by Securityfinancial | Jan 26, 2017 | Leo's Blog
With the U.S inauguration officially behind us, and President Trump now in the White House, I thought I would send you a list of his major campaign promises as a recap: · Undertake fiscal stimulus measures · Reform the tax system · Repatriate offshore profits ·...
by Securityfinancial | Dec 16, 2016 | Leo's Blog
During the last Federal Reserve System meeting of 2016, Janet Yellen has announced an increase to interest rates in the United States by 0.25%. As it stands, interest rates in the U.S. are at 0.75% but the Federal Reserve has signaled for approximately three more rate...
by Securityfinancial | Nov 10, 2016 | Leo's Blog
I must admit I have been quite surprised by the resilience of the market yesterday and what I am seeing in the futures this morning. Statistically, the day after an election, the U.S market is down on average 1.8%. When President Obama was elected 8 years ago, the...
by Securityfinancial | Oct 21, 2016 | Leo's Blog
Over the past week, I had the privilege of attending conferences from both Fidelity Investments & Renaissance Investments in order to gather some insight on market direction from three of their top portfolio managers. I was lucky enough to listen to Steve...
by Securityfinancial | Oct 14, 2016 | Leo's Blog
I wanted to share a report from TD Economics in regards to the larger and more persistent federal budget deficits expected well into 2017. The main causes for the increased deficits appear to be a slowing of economic growth from what was projected by Finance Minister...
by Securityfinancial | Oct 7, 2016 | Leo's Blog
In an effort to ensure that Canadians are not taking on more mortgage debt than they should, the Liberal government announced several changes that will come into effect beginning on October 17th. These changes are: 1.) Expanding the mortgage rate stress test to all...
