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Discount Brokerage Weekly Roundup – August 10, 2020

Published August 10, 2020
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There’s nothing quite like being able to stay cool on a hot summer’s day. Whether it’s with a cold beverage, a spot in the shade, or just taking it easy, everyone has their own preference when it comes to handling the heat. One group not sitting around resting this summer, however, is Canadian discount brokerages. […]

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Discount Brokerage Weekly Roundup – August 4, 2020

Published August 4, 2020
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Dessert-lovers, rejoice! This past week was a great time to enjoy the fruits of investing labour, with tech giant Apple announcing they will be initiating a 4:1 stock split, as well as the tech-heavy Nasdaq pressing into new all-time-high territory. In this week’s Roundup, we report on the current state of the deals/promotions drought and […]

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Discount Brokerage Weekly Roundup – July 20, 2020

Published July 20, 2020
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Elon Musk isn’t just a fan of shorts this summer. He’s also taken a pretty long view on bringing big ideas to fruition. As markets continue to press higher despite what appear to be doom-and-gloom messages about the real economy, it seems like the distant future is being priced in rather than the immediate one. […]

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Discount Brokerage Weekly Roundup – July 13, 2020

Published July 13, 2020
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With COVID-19 very much in focus, it appears that time is being measured more in phases and case counts than in actual calendar days or traditional time. Despite the uncertainty (or perhaps as a result of it), discount brokerages in Canada find themselves in a unique position to learn from what is happening in the […]

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Discount Brokerage Weekly Roundup – July 6, 2020

Published July 6, 2020
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Whether it’s the first or fourth of July, where and how you might have celebrated depends in large part on where you happen to find yourself. In this edition of the Roundup, we keep things short and sweet, like a great helping of soft-serve ice cream. First, we take a peek at the deals and promotions […]

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Discount Brokerage Weekly Roundup – June 22, 2020

Published June 22, 2020
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Summer is officially here. With warmer weather now upon us and progress – albeit slower than anyone would like – in the battle against COVID-19, it appears that there is reason for some cautious optimism. A group feeling particularly optimistic heading into the summer are Canadian discount brokerages. The combination of standard commission rates and […]

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Discount Brokerage Weekly Roundup – June 8, 2020

Published June 8, 2020
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Many seasoned investors know that the stock market acts as a giant voting machine on what things are worth. What many people gloss over, however, is the fact that stock markets often start figuring out what something is worth by looking into the future and ignoring what things are worth in today’s dollars. Why this […]

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Discount Brokerage Weekly Roundup – May 25, 2020

Published May 25, 2020
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It’s likely a sign of the times, but what we see and hear on the news is so vastly different depending on where we live. And, even though we are all living through the collective experiment of lifting restrictions, we are starting to learn more about the unforeseen consequences of COVID-19 as well as the […]

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Discount Brokerage Weekly Roundup – May 18, 2020

Published May 18, 2020
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To all the Canadian traders who went long on fun this weekend, the latest performance by US and international markets while the Canadian markets were closed is a mixed blessing. With the bounce-back rally in stocks still going and some stocks even notching new highs, it certainly goes to show that demand for equities – […]

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Discount Brokerage Weekly Roundup – May 11, 2020

Published May 11, 2020
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Despite what most people, Garfield included, seem to think about Mondays, the good news is that this week isn’t last week. With historic job-loss data being reported, the good news is that hopefully the worst bad news economically is now behind us. Surprisingly, trusting the numbers is now a theme appropriate to the news and […]

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Discount Brokerage Weekly Roundup – April 27, 2020

Published April 27, 2020
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Here we are at almost the end of April and were it not for the intentional reminders as to the date, it certainly feels like the long day continues. Still, the goalposts matter. While dates aren’t moveable, it seems like other goalposts are being moved on DIY investors. Also, on the topic of goalposts, this […]

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Discount Brokerage Weekly Roundup – April 20, 2020

Published April 20, 2020
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Another week gone by; however, the metrics that matter aren’t hours and seconds, it seems. Tests, cases, and, unfortunately, deaths are part of a grim set of metrics that serve as the very human backdrop to everybody’s new normal. While it’s harder to distance ourselves from the news than it is from one another, what […]

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Discount Brokerage Weekly Roundup – April 13, 2020

Published April 13, 2020
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For DIY investors, last week’s market bounce is sure to put a spring back into their step, even though stocks are trading well below their levels from just a few weeks ago. Nonetheless, with the fear gauge falling and DIY investors hoping to find treasures in the market, one spoiler to that momentum is that […]

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Discount Brokerage Weekly Roundup – April 6, 2020

Published April 6, 2020
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April has finally arrived. As much as the year is moving quickly, it simultaneously feels like it is moving incredibly slowly. As with the reality in markets, any bit of information about where things go next with the COVID-19 crisis is highly prized. In this edition of the Roundup, we wade into the shallow deals […]

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Discount Brokerage Weekly Roundup – March 30, 2020

Published March 30, 2020
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For frequent market watchers, a screen is hard to ignore. Information about COVID-19 is flying at investors faster than a souped up Vin Diesel muscle car and coupled with, or perhaps compounded by, stock market volatility means it is hard to know exactly how to navigate the unfolding economic, medical and societal crises. Of course, […]

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Discount Brokerage Weekly Roundup – March 23, 2020

Published March 23, 2020
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The most fundamental view of how the stock market works is a balance between supply and demand. As the past few weeks have now shown, there are clearly some places where there’s an oversupply and some places, like grocery stores and phone lines, where demand has surged. Even so, it’s important to remember, especially at […]

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