by Uncommon Sense Investor | Feb 2, 2023 | Big Picture, Blogs, Canada, Disruption, Healthcare, Investing, Stocks, Technology, Top Ideas, United States
Have you heard of ChatGPT? We figured the answer was yes. It’s the new shiny thing in the stock market, let alone the global news cycle. By the time it takes me to finish this sentence, ChatGPT’s generative language technology could spit out this entire...
by Mark Bunting | Nov 11, 2022 | Blogs, Financials, Healthcare, Investing, Stocks, Top Ideas, United States
How about that monstrous rally for the Dow Industrials last Thursday amid strong moves among all of the major North American stock indices? Was that a classic bear market rally triggered by many investors covering their short positions and others giving in –...
by Uncommon Sense Investor | May 20, 2022 | Big Picture, Blogs, Healthcare, Investing, Media, Stocks, Top Ideas
Bear markets are an inevitable if particularly unpleasant part of the market cycle. But investors who hold the best stocks to buy for bear markets can mitigate at least some of the damage. The S&P 500 on Friday dropped into bear market territory – down 20...
by Mark Bunting | Feb 25, 2022 | Disruption, Healthcare, Interviews, Investing, Stocks, Technology, Top Ideas, Videos
You likely know the general pressure on hospitals due to the pandemic led to delays for elective surgeries. But that dynamic is reversing as COVID case loads subside. That’s good news for two large medical products companies that are well-positioned in robotics...
by Mark Bunting | Feb 13, 2022 | Big Picture, Canada, Disruption, Healthcare, Interviews, Investing, Stocks, Top Ideas, United States, Videos
Part one of our five part video series about the five global themes impacting your investments. John Johnston, Economic Advisor, Davis Rea Investment Counsel, along with colleagues John O’Connell, and J.C. O’Connell, uses charts to explain the demographic...
by Uncommon Sense Investor | Jan 7, 2022 | Blogs, Healthcare, Investing, Media, Stocks, Technology, Top Ideas, United States
The Dogs of the Dow theory was popularized by investment manager Michael B. O’Higgins in his 1991 book Beating the Dow. He proposed an investor at the beginning of the year could buy the 10 highest-yielding Dow Jones Industrial Average components in equal...