Articles By Allan Small:

UAW workers picketing

Investing

Making sense of the markets this week: September 24, 2023

Inflation ticks up in August, the U.S. Fed decides not to raise rates, IPOs make a comeback, what the UAW...

Making sense of the markets this week: September 24, 2023
Man looking at stocks through a VR headset

Investing

Making sense of the markets this week: September 3, 2023

Takeaways from the Fed Chair’s speech at Jackson Hole, looking at the value of Canadian banks , AI stocks...

Making sense of the markets this week: September 3, 2023
7 in the sky as an analogy of the Magnificent Seven

Investing

Attention, Canadian investors—the “Magnificent Seven” stocks are dominating

Seven stocks, known as the Magnificent Seven, drove the markets up in the front half of 2023; 493 other...

Attention, Canadian investors—the “Magnificent Seven” stocks are dominating
Eggs sit in a carton with different expressions drawn in black marker to represent investor behavior.

Investing

How recession fears are shaping investor behaviour and emotions

In the first quarter of 2023, investors wrestled with fast-changing market conditions. Here are some takeaways and tips on...

How recession fears are shaping investor behaviour and emotions
A block calendar is changed from 2022 to 2023, as this article covers both years in finance, investing and stocsk

Stocks

2022’s year in review: The financial highs, lows and what’s in store for 2023

A recap of the ups and downs investors and the markets dealt with in 2022 and a hint of...

2022’s year in review: The financial highs, lows and what’s in store for 2023
A person stands at the summit of a mountain, looking down at the clouds

Columns

Does TINA still apply for the stock market? Are GICs and bonds a new option for Canadian investors?

Here’s why it’s still true that there’s no alternative (TINA) to investing in the stock market if you want...

Does TINA still apply for the stock market? Are GICs and bonds a new option for Canadian investors?
Three sticky notes saying buy, hold and sell. Above them, two arrows point in opposite directions.

Investing

Market outlook: Stock prices have started rising—will the good vibes last?

July 2022 was the best month to be invested since the pandemic began. Here’s what this means for investors,...

Market outlook: Stock prices have started rising—will the good vibes last?
A Black man sits on his living room floor, checking both his laptop and phone app for cheap stock prices as he buys investment assets.

Investing

How to stay invested and pick up good quality companies—on the cheap

With the markets dropping, is it a time for Canadian investors to buy cheap stocks? Well, let’s see.

How to stay invested and pick up good quality companies—on the cheap
A woman is holding papers with graphs from the stock markets over the years, showing the dips. She also holds a cellphone in the other hand, implying that she may buy during inflation, bond and interest rates rising

Investing

What fast-rising interest, inflation and bond rates mean for investors

Investors face growing volatility as inflation surges, 10-year bond yields rise and central banks launch larger rate hikes. How...

What fast-rising interest, inflation and bond rates mean for investors