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Reasons for confidence in the second half of this year.  Click on link to read more about my view of the coming months. http://www.yourcfo-ottawa.com/dropbox/PDFs/files/FinancialPerspectives-editedagain13jul11.pdf Have a great week, Jim. www.yourcfo-ottawa.com 613-224-5075 yourCFO Advisory Group Inc. is a member of the Canadian … Continue reading →

LAST WEEK AT A GLANCE: A large number of companies across a wide range of sectors beat earnings estimates last week.  The trend started early in the week when Intel beat and it continued throughout the week with companies like … Continue reading →

LAST WEEK AT A GLANCE: Its earning season again and aluminum giant ALCOA, traditionally the first to report in the United States, disappointed early in the week.  This led to a decrease in commodity prices that the Canadian markets couldn’t … Continue reading →

LAST WEEK AT A GLANCE: The markets started the week on a sour note with large losses on both the S&P and the TSX.  The TSX shed 142 points on Monday largely due to weakness in the resource sector.  However, … Continue reading →

LAST WEEK AT A GLANCE: This looks familiar. In early May of 2010 the market started a “flash crash”; basically dropping about 5% in one week.  However the next week, the loss was almost totally recovered and we thought the … Continue reading →

LAST WEEK AT A GLANCE: The turmoil in the Middle East combined with the current situation in Japan has caused a high level of volatility in the equity markets.  The Canadian markets ended the week with a strong rally due … Continue reading →

LAST WEEK AT A GLANCE: Throughout the week markets were heading lower in response to the troubles in the Middle East and falling commodity prices.  The TSX suffered its biggest daily loss in seven months on Thursday as well as … Continue reading →

LAST WEEK AT A GLANCE: In Canada, takeover activity in the mining sector, rising commodity prices and strong earnings reports from the financials resulted in another weekly gain for the S&P/TSX. South of the border, the earnings season is coming … Continue reading →

LAST WEEK AT A GLANCE: With 50% of the S&P/TSX Composite Index companies having reported results, earning growth has been stronger than anticipated.  Overall, earnings of the S&P/TSX are up an impressive 31% year over year.  The markets did fall … Continue reading →