by Uncommon Sense Investor | Dec 2, 2022 | Big Picture, Blogs, Canada, Feature, Investing, Stocks, Top Ideas, United States
The strategy team at Scotiabank is recommending investors upgrade their portfolios to high quality, defensive Canadian names given “monetary policy, earnings trajectory, and valuations.” Scotia also believes that stocks have not found their trough in the...
by Mark Bunting | Nov 29, 2022 | Big Picture, Canada, Feature, Financial Planning, Interviews, Investing, Videos
You may or may not have been caught up in the FTX cryptocurrency implosion but what’s certain is that financial frauds are as old as time and they’ll never be stamped out. Every go-go era, once the tide goes out, has its share of frauds, each one...
by Uncommon Sense Investor | Nov 25, 2022 | Canada, Disruption, E-Commerce, Feature, Interviews, Investing, Stocks, Technology, Top Ideas, United States, Videos
Never mind. That double in Amazon’s stock from its pandemic low to its peak in the summer of last year is mostly gone now. The e-commerce and web services giant is no longer a trillion dollar company. But that’s a good thing. As Amazon restructures,...
by Mark Bunting | Nov 22, 2022 | Big Picture, Feature, Interviews, Investing, Stocks, Top Ideas
John O’Connell on current stock market activity, where to find value, and all that cash on the sidelines being put to work. ** Related stories: Glass Half Full As Consumers Keep Spending & GDP Remains...
by Uncommon Sense Investor | Nov 21, 2022 | Blogs, Investing, Media, Stocks, Technology, Top Ideas, United States
We try very hard to not have our headlines smack of hyperbole. This one, we acknowledge, walks a fine line. In this case, we’re essentially the messenger as we came across an article in the venerable Barron’s, which cites research into companies that grow...
by John O'Connell | Nov 20, 2022 | Big Picture, Blogs, Canada, E-Commerce, Financial Planning, Investing, Stocks, United States
A widely followed U.S. Federal Reserve survey gauging economic activity was released this past week. The news would have you worry about impending doom. The facts are that the model estimate for real GDP growth during Q4 is 4.4% today, up from 4.0% on November 9....
