30 04, 2020

3 Simple Ways to Know if a Stock is Safe

By |2023-06-14T13:19:47+00:00April 30th, 2020|Categories: Special Presentation Essays, VectorVest|Tags: , |

When you have a service like VectorVest, there is an infinite number of ways to make money in the stock market. Less appreciated, perhaps, is the priority VectorVest has always given to the principles of managing risk and protecting your wealth...

14 04, 2020

How Did Our Model Portfolios Hold Up During the Market Crash?

By |2023-06-14T13:19:47+00:00April 14th, 2020|Categories: Special Presentation Essays, VectorVest|Tags: , , |

Investors have endured the steepest stock market collapse in the shortest period of all-time...

7 04, 2020

Relative Safety and the Best of All Worlds

By |2023-06-14T13:19:47+00:00April 7th, 2020|Categories: Special Presentation Essays, VectorVest|Tags: , , , , , , |

As I write, market volatility continues. VectorVest is urging caution and erring on the side of defense. This might be a time when even aggressive investors and traders will want to wait for more confirmation of an uptrend, such as the DEW or Confirmed Call...

30 03, 2020

A Simple Little Search

By |2023-06-14T13:19:47+00:00March 30th, 2020|Categories: Special Presentation Essays, VectorVest|Tags: , , , , |

The Toronto Stock Exchange’s TSX jumped a remarkable 1,342 points or 11.96% Tuesday, March 24, a broad-based rally sparked by hopes of further stimulus measures by the US and other major economies...

24 03, 2020

Be Prepared to Get in Ahead of the Crowd with the Primary Wave

By |2023-06-14T13:19:47+00:00March 24th, 2020|Categories: Special Presentation Essays|Tags: , , , , , |

Unprecedented. Worse than the financial crisis of 2008. The business media could not deliver a more stark analysis of the economic fallout from the Coronavirus than they did this week. Stock market corrections happen every few years, but 30% in less than a month...

11 03, 2020

Dividend Yield as a Measure of Valuation and Risk

By |2023-06-14T13:19:47+00:00March 11th, 2020|Categories: Special Presentation Essays, VectorVest|Tags: , , |

Dividend Yield (DY) is primarily viewed as an estimate of how much income you can expect to receive in relation to the price of the stock if you hold it for an entire year. The formula is simply the Annual Dividend Paid divided by the current Share Price, or the Purchase Price if you already own the stock...

12 02, 2020

Investing and Retirement

By |2023-06-14T13:19:47+00:00February 12th, 2020|Categories: Special Presentation Essays|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Last week a subscriber emailed, “What does the term retirement mean with VectorVest? Does it mean you are already retired and living on the income and buying mostly REITs or high dividend paying stocks similar to the positions held in the Canadian model Retirement portfolio?”

5 02, 2020

Should You Buy Stocks Now or Wait?

By |2023-06-14T13:19:48+00:00February 5th, 2020|Categories: Special Presentation Essays, VectorVest|Tags: , |

Sometimes this market is hard to figure out. As I write on Tuesday, January 28, the Market Timing Indicator or MTI continued to fall even on a day when the TSX Composite rose 58 points or 0.33%...

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