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The Magazine Indicator Just Flashed Red – Should You Sell Everything?

April 9, 2019 - The story goes that Joe Kennedy, near the peak of the market in 1929, started to receive unsolicited stock tips from his shoeshine boy. Kennedy’s thinking was that if the shoeshine boy was long of stocks, who else was there to…

Julian9 April 2019

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Absolute Return Podcast #8: The Future of Value Investing

April 8, 2019– Tradeweb goes public. Is it the future of bond trading? (more…)

Mike Kesslering8 April 2019

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Value Investing Is Dead! #FAKENEWS

April 3, 2019 - Value investing’s obituary has been written numerous times over the past decade. The reason attributed to its death is poor performance. Is this reality or is it fake news? The Found Art of Value Investing Value investing, the practice of buying…

Julian3 April 2019

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Absolute Return Podcast #7: Timing the Stock Market. Can You Do It?

April 2, 2019 – Canadian yield curve inverts. Is this bad for Canadian stocks? (more…)

Mike Kesslering2 April 2019

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The Ephemeral Nature of Stock Market Timing Signals

March 26, 2019 - Stock market timing strategies have been around since the dawn of markets. They are utilized to forecast trends, from bear markets to bull markets, and everything in between. The goal in using stock market indicators is to be fully invested in…

Julian26 March 2019

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Absolute Return Podcast #6: The IPO: It’s Probably Overpriced

March 25, 2019– U.S. Treasury yield inverts: Is this a bad omen for the stock market? (more…)

Mike Kesslering25 March 2019

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The Danger of Return Targeting

March 19, 2019 - Pension funds are some of the most sophisticated investors in the market. These funds represent enormous pools of capital, some larger than $100 billion, so their resources are near limitless and they are typically run by the best and brightest. Pension…

Julian19 March 2019

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Absolute Return Podcast #5: Why Buy at the 52-Week High?

March 18, 2019– Barrick & Newmont joint venture: Was Barrick’s hostile bid just a ploy? Oaktree goes BAM. Did Howard Marks just call a market top? Boeing 737 aircraft suffers tragic crash. What are the implications? HEXO acquires Newstrike in $260 million deal. More…

Mike Kesslering18 March 2019

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Playing Both Offense and Defense with Factor Investing

March 12, 2019 - Growing up on the Canadian prairies, like most kids, I played hockey. I was a left-winger and had a penchant for scoring goals (what kid doesn’t?). For what I lacked in size and skill, I tried to make up in cherry-picking…

Julian12 March 2019

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Absolute Return Podcast #4: Rate Cuts? We’re Talking About Rate Cuts, Man!

March 11, 2019 - Jobs, jobs jobs! Canada vs U.S. head-to-head analysis of February job gains. (more…)

Mike Kesslering11 March 2019

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