iPhone 5 is coming soon...

Investing in technology sometime can be difficult, however, investors who invested in Apple (AAPL) are in some happy campers.  iPhone 5 rumored to be coming out sometime in August to November of this year.  I can see the stock is going back to the 52 week high level.

Sell in May, Go Away (Review)

Today is the first day of June.  It has been a rough ride for both TSX and S&P500.  Sell in May, go away seems to work for this year again.  TSX and S&P500 has fell more than 6% for the month.  Bond yields have been the lowest in years.  The situation seems to be not getting any better.  The strategy is to continue to hold U.S. and Canadian Bonds in the up coming bonds.  Also starting to buy few index along the way from time to time.

Sell in May, Go Away II

Today, two significant loses in TSX proven Sell in May, Go Away is true again.  I have sold many during the month of April and now watching the stocks go down in triple digits in number of days.  I will keep watching on Euro market and see if they are in a recovery mode.  However, I will see that the US market will outperform the Canadian market this year.

Sell in May, Go Away

Many of you might already heard of the phase - "Sell in May, Go Away!".  During the summer months, many stock buying and selling activities might be slowing down due to vacation season.  Stock prices usually go lower due during the summer season.  Hence, many investors usually sell during the month of May and buy back the stocks on the month of September.  I usually follow this theory as I am selling some of my holdings throughout the month of April ahead of summer season.  I will update on this website to see if the trend is correct for this year.

Canada's Interest Rates remain unchanged at 1 per cent

The Bank of Canada has left the key overnight interest rate unchanged at one per cent, but signals to remove monetary stimulus may become appropriate.  It is also signals that interest rate may rise by the end of the year.


What should we do with the low interest rate environment but anticipate interest rate interest.  If you have variable rate, you should consider to pay off as fast as it can.  Keep the fixed rate mortgage as it will not change the rate during the length of the contract.

Five reasons to love dividend growth investing

Five reasons to love dividend growth investing - An excellent article talks about investing in dividend stocks

Click Globe and Mail article to read.  Enjoy.

Source:  From Globe and Mail Newspaper

Nasdaq crossed 3000

Nasdaq composite index crossed 3000 for the first time in more than 10 years. Apple stock contributed a lot of gains to the index. Looking at the chart, the next resistance point is around 3200 dated around May 26, 2000. There are about 200 points to go. All indexes seem to have a uptrend except for TSX might be falling due to falling commodities prices.