by Uncommon Sense Investor | Jul 19, 2022 | Blogs, Canada, Disruption, E-Commerce, Investing, Media, Stocks, Technology, United States
Amazon is tackling inflation head on…with an advertising campaign. The e-commerce and web services giant is actually encouraging parents to spend less on their kids for their back-to-school needs. Will this attempt at humour and playfulness work on consumers,...
by Uncommon Sense Investor | Jun 9, 2022 | Big Picture, Blogs, Investing, Stocks
The weakness in the stock market so far this year has many pundits and investors alike wondering if we might be closer to the end of the drawdown than the beginning. From the indicators I watch, it is fairly obvious that we are still in the very early days of the...
by Mark Bunting | Feb 28, 2022 | Big Picture, Canada, Financial Planning, Investing, Stocks, Top Ideas, United States, Videos
The Investment Committee team at Davis Rea Investment Counsel didn’t need to hunt around for companies for its clients to own for protection against inflation. They were prepared and already had a bunch in their Equity Fund and in segregated accounts that have...
by Mark Bunting | Sep 17, 2021 | Big Picture, Canada, Disruption, E-Commerce, Financial Planning, Interviews, Investing, Technology, United States, Videos
Higher prices for goods and services started about 16 months ago. Consumers expect inflation to remain relatively high for the next few years. Prices for everything from groceries and natural gas to marine freight costs and uranium are surging. And the debate...
by Uncommon Sense Investor | Aug 4, 2021 | Big Picture, Blogs, Canada, Investing, Media, United States
Last December, we repurposed a blog by Jesse Felder of The Felder Report entitled The Courage to Act on Major Commodities Bull Market. At the time, Felder had been arguing for several months that commodities were climbing out of a 10-year consolidation and investors...
