The new millennium has not been boring. Since the turn of the last century we have seen two market crashes, a global financial crisis, a complete stock market rebound, the extraordinary rise to ubiqui...
Now that many higher quality corporate bonds are finally offering compelling yields, income seeking investors are finally getting a break. Notwithstanding a recent uptick in prices, financial markets ...
Falling oil prices are making investors nervous. Global equity markets have trended down with energy prices lately to the point where the broader stock market is trading almost in lockstep with crude....
For most investors, 2015 was an unrewarding year. Total returns on stocks, bonds and commodities ranged from negligible gains to steep losses depending on the asset class and investment style. Overall...
This week the US Federal Reserve looks like it might finally do what is has not done for nine years — raise interest rates. The last time the Fed ticked its benchmark rate higher was in late 2006. In ...
Healthcare may be the most controversial sector of the global economy right now. Stocks in this industry have recently suffered broad price declines due largely to the actions of a couple of bad playe...
When the global economy is riding high and credit problems are low, they are called ‘high yield bonds’ but when we hit a rough patch and defaults are on the rise, they are referred to simply as ‘junk ...
By now most investors are aware of Exchange Traded Funds or ETFs as they are commonly called. ETFs, in their most basic form, are publicly-traded funds designed to track broad market indices such as t...
Markets ended the second quarter of 2015 on somewhat of a sour note as concerns over the European leadership’s inability to strike a constructive deal with Greece weighed heavily on risk assets during...
On the taxi ride back home from the LF Wade International Airport a couple of weeks ago my unapologetic driver informed me the fare had gone from the usual $30 to about $40, a 33 per cent increase. Th...
