by Mark Bunting | Feb 18, 2022 | Banking, Big Picture, Canada, Financial Planning, Interviews, Investing, Stocks, Videos
The world is awash in trillions of dollars of debt. Governments, corporations, and households, especially in Canada, have piled up massive amounts of IOUs. How manageable is that debt as interest rates go up? And how high can rates go before causing financial and...
by Uncommon Sense Investor | Feb 11, 2022 | Banking, Blogs, Financials, Investing, Stocks, Technology, Top Ideas
Last time he told you to not sweat another stock market panic attack. This time, he’s got the three sectors to favour in this new market environment. He being Dr. Ed Yardeni, President of Yardeni Research. Yardeni had favourite sectors in the late 1990s and the...
by Uncommon Sense Investor | Jan 28, 2022 | Banking, Big Picture, Blogs, Investing, Media, United States
The market has priced in more than four interest rate increases this year from the U.S. Federal Reserve to tone down inflation and remove monetary stimulus. There are some people who believe that won’t be possible. That stock market investors in particular will...
by Mark Bunting | Jan 25, 2022 | Banking, Big Picture, Blogs, Investing, United States
The Federal Reserve appears to be stuck in an endless cycle. One of leaving interest rates too low for too long, creating market bubbles, seeing those bubbles pop, leading to stock market downturns and sometimes recession, leading to a lowering of rates again despite...
by Uncommon Sense Investor | Jan 18, 2022 | Banking, Blogs, Financials, Investing, Media, Stocks, United States
Higher interest rates are supposed to be good for banks because the difference between the level at which they borrow and lend rises. But the equation doesn’t always work if the banks’ costs are rising, which appears to be happening right now, especially...
by Mark Bunting | Jan 4, 2022 | Banking, Big Picture, Blogs, Canada, Financials, Investing, Stocks, Technology, Top Ideas, United States
Time for a list of compelling stock ideas for this year courtesy of our all-star roster of money managers, analysts and investment newsletter writers. From real estate expert Dennis Mitchell to highly successful contrarian Benj Gallander. From large caps to small,...
