronto rose 1.0%. CRH Medical released

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March 4, 2018

On Friday, the S&P 500 was up 0.5% (although the DOW was down 0.3%) and Toronto as down 0.1%. AutoCanada

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March 1, 2018

Markets fell on Thursday and Trump indicated he will impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to the U.S. I

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February 28, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was down 1.1% and Toronto was down 1.5%. I don’t know if there was any

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February 27, 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was down 1.3% and Toronto was down 0.3%. Toll Brothers was down 5.1% to $45.10

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February 26, 2018

Monday was another strong day in the markets with the S&P 500 up 1.2% and Toronto up 0.5%. Canadian Western

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February 25, 2018

Friday was another strong day in the markets. The S&P 500 was up a hefty 1.6% and Toronto was up

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February 22, 2018

Thursday’s markets were surprisingly strong or at least the DOW was, especially earlier in the day. The S&P 500 ended

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February 21, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.55% as FED meeting minutes apparently caused the market to be more concerned

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February 20, 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.6% while Toronto was down 0.1%. Most of the names on our list

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February 18, 2018

Friday’s markets saw the S&P 500 about unchanged and Toronto up 0.3%. Fortis Inc. jumped 3.75% to $42.08 as the

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February 15, 2018

Stocks were mostly higher on Thursday as the S&P 500 rose 1.2% and Toronto was up 0.5%. Canadian Tire surged

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February 14, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was up 1.3% and Toronto was up 0.7%. Notable gainers included BHP Billinton, up 3.2%

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February 13, 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was up 0.3% and Toronto was down 0.2%. TFI International was down 3.1% to $29.75.

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February 12, 2018

On Monday, the S&P 500 was up 1.4% and Toronto was up the same amount. In part this was due

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February 10, 2018

On Friday, the U.S. markets once again were highly volatile and the DOW, at it low, was down 500 points

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February 8, 2018

On Thursday, the DOW ended the day down 1033 points or 4.15%. The S&P 500 was down 3.75% and Toronto

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February 7, 2018

On Wednesday, U.S. markets were mostly higher but ended the day down slightly. The S&P 500 was down 0.5% while

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February 6, 2018

U.S markets were once again not boring today, opening down then bouncing around considerably and then closely strongly higher. The

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February 4, 2018

As of about 6:45 eastern the futures markets have the DOW down about 200 points. This often changes vastly over

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February 2, 2018

There was nothing boring about Friday’s markets. The S&P 500 tumbled 2.1% and Toronto was down 1.6%. Despite the scary

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February 1, 2018

On Thursday, the S&P 500 was down 0.1%. The Dow was up 0.1% but had been down earlier in the 

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January 31, 2018

On Wednesday, the U.S. markets initially rebounded from Tuesday’s losses but were volatile. The indexes were negative in the afternoon

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January 30, 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 fell 1.1%. Despite the headlines, this is minor decline in the context of recent gains.

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January 29, 2018

Well, the U.S. market decided not to rise on Monday. Well, markets don’t rise everyday. (And normally they don’t rise

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January 26, 2018

UP, UP AND AWAY!! On Friday, the S&P 500 surged another 1.2% while Toronto was up 0.2%. Most stocks rose

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January 25, 2018

On Thursday, the DOW surged ahead another 0.5% but the S&P 500 was only up 0.1%. Toronto was down 0.5%.

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January 24, 2018

On Wednesday, the S&P 500 was down 0.1% and Toronto was down 0.5%. CN rail was down 2.1%. Stantec was

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January 23, 2018

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was up another 0.2% while Toronto was up 0.1%. AutoCanada was up 3.0% and Amazon

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January 22, 2018

On Monday, as the partial government shut-down looked to be a short-lived situation the S&P 500 rose 0.8%while Toronto was about

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January 21, 2018

Canadian Western Bank is updated and rated Buy at $40.55. It has already made a strong recovery from the lows

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January 20, 2018

On Friday, the U.S. markets were unfazed by the impending (partial) U.S. government shutdown. The S&P 500 was up 0.4%.

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January 18, 2018

On Thursday, the markets had what seems to be a rare down day. The S&P 500 index was down 0.2%

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January 17, 2018

U.S. markets continue to be on fire. At the moment, this is a market that knows no fear. The S&P

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January 16, 2018

I didn’t intend to take yesterday off from posting (It was Martin Luther King Day and U.S. markets were closed)

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January 12, 2018

U.S. markets soared again on Friday. The S&P 500 rose 0.7% and the DOW was up 0.9% to 25,803. Toronto

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January 10, 2018

Wednesday was a rare negative day in the markets. The S&P 500 was down 0.1% and Toronto was down 0.4%.

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January 9, 2018

Another day and another set of records in the U.S. markets. S&P 500 up 0.1% while Toronto was about unchanged.

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January 8, 2018

On Monday, the S&P 500 ended the day up 0.2% while Toronto was down 0.2%. Toll Brothers was up another

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January 5, 2018

Friday’s action had the S&P 500 up another 0.7% and the Dow up 0.9%. The gains have continued to come

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January 4, 2018

Thursday was yet another wonderful day for stock investors. Especially U.S. stock investors. The S&P 500 was up another 0.4%.

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January 3, 2018

Markets were up fairly strongly again today. The S&P 500 was up % and Toronto was up 0.4%. Toll Brothers

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