by Uncommon Sense Investor | May 12, 2023 | Big Picture, Blogs, Canada, Financial Planning
How have higher interest rates affected Canadians? The Bank of Canada’s key rate has risen “quickly and forcefully”, as the central bank puts it, to 4.5% from 0.25% in about 15 months. A definitive answer came this week from the Office of the...
by Mark Bunting | May 5, 2023 | Big Picture, Canada, Disruption, E-Commerce, Financial Planning, Financials, Interviews, Investing, Stocks, Technology, Top Ideas, United States, Videos
We got calm and sober insight this week into a myriad of factors affecting financial markets. That came courtesy of the management brain trust of Davis Rea Investment Counsel during the company’s live Quarterly Call. John O’Connell, Chairman, CEO &...
by Uncommon Sense Investor | Apr 28, 2023 | Big Picture, Blogs, Financial Planning, Interviews, Investing, Stocks, Top Ideas
One of the main investing principles at Davis Rea Investment Counsel is to hold great businesses for the long-term. No doubt John O’Connell, Chair, CEO & CIO, and Don Ritchie, President, will be driving that point home in various ways during our live show...
by Mark Bunting | Apr 14, 2023 | Big Picture, Canada, Disruption, Financial Planning, Financials, Interviews, Investing, Media, Stocks, Technology, Top Ideas, United States, Videos
Brookfield Asset Management and the big U.S. banks look very interesting. Amid bank earnings season and simmering issues in commercial real estate, John O”Connell and Don Ritchie are busy analyzing various companies and their respective stocks....
by Mark Bunting | Apr 9, 2023 | Big Picture, Canada, Financial Planning, Financials, Interviews, Investing, Stocks, Top Ideas, United States, Videos
Things are moving more quickly than usual in financial markets these days. The mini-banking crisis in the U.S. combined with uncertainty about the economy, interest rates, inflation, corporate earnings and a myriad of other factors requires calm and reasoned...
by Mark Bunting | Mar 31, 2023 | Big Picture, Canada, E-Commerce, Financial Planning, Financials, Interviews, Investing, Stocks, Technology, Top Ideas
Part two of our conversation with John O’Connell and Don Ritchie of Davis Rea Investment Counsel. A lot of investors have been piling into MAGMA stocks amid the simmering banking crisis in the U.S. on the idea that Microsoft, Apple, Google, Meta and...