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Market Insights
Top Ten Portfolio Keeping Pace With S&P/TSX
Our Top Ten Portfolio slipped slightly over the past two weeks by 0.5% while the S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.6%. We are increasingly nervous about a possible near-term correction even though the market has entered its strongest seasonality period. Investors should be alert for tax-loss selling situations, where increased selling for window-dressing purposes could result in sharply lower prices for “loser” stocks. This often provides an ideal entry point for astute buyers. [more]
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Top Ten Portfolio Essentially Range-Bound For October
The Portfolio is struggling to gain traction. Its current value is about where it was at the beginning of October. Only five of the nine stocks are profitable although only one of the four losers is decidedly so. The present bevy of stocks is up only 1.2%, and it has been trading profits that have served the Portfolio so well to date. [more]
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Top Ten Portfolio Rises 0.3% This Past Week
It was a stand-pat week for both our Top Ten Portfolio and the S&P/TSX Composite Index. The portfolio gained 0.3% while the Index was flat. [more]