Loblaw companies (Loblaw, L on the TSX) was one of best performing companies in Canada for close to a decade. From 1996 the shares went from under 11 dollars to close at over 75 dollars by April 2005. The returns were truly sensational and helped make Loblaw a market darling.
The share price decline as of May 2005...
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Loblaw coming back into favor ? (L)
Required reading: “Tips on how to avoid a financial scam”
There was a fair bit of media coverage this week in regards to the Earl Jones case. It is obvious in this case that Jones preyed on the elderly, some of the most vulnerable in our society. This is was not the first example...
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Canadian technology stocks continue to outperform (XIT)
As the Canadian market corrected during the last few weeks, some sectors continued to shine and perform very well. One of these is the iShares CDN Tech Sector Index Fund (XIT). In fact, since the major market low on March 9th, 2009 the XIT shares are...
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Security selection: importance of market and sector
“The cause of price movement in any given stock is predominantly a function of market and sector risk. More specifically, 80 percent of the risk in any given stock...
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The media and technical analysis 101
It is quite fortunate for individual investors that BNN has provided and continues bring forth world class investment coverage. In today’s note I want to bring the attention of the reader...
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Canadian market comment February 4th, 2009
The market has been in a sharp set back since peaking on Monday, January 11th. This pullback brought the TSX back close to the widely observed 200 day moving...
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