Stock Market Forecast The US banking crisis is revealing cracks in the financial system that’s creating increasing concerns for investors around the globe. While optimism has been strong and pointing to a turnaround within 6 months, quantitative tightening (credit squeeze) combined with fast rising interest rates is souring the outlook. And there’s more as you’ll…
US Economy Outlook Are we to believe the weak 2023 GDP and economic forecasts for 2023? Can an economy bursting with demographic demand, high immigration, rich corporations be contained? And given that the economy is entirely dependent on politicians and their employees, would they be willing to drive it into the ground as China reopens and…
Stock Market Outlook Next Ten Years It’s difficult for any investor to make confident stock buying and selling decisions without a clear, long term vision of the economy. You want some certainty about the 5 year outlook and the 10 year long range outlook. This long range outlook is about more than the Dow Jones…
Vancouver Housing Market Update and Forecast Vancouver has built its reputation as one of the most beautiful cities and locations in the world. The modernization of the city, incredible mountain vistas, moderate climate with a surprising amount of yearly sunny days, high tech center growth, tourism and neighboring mountain recreation areas makes this area a…
Stock Market News 2022 is almost upon us and forecasts and predictions are all over the place. Given the political and health issues we’re still facing, the volatility and uncertainty is not surprising. Keeping up on the latest stock market news is important for any investor. Opportunities disappear. Most stories are recounts of investing activity…
China Economic Forecast 2022t It’s a challenge to describe the Chinese economy given it is a capitalist market built on top of a communist system. The country is now at a cross roads and must decide whether it can handle a free, open relationship with the rest of the world. Today’s topic is China’s effect…
Investing and Global Diversification If you scan the 5 year forecast or 10 year forecast for US stock markets, you might conclude that US price and earnings growth doesn’t look as inspiring versus China, Vietnam, Brazil, Germany or other markets. But those investors thinking of investing internationally in Mexico, Japan, Australia, Viet Nam, Germany, Korea,…
Where is Canada’s Economy Headed? A new report on Canadian GDP has more people taking a closer look at the Canadian economy and perhaps reconsidering how they’ll vote in this coming snap Federal election. StatsCan says Canada’s GDP shrank 1.1% in the 2nd quarter of 2021 and has dropped by .4% in July. According to…
SpeedTest 5G Speed Report We’ve all been hearing a lot about 5G for a while now. The technology is so good, it’s created a surge in investment in 5G network technology, and consumer smartphones. In this post, we see how 5G fares against current bandwidth service in 4G, broadband and cellular services. You’ll be surprised…
Now is The Right Time to Repatriate Jobs to the US Jobs are always vitally important to a country, an economy and the well being of its people, and even more so during this pandemic recession. Creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs could help the US endure the China Virus’ devastation and get back…
Should You Buy Facebook Stock? Facebook has fared much better than most companies in 2020 despite the pandemic shutdown. And experts feel 2021 will be a phenomenal year for the FB stock and earnings. With a slate of new, hot products, the social media giant is competing in all the right places. FB’s stock price…
US Economic Forecast Part 2 (Continued from Part 1) China’s manufacturing sector has been declining, particularly of late. The communist led country is suffering the worst economic forecast of the last 50 years. China’s in more trouble than anyone will admit even if they print more money to alleviate the losses. China’s propaganda mills are…
Demand for Luxury Homes in Aurora Aurora Ontario Canada is one of those special small cities or towns that’s blessed with a great location, warm community, and a special character. It’s more than a place of expensive homes and luxury cars however. If you’ve never heard about Aurora ON, you’ll discover here and in the…
OMG: US Debt with China: $1 Trillion + $360 Billion Per Year Active Trade Deficit! That was my headline back in 2016, and of course, things are much worse now. The task for President Trump was more difficult than he realized. It’s not just dependence on China nor Asian trade supply channels. It’s the stubbornness…
China Housing Bubble About to Collapse? American’s are enjoying good economic times again and although the road to health and prosperity will have some bumps, the motion is set. The United States is the envy of the world again. On January 1st, 2019 (25% tariff), imports to the US didn’t drop much but the IRS…
Lucrative Canadian Real Estate Market Spilling over into the US Before Corona Virus plague hit US shores, foreign buyers were a big factor in the US housing market. Foreigners were buying up US properties and the biggest increase is coming from Canadians. Even NAR’s Chief Lawrence Yun was surprised by the growing demand from Canadians…
CIBT Education Group Inc. There aren’t many organizations that focus on the student housing investment market and a lucrative area of this sector is student hotel housing. CIBT is one of the best and biggest, and they have assets and opportunities in Vancouver. CIBT Education Group Inc. is one of the largest education and student…
2020 Stock Market Correction The 2020 stock market forecast was calling for more volatility. And with the pandemic, wow did ever happen! Good call except the cause was unforeseen. (This is an old post) If manufacturing comes back to the US, it is bound to stimulate investment, jobs, and of course stock performance. Yet, the monthly…
Apple, Facebook, Google and Amazon to Face Monopoly Charges That’s the prediction as other anti-trust convictions of others companies show the government actually is serious about unfair monopolies. What’s at stake in the growing anti-trust movement is the future of small business, which has been consistently crushed for too many years. We all played the popular…
When Is the Best Time to Buy a Home? A Laser Clear View of Toronto Housing — 2017 to 2018 Spring 2017 is almost here in Toronto, and tens of thousands of homebuyers will make the decision to buy a home. Yet buyers are confused, not because it may be a housing bubble, but because they…
