Tag Archives: fiscal update

Not So Special  Around this time last month I proclaimed that I had a million dollar in assets. At first I was really happy about my situation because I thought I was unique. 🙂 But as it turns out, a million dollars isn’t all that impressive in my neck of the woods. I live in Metro Vancouver on the west… Read More »

New Addition to my Asset Column After blogging about my exciting new investment in a startup company, I’ve decided to categorize this equity holding as a new asset class in my net worth updates. 🙂 High net worth investors are continuing to move their investments into uncorrelated assets such as private companies and I plan to grow my investments using a… Read More »

Bull Market Continues July was another fantastic month for stocks! Earnings from technology companies held up to expectations which drove up the Nasdaq composite by 6%. The other major US indexes and even the Canadian stock market increased a bit as well, although it’s hard to understand why since other than the tech sector, most companies had stagnant profits. 😕 Nevertheless,… Read More »

 New Milestone  It has been a surprisingly eventful month in the markets. Volatility was high during the last week of June but in the end North American stock markets ended relatively flat. The Dow Jones was up slightly, but the Nasdaq fell. The TSX Comp in Canada dropped by about 1%. However my mining stocks performed really well so… Read More »

Markets at a Glance The Canadian economy shrunk 0.2% in the last month of the 1st quarter. Despite a disappointing Q1 the S&P/TSX Composite index still managed to climb higher this month, as did the major indexes in the U.S. I don’t know what’s keeping the stock market afloat these days but it can’t all be fundamentals. The… Read More »