For Long-Term Investors, Small Things Like Presidential Elections Don’t Matter

by Jeff Sommer In a year of serial crises, solace for many people has come from an unlikely source: the stock market. Despite periodic jitters and a horrendous downturn earlier in the year, the stock market has been a surprisingly sturdy refuge. Although there is heartbreak almost everywhere else you look, most of the time […]

THE U.S. ELECTION IS FAST APPROACHING, AND IT COULD HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON INVESTOR PORTFOLIOS

Author of the article: Martin PelletierAs we approach the U.S. election in November, many are wondering if it’s worth undertaking some proactive repositioning when it comes to their portfolios.When looking at the previous 23 election years, markets have been positive in 19 of those years or 83 per cent of the time. The four years […]

Expect These US Politicians To Be Leading the Charge to make Cannabis Legal in 2020

The push to make cannabis legal in 2020 has seen exponential growth in support in a record amount of time. While Obama was reluctant to fully support legal cannabis and introduced only minor laws in support of the substance, lawmakers on both sides of the political divide are now arguing in favour of making cannabis […]