Ordinary investors need to know that these are not ordinary times. It’s time to review your risk tolerance. Ken Norquay asks: Are you satisfied with the profits you have just   Read More

Ordinary investors need to know that these are not ordinary times. It’s time to review your risk tolerance. Ken Norquay asks: Are you satisfied with the profits you have just   Read More

Ken Norquay says in times of aggressive monetary policy, pandemic, potential deflation, potential hyperinflation and economic melt down, focus on preservation of capital.

The financial winds have shifted. Eight months after   Read More

Is the star in the east shining on gold? Nick Barisheff makes the case for gold going over $10,000 an ounce. Alas, he proffers no opinion on the future for   Read More

Behavioural finance analyst Ken Norquay casts his skeptical eye on the notion that the baby boomers have had their financial dreams come true. Why would they worry?
While travelling in Colorado   Read More

Pete Seeger’s 1950s hit ‘Turn! Turn! Turn! To everything there is a season’ popularized the message of Ecclesiastes 3:1-8. So why, behavioural finance analyst Ken Norquay wonders, does the securities   Read More

The investment industry relies heavily on investors owning individual company stocks traded on stock exchanges. But behavioural finance analyst Ken Norquay says we can use exchange-traded funds to invest in   Read More

Pete Seeger’s 1950s hit ‘Turn! Turn! Turn! To everything there is a season’ popularized the message of Ecclesiastes 3:1-8. So why, behavioural finance analyst Ken Norquay wonders, does the securities   Read More

Equity mutual fund managers sense a high risk in the stock market and are increasing their cash reserves. But the amount of cash they hold is restricted by the fund’s   Read More

The investment industry relies heavily on investors owning individual company stocks traded on stock exchanges. But behavioural finance analyst Ken Norquay says we can use exchange-traded funds to invest in   Read More

Equity mutual fund managers sense a high risk in the stock market and are increasing their cash reserves. But the amount of cash they hold is restricted by the fund’s   Read More

Behavioural financial analyst Ken Norquay believes managers of big portfolios are ‘concerned’ about the market. But they have a liquidity problem. Selling will depress the market. Small investors don’t have   Read More

We expect interest rates to keep climbing in 2018. Higher rates have hurt the prices of high-yield stocks. They often raise their dividends, however, while bonds never pay more. And   Read More

Interest rates are climbing in 2018. Higher rates have hurt the prices of high-yield stocks. They often raise their dividends, however, while bonds never pay more. And dividends are taxed   Read More

We expect interest rates to keep climbing in 2018. Higher rates have hurt the prices of high-yield stocks. They often raise their dividends, however, while bonds never pay more. And   Read More

Would starting all over again from scratch make you a better investor? For behavioural finance analyst Ken Norquay, a friend’s sudden and total move across the country caused him to   Read More

Every month the Money Reporter, the newsletter for investors whose interest is more interest,   publishes its list of recommended bonds and preferred shares. The longer-term outlook is for yields to   Read More

Every month the Money Reporter, the newsletter for investors whose interest is more interest, publishes its list of recommended bonds and preferred shares. We currently recommend a 50-50 split between   Read More

When Canada’s real estate balloon starts to fizzle will it take Canadian financials stocks down with it? Behavioural finance analyst Ken Norquay recalls lessons of the past for readers of   Read More