Screeners
A review of the recently ended third quarter shows that the best performing sectors, in both Canadian and U.S. markets, were those that are particularly interest-rate sensitive, such as utilities (up 9 per cent and…
West Texas Intermediate, the North American crude oil benchmark, fluctuated between US$57 and US$62 last week after the attack on Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest exporter of petroleum. The Saudi incident in and of itself…
When markets are unstable and volatility is on the rise, investors tend to investigate alternative defensive products in order to protect their wealth. The materials sector can be seen as defensive insofar as gold (its…
In the midst of trade tensions and geopolitical disputes, it is the cyclical sectors – communications services and energy are prime examples – that tend to suffer most. As investors, sector allocation is crucial to…
The unresolved and further complication of the Sino-U.S. trade dispute hit the markets once again last week, which I believe will cause higher volatility in the markets in the short run. On Friday, U.S. President…
In this week’s filter created for The Globe and Mail, we screened for wealth creators in the US consumer discretionary sector. We are looking for improving performance and comparing it to the premium or discount…
In this week’s filter created for The Globe and Mail, we screened for Canadian-listed small-cap stocks showing solid fundamentals. Today we highlight Canadian small-cap growth companies that have sound fundamentals. We screened the Canadian stock…
In this week’s filter created for The Globe and Mail, we screened for Thirteen defensive U.S. health care and consumer staples stocks. Looking back at May, it was the worst month so far in 2019…
In this week’s filter created for The Globe and Mail, we screened for U.S energy companies that can withstand magnified volatility. Market speculation around production cuts by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and the impact…
In this week’s filter created for The Globe and Mail, we screened for established growth stocks poised for further gains. In the late stage of the business cycle, such as many argue we are in now,…