Articles by Bob Weir

January is usually a good month for the stock market as investors are full of positive anticipation for the year ahead. However, with the various Indexes near all-time highs, it might be prudent to adopt a cautious approach to investing this month and, indeed, this year. [more]

The last few days of 2021 ended meekly. But the year as a whole was outstanding. We remain very cautious for 2022 as corporate earnings, the backbone of market performance, are not likely to emulate the strong performance garnered in 2021. In the last few weeks of 2021, there was a noticeable shift away from technology and growth stocks to the more defensive issues like utilities, and such as we have in our eResearch Dividend Portfolio. Such stocks could come under pressure in the New Year. We will remain vigilant. [more]

December is typically a strong performance month. So is January. However, COVID-19 and its Omicron variant have rankled investors, resulting in an extremely volatile market right now. Investors need to be extra cautious. [more]

Finally, our long-expected market pull-back and, typically, in just a few days of trading. The market may attach itself to the current negative sentiment and decline further. However, we are heading into the market’s usual strong performance period. December is usually a good month for the market, and this normally extends into the New Year. But this year could be different. By all means, take advantage of washed out quality companies, but be careful with your buying proclivities. [more]

The market is entering its historically strong seasonal period, which runs from late October until about mid-May. If this holds true again this/next year, the Indexes will be pounding out new all-time highs on a regular basis. While this could happen, we must also be on the lookout for the “promised” pull-back. [more]

October proved to be a good month for our Portfolio, and now we are heading into the market’s strongest period. Our excellent dividend-paying companies and the strong overall market performance combined to send our Portfolio up 8.2% since its inception last June 1. [more]

Canadian Utilities has an attractive dividend yield and also some appreciation potential from current levels. [more]

This is an update article to the original “Chart of the Day” report on Suncor from September 20, 2021. Suncor’s stock price is up 19% in 3 weeks. [more]