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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Joe Biden and stock market returns

Published by Hilliard MacBeth on Oct 30, 2020

A “clean sweep” on November 4 for Joe Biden and the Democrats looks increasingly possible. To get a “clean sweep” Biden would win and voters would give Democrats a majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. What would happen to stock... Read more
Tesla beats expectations again

Published by Hilliard MacBeth on Oct 23, 2020

This week Tesla’s latest earnings report revealed impressive results. The profit trend continues to improve, with growing auto production, cash flow and net income. Do Tesla shares make a good investment today? Tesla’s fifth consecutive profitable quarter... Read more
The second wave of COVID-19

Published by MacBeth Team on Oct 16, 2020

Six months after the COVID-19 pandemic started, reports abound of significant increases in cases in some countries. The United Kingdom, for example, shows new daily cases higher than any previous peak. How big is this second wave? How will it affect the... Read more
Clean energy wins the race

Published by Hilliard MacBeth on Oct 09, 2020

Clean energy investing outperformed stock market averages worldwide over the past year. The investment crowd is piling into investments related to renewable energy. Will the clean energy sector continue to outperform? The performance of clean energy companies... Read more
The recession becomes real

Published by Hilliard MacBeth on Oct 02, 2020

The Canadian government, the biggest spender of the G7 countries, rushed legislation through Parliament this week that extends an income support program to those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This new subsidy under Employment Insurance (EI) replaces... Read more