by Uncommon Sense Investor | Feb 28, 2021 | Big Picture, Blogs, Feature, Financials, Investing, Stocks
Just because bond yields and interest rates are rising doesn’t mean stocks can’t do well in that environment. But it’s the type of stocks investors need to know to stick with or buy, and which ones to reduce or eliminate exposure to in order to...
by Mark Bunting | Feb 26, 2021 | Banking, Big Picture, Feature, Financials, Interviews, Investing, Stocks, United States, Videos
Surging bond yields are something investors have rarely seen the last three decades or so. But they’ve been on full display recently, which has sent stocks generally lower and prompted debate about what it all means. Are bond yields merely returning to more...
by Uncommon Sense Investor | Feb 26, 2021 | Big Picture, Blogs, Feature, Investing
Bond yields are surging and making headlines in the financial media. But these stories are merely catching up to the work done by the strategy team of BCA Research, which has been doing deep dives for months into the possibility of inflation. These are hi-lights of a...
by Uncommon Sense Investor | Feb 19, 2021 | Banking, Big Picture, Blogs, Canada, Disruption, Financials, Healthcare, Investing, Stocks, Technology, United States
Could the inflation shock of the 1970s happen again? In a word, yes. But to see how that’s possible it’s important to understand why prices actually surged during that decade. Turns out many of the causes had their roots in U.S. government policy mistakes...
by Uncommon Sense Investor | Feb 18, 2021 | Big Picture, Blogs, Investing, Media, Stocks, Uncategorized
Investors previously content to set it and forget it in an S&P 500 index fund are now aggressively speculating in individual stocks more than they have in about 13 years. This is resulting in an exuberance and investor confidence not seen in decades, according to...
by Uncommon Sense Investor | Feb 18, 2021 | Big Picture, Blogs, Canada, Healthcare, Investing, Media, Stocks, United States
Inflation is supposedly benign. The massive amounts of fiscal and monetary policy stimulus unleashed due to the pandemic have not resulted in higher prices. That’s what the Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers showed from StatsCan, which had January consumer...
