Are you ready for June?

Published by Richardson Wealth Asset Management on May 19, 2016

We have taken note that there seems to be a significant number of big events likely to occur in June. Any one of these, or all of them, have the potential to materially move markets in either direction. A few include: The Fed meeting on June 15 – since... Read more
SHORT-TERMism

Published by Richardson Wealth Asset Management on Mar 14, 2016

“The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient.” – Warren Buffett PDF Version of this blog available HERE The only constant in the investment landscape is change. I would still classify myself as a youthful investor... Read more
Negative Rates: Having to pay to save

Published by Richardson Wealth Asset Management on Mar 08, 2016

Ever since the worst financial crisis since the great depression, central bankers have been using unconventional means to manipulate economies to their will. Now, there is nothing wrong with unconventional thinking. Tackling a new problem, and asking... Read more
Opportunities often feel so very wrong

Published by Richardson Wealth Asset Management on Feb 09, 2016

“So ends the bloody business of the day” – Homer The vast majority of major markets are firmly in correction territory with a few even in bear market territory. Today’s drop in the TSX isn’t helping. This market weakness has been persistent, to varying... Read more
India: (Not) Another BRIC In The Wall

Published by Richardson Wealth Asset Management on Jan 27, 2016

With the bull market beginning to show its age, investors are left yearning for growth as developed market advancement has been anemic. Growth has been grinding lower in the U.S., which is struggling to produce a mere 2% growth. With Canada in a technical... Read more
Canadian Dollar Outlook

Published by Richardson Wealth Asset Management on Jan 13, 2016

The Canadian dollar has hit a 12 year low. It could be worse, at least nobody is talking about the benefits of adopting the U.S. currency, yet. Currencies tend to move in long cycles, the average span is roughly eight years. The Canadian dollar (loonie)... Read more
Big Bad China

Published by Richardson Wealth Asset Management on Jan 11, 2016

When it comes to China, it is not simply about the capital markets. China sports the world’s second largest economy and is often the largest buyer of many seaborne commodities. And so far in 2016, it has been a gong show including complete market closures... Read more
Downward Sloping Ws

Published by Richardson Wealth Asset Management on Jan 07, 2016

Downward Sloping Ws At time of writing, just a few trading sessions into the year, oil is down nearly 10%, the worst start to a year ever. This has erased more than $100 billion in market cap from the 60 largest public oil & gas companies in the world... Read more
Emerging Markets - remaining on the sideline

Published by Richardson Wealth Asset Management on Jan 05, 2016

We have witnessed three consecutive years of emerging markets underperforming their more developed peers, and since 2012 it was roughly a tie, one could argue this relative performance dates back more than half a decade. Valuations, based on consensus... Read more