Hilliard’s Weekend Notebook


Thoughts, views and opinions as current events unfold: With topics taken from current market events and my latest book — When the Bubble Bursts: Surviving the Canadian Real Estate Crash (Dundurn: March 2015)  and my first book Investment Traps and How to Avoid Them (1999) — this short piece will give you unique and valuable insights filtered by my thirty-six years’ experience as an investment professional.
 

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Traditional safe havens can disappoint

Published by Hilliard MacBeth on Mar 27, 2020

Savvy investors look for safe places for their money in uncertain times. Canadians consider large companies that pay generous dividends as reliable and safe. Are traditional safe-haven investments likely to perform well this time? Some Canadian companies... Read more
Timing the bottom of a bear market

Published by Hilliard MacBeth on Mar 20, 2020

A full-blown global recession is inevitable at this point, due to government efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19. The world’s economy was slowing before the pandemic hit. A growth slowdown has now become a widespread economic contraction. Stock... Read more
The OPEC era is over

Published by Hilliard MacBeth on Mar 13, 2020

The oil supply cartel known as OPEC continues to self-destruct. With the announcement that the Saudi-led group of oil exporters could not reach agreement with Russia the price of oil collapsed. Will OPEC ever regain control of the oil markets? In my weekend... Read more
The Bank of Canada makes an emergency rate cut

Published by Hilliard MacBeth on Mar 06, 2020

The Bank of Canada (BOC) cut its policy interest rate on Wednesday to 1.25 percent, the first cut in rates since 2015. The drop of 50 basis points was like Tuesday’s move by the U.S. Federal Reserve, which was done as an emergency response to risks related... Read more