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Next Bear Market Will Catch Investors Off Guard Stocks are soaring, and the U.S. economy is chugging along. This has led to investor complacency. In fact, investors haven’t been this complacent since 2007, just shortly before the stock market crashed and the U.S. economy slipped into the Great Recession.  Having no fear in the markets […]

Are We on the Verge of a Cashless Society? The idea of cashless society has been discussed for decades. But the movement toward a true cashless society has finally arrived. The physical money you hold in your hand is starting to disappear. Whether that’s a good thing or not is open for debate. Some argue […]

Credit Card Companies Embrace Blockchain, Just Not Bitcoin Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple may be making all the headlines, but the fact is, blockchain technology really hasn’t caught on yet in a practical way. There simply aren’t that many merchants that accept blockchain payments. But that is about to change. And one credit card […]

Cryptocurrencies: What You Need to Know in 2018 When it comes to cryptocurrencies, bitcoin is the first thing that pops into people’s minds. But there are a lot of other cryptocurrencies out there, and in 2018, they could provide a lot more upside potential than bitcoin. Bitcoin continues to capture all of the cryptocurrency attention. […]

Apple Inc. Market Cap Cracks $900.0 Billion Apple Inc. (NASDAQ/APPL) blew Wall Street away when it announced its financial results for the fourth quarter ended September 30, 2017. The company also announced soaring “iPhone” sales and has received critical acclaim for its “iPhone X,” despite an eye-watering price tag of US$999.00. On Thursday, November 2, […]

Canadian Economy Contracts in August After being on a tear, it looks like the Canadian economy might be taking a breather, or worst yet, starting to cool. In the first quarter, the Canadian economy advanced at 3.7%, in the second quarter, it surged 4.5%.1,2 For the first six months of 2017, Canada’s economy expanded by […]

Oil Prices Near Two-Year High, But for How Long? West Texas Intermediate is trading near a two-year high at $54.00 per barrel, as the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), and other-major non-OPEC oil producers (minus the U.S. and Canada) says it will stick with its intended production cuts through 2018. This has resulted in […]

What Do Tensions with North Korea Mean for the Markets? Tension between the United States and North Korea is ratcheting up and many are now considering the likelihood of something unmanageable just a few years ago: war with the hermit state. Even the Japanese government has stepped in and called North Korea a “critical and […]

Canadian Economic Outlook Looks Gloomy After starting out the year with a bang, the Canadian economy appears to be slowing down. In the first quarter, Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP) was 3.7%1 and in the second, GDP was an even stronger 4.5%.2 But now economic data points to a slowdown, and that could put the […]