The TSX continued to hit record highs this week, gaining 192 points, or 1.1% to close at 17,848. Click here to continue reading about the biggest advancers and decliners by sector for this week!
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The TSX gained 337 points, or 1.95% this week to close at 17,655.49 as the cap-heavy Financials sector was the biggest winner. All 27 stocks ended in the green with the big 5 banks (BMO, Scotiabank, CIBC, Royal, TD) averaging a 2.50% gain. Click to see the best and worst performing stocks on the TSX this week!
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As the TSX continued to hit record highs, unfortunately it gave the gains back on a down day on Friday. Still, each sector had its biggest winners and losers. Air Canada stock was the worst performing Industrials stock due to travel concerns from the coronavirus spreading globally, while Bombardier reversed course and was the best performing stock in the Industrials this week. Read on to see the full list!
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This year, in an effort to be as transparent as possible, I will be posting short weekly progress updates on how my 2020 Canadian Equity Portfolio is performing against its benchmark, the iShares Core S&P/TSX Capped Composite Index ETF (Symbol: XIC). You can also read more about the portfolio by clicking on 2020 on my website’s navigation menu and download an Excel version for yourself. My goal is to encourage more people to move away from passive ETF’s or expensive mutual funds and create a greater sense of ownership by building their own diversified, defensive equity portfolios.
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It was a bit of a wild start to the first full trading week of 2020 with some big names moving higher such as Aritzia on the back of a strong quarterly report. Aurora Cannabis, on the other hand, was the biggest loser of the week falling 17.31% as analysts warned the company would be unlikely to meet its debt covenants. Check out the biggest advancers and decliners by sector by reading on!
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Check out my 2020 Canadian Equity Portfolio and see why I believe this has a good chance of outperforming the benchmark index ETF’s. This will mark the fourth consecutive year I have used this strategy combining historical risk and return metrics with current key fundamental metrics, and to date it has generated vastly superior returns along with lower portfolio volatility. You’re free to read all about it by clicking on the 2020 Portfolio link in the Menu Navigation, and download the portfolio in Excel format as well. Happy New Year!
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