I finally sold my shares of Potash Corp./Saskatchewan Inc a couple of days ago. I first bought this company in 2012, and when it dipped in price earlier this year I bought some more to average down. I got rid of this stock now because I don’t want to risk it dropping in the new year. Overall I only… Read More »
How Midterm Elections Affect the Stock Market Imagine if you knew an investment strategy where the historical odds are almost 100% in your favor! 😀 Well here’s how. 🙂 Since 1942 there has been 18 midterm elections, not counting the one that just happened earlier this week. Every single time the S&P 500 has gone up after one year following each of those elections. The… Read More »
Overreaction leads to market turmoil Over the last several weeks investors saw a 10% correction in the Canadian stock market, and a 9% correction in the U.S. Someone with a $100,000 portfolio invested in index funds could have just lost $10,000. Ouch. 😐 Is this market sell off justified or is it simply an overreaction to some recent bad economic… Read More »
What to do when the stock market goes on sale? A smart option would be to double up on some current positions. 🙂 A couple months ago I bought 50 shares of Avigilon Corp for $25 each. However due to the negative sentiments in the overall financial markets recently AVO’s share price is down. But there’s no need to be alarmed… Read More »
With the recent pull back in the stock market I thought it would be a good time to add a couple of new stocks to my portfolio 🙂 So earlier today I bought 13 shares of Time Warner Inc, (TWX) at $75.69/share, as well as 26 shares of Twenty-First Century Fox (FOXA) at $34.06/share. Both are U.S. companies so… Read More »
As most of you already know I share all the stock holdings in my U.S. margin account under the “Portfolio” menu above. But let’s take a closer look at my holdings today. At the end of July I was holding 16 different stocks in my U.S. margin account. I gradually deposited a total of $14,000 USD into this account over… Read More »