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Big picture view: avoiding snakes is job number one

Posted on June 25, 2020 by Danielle Park

After the 2018 fourth-quarter meltdown, large-cap stocks rebounded on share buybacks to a higher high before hitting the skids this February and taking out the 2018 low.  This was a significant breach. The sequentially lower low circled in my partner … Continue reading →

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IMF: global contraction deeper and longer than previously thought

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Danielle Park

As COVID-19 cases surge across 27 US states this week, the IMF revised its 2020 global economic contraction forecast today to -4.9% (from -3% in April) thanks to a larger-than-anticipated supply shock and an ongoing hit to demand from social … Continue reading →

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Retirees pay heavily when sales people are allowed to ‘advise’

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Danielle Park

In the late 1990s, thousands of Canadian teachers were offered early retirement packages that included the option to take a lump-sum withdrawal and forfeit their vested right to a defined pension for life. My mom was a teacher and she–and … Continue reading →

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