Check out the top advancers and decliners for the TSX for the week ending March 20, 2020.
Read MoreThe 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!
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreIt 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!
Read MoreCheck 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!
Read MoreA quick recap of the advancers and decliners by sector on the S&P/TSX Composite Index for the Week Ending December 13, 2019.
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