The recent issue with this web site not loading due to a security certificate issue has been fixed. More about that below.
On Wednesday the S&P 500 was up 0.2% and Toronto was up 0.4%.
Couche-Tard was down 4.6% after releasing earnings.
Costco was up again, now at $550.
My next update will be for Canadian Tire because I think it is a definite Buy. However I have not read its Q3 report and need to do that.
The issue with the security certificate I can explain as follows:
Traditionally web sites were http:// Some years ago a security certificate system came into being and sites with the certificate were https:// s for security and browsers show a little lock icon to indicate higher security.
Sites without the certificate showed a bit of a warning.
The fact is that investorsfriend.com does not have ANY personal information and really does not need to be secure (Your username and passwords are stored at my other related site the dot ca site www.investorsfriend.ca. I never see much less store any credit card information on either site. PayPal does that.
I got a security certificate for investorsfriendd.com as well as investorsfriend.ca. Each year they have to be renewed and it is a multistep process. When the certificate expired two days ago it took these couple of days to resolve it. Apparently when a site has an expired certificate (called an SSL certificate) most browsers not only warn but they won’t open it all all.
Obviously I should have renewed it earlier (actually I did that part a few weeks ago) and had the new version installed (that’s the part I missed). My apologies.