Reports

Overview Q4 and in particular December, was a period to forget from an investment perspective. An example of the damage includes the following quarterly returns in their home currency: S&P 500 (US) -14.6% TSX (Canada) -11.1% Euro Stoxx 50 -11.7% China Stocks -12.1% Japan Stocks -16.4% Oil Prices -40.0% CDN Preferred Shares -11.6% Fortunately, TriDelta…

Overview We wanted to kick off the fourth quarter with some TriDelta news, by announcing the opening of TriDelta’s Edmonton office. The office is led by Arlene Pelley, an industry veteran who is joining the firm and planting the TriDelta flag in Western Canada. Click here to learn more about Arlene’s background. Turning from TriDelta…

OVERVIEW As we languish in summer heat, we feel anguish in summer Tweets. If there has ever been a larger global megaphone than President Trump’s Twitter account, we don’t know what it is. While we try our best to ignore most of it in order to prevent overreactions when it comes to investing, the prospect…

2017 – the year without a stock market correction The Ebola Virus, Greek Crisis, Debt Ceiling, Refugee Crisis, Global Warming, Brexit, Trump, North Korea…there is always something scary for the media to report and make us nervous. Usually, these headlines frighten investment markets. For some reason, 2017 didn’t see this. In many major markets, there…

How did Markets do? The 3rd Quarter report would have had a different feel if it was written in early September.  At that point Bonds were down, Canadian stocks were down, and with a strong rise in the Canadian dollar, US stocks were down in Canadian dollar terms. Fortunately the quarter ended on September 30th,…

Are Central Banks Starting to Hit the Brakes? On July 12th, the Bank of Canada raised interest rates for the first time in seven years.  While the pace of interest rate increases in Canada is likely to be slow and very gradual (0.25% increases at a time), it does reflect a significant change for the…