Stock Market Forecasts Dow, S&P, NASDAQ Turbulent After yesterday’s higher-than-expected CPI report for March, confidence in the markets are a little shaken, and we wonder when this will impact the economy. The FED is obsessed with the CPI rate, and the forecasted rates erode the economy, business investment and the stock market. And the longer…
Best Energy Stocks to Buy: Southwestern Energy Competing with behemoth oil & gas companies such as BP, Exxon, Shell, Chevron, Phillips, and others is Southwestern Energy Corp which draws most of its revenue from natural gas production. Is this the sleeper stock that could rocket to new heights as the Winter of 2023/2024 arrives? Let’s…
Will the Stock Market Soar in 2024? Now in mid 2023, many investors are anticipating the reversal of the FED lending rate which would send mortgage payments back down to aid in affordability for hungry home buyers. And with financing cheap again, investment in tech would likely roll on again too. Lots of positives when…
Stock Market Forecast Now While there may be a cyclical uptrend in the markets that’s intriguing investors, they may want to hold on and back away from their FOMO buying impulse. Certainly, the mood this Tuesday morning is good. S&P and NASDAQ futures are up again, however the Dow and Russell index are down. Their…
What is Weather.com? Weather forecasting is a technical and lucrative business. One of the oldest companies in the weather prediction business is The Weather Channel. Weather.com is web domain (called the Weather Channel) and known as the Weather Company. It’s an American owned weather forecasting and monitoring service which is now owned by IBM. The…
Exxon: The World Leader in Oil Production Exxon, (formerly ExxonMobil), is a renowned multinational energy corporation which has established itself as the icon of the oil industry. As one of the most widely purchased and powerful energy stocks, perhaps trading up 20% forecasted value, it’s a staple in most large fund manager’s portfolio’s. If you…
Watching P/E Ratios Might Help You Pick Winning Stocks Investors often make snap decisions on stocks to buy, which is why stats show most investors lose when choosing individual stocks. Disappointment waits when investors swim in murky, unknown waters with no indicators about which direction to go. Today, let’s dig down into one key signal…
How High Will Oil Prices Go? We’re all astonished at the high rising price of oil this fall, yet it seems oil traders are moving beyond a $100 a barrel price forecast to a revised one reaching $200 a barrel. The trend though due to shortages and carbon emissions regulations will guarantee very high…
US Jobs Outlook The bungling of the recent jobs report is a sign of trouble with the current government and a sign the job market is troubled. The current report showed only 266,000 jobs created when almost 1 million were expected. This is a disaster. There are some job market and economic hurdles to deal…
Canadian Real Estate Market Forecast Just like the US housing market, the real estate market in Canada showed remarkable strength in 2020. The Canadian benchmark price increased 8.5% last year, almost five times the rate of 1.8% in 2019. And forecasts for 2021 reflect a continued trend of high prices driven by low mortgage rates,…
What Will Google Look Like after it is Broken Up? Forecast: Google will be broken up. Why? It’s the only viable solution to stop a Trillion dollar company from dominating everything it wants, undermining small business and competition, because it can. But don’t feel sorry for Google. The founders got to live their dream and…
Is Canadian Real Estate in for a Big Price Drop? Even in the wake of the deadliest health epidemic of the last century, the Toronto housing market and Vancouver housing market did not crash. And if China had not released its deadly disease, the housing markets would have been roaring right now. It’s like science…
Continued from the post: Stock Market Forecast Stock Market Long Term Projections The 2021 stock market forecast looks great for US-based companies which sell US-produced products. If the USMCA agreement is passed, it could bolster the US economy and brighten the housing market forecast. However, the Democrats could see this as their opportunity to thwart Trump,…
SEO Spending Continues To Rise The Corona Virus pandemic has had a big impact on the business of marketing and advertising. With offices empty and factories shutdown, and most promotional channels in a standstill, SEO has had lots of time to flourish. Companies are renewing their efforts in the organic content and search engine optimization channels….
Digital Marketing Forecast What could be more fun for a digital marketing agency owner, marketing strategist, digital marketing specialist or entrepreneur than understanding their market and where the opportunities for growth are? There’s a lot of non-sense in expert forecasts, from bitcoin to wearables to virtuality reality and the Internet of Things. These may be the shiny…
What’s the Outlook for the CAD? Businesses, snowbirds, currency speculators, forex brokers, and importers in Canada are all trying to forecast where the CAD USD currency rate is headed. Currency rates are complex however the data is suggesting this latest downward slide will continue. Only 2 years ago, some red-faced currency rate forecasters expected the…
Federal Courts Rule in Favour of Anti Trust Legislators Back in 2017, the Federal Court of Appeal has upheld an April, 2016 decision made by Canada’s Competition Tribunal. It ordered the Toronto Real Estate Board to allow its members to share the sales histories of listed properties online. This ruling relates as well to the…
The High Cost of Indifference and Inaction (COI) Have you ever calculated the cost of all the opportunities you passed on, if you’d been a little more aggressive and ready? Only successful people think about things like that because the COI is big dollars. It’s possible though that what we’ve given up, ignored and weren’t aware of was worth 10…
Weather Forecast for 2020 The winter weather forecast for 2020 is out. What has been an early wintry situation for the midwest may resolve into continued cooling. The bad weather is predicted to start in January 2020. We’re enjoying a respite from the cold northern winds. Farmer’s Almanac Fall and Winter Forecast The Farmer’s Almanac’s…
The Canadian Economic Forecast The International Monetary Fund says Canada is the leading G7 Country How odd is it in 2018, that a country on the verge of trade wars, real estate collapse in its major cities, flat wage growth, mediocre job growth, merciless consumer debt, and a sagging national housing market would be cited…