Articles by Bob Weir

Our Top Ten Portfolio’s gain by the end of 2019 was just narrowly back of the benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index’s 22.2% gain. Despite this relatively good performance, we intend to overhaul the Portfolio for 2020. We started with $500,000 total capital at the beginning of 2019 and we will be including last year`s total profits to begin 2020 with total capital of $605,204. [more]

Our Dividend-Income Portfolio got off to a good start after its inception on December 1. By year-end, the Portfolio was up 3.5% while the S&P/TSX Composite Index was up 0.4% for the month. [more]

eResearch has summarized an article by Keith Richards of ValueTrend. Investors love the high-yielding REIT sector, but warning signs are appearing and, if they morph into sell signals, investors should take heed and, more importantly, take action. [more]

Our Top Ten Portfolio finally broke out to the upside. Just in time because we are going to discontinue this portfolio and start a new one on January 1, 2020. [more]

The current reading of 725 is a Positive indicator for the DJIA. The latest swoon bottomed out on December 5 and the Index has risen every day since then, gaining an impressive 61% in that time-frame. The RASI and the DJIA are now back in sync. [more]

The outlook for the energy sector has improved during December with positive catalysts including the OPEC+ cartel agreeing to cut production in Q1/2020, the successful IPO of Saudi Aramco, and crude oil price gains. [more]

Canadian interest rates have risen quite a bit lately. Also, the spreads are narrowing. However, there is still no change to our Economic Recession forecast for Canada. [more]

The focus on high dividend-paying stocks has been a key component of investment strategy in 2019. The near-term performance of the Canadian bond market could be key in determining the future direction of dividend-paying stocks. [more]