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- Entry in bear market territory for U.S. stocks : fears are overblown
- Entry in bear market territory for U.S. stocks : fears are overblown
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- Desjardins Launches Three Responsible Investment Funds
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- The Collar: Volatility Protection
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- The Collar: Everyone's Gem (or Almost)
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- Which Exchange Rate to Use for Transactions Made in 2015?
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- François Dupuis
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- Investors may come out all right in the end
- The Oil Market Will Continue Rebalancing Even Though Doha Failed
- Strength of Advanced Economies Means Quick Absorption of Excess Capacity and Rising Interest Rates
- Economic Prospects Are Very Good for 2018
- Oil Prices Are Not Expected To Go Much Higher This Year
- 10-Year Yield Slightly Above 3% No Disaster for U.S. Stock Markets
- The Bank of Canada Begins Monetary Firming and the Loonie Soars
- The Markets Have Been Wary, but the Economy Continues to Send Encouraging Signals
- The Financial Markets After the U.S. Election
- Market Resilience Continues to Impress
- The Oil Market Will Continue Rebalancing Even Though Doha Failed
- The Political Crisis in Italy Revives Bad Memories in the Euro Zone
- Hendrix Vachon
- What does the future hold for Bitcoins?
- Oil prices should start to trend up in the second half of the year
- Are negative interest rates to be feared?
- The Markets Get the Year Off to a Rocky Start
- The Bitcoin Frenzy Reaches New Heights
- The U.S. Economic Cycle Is Aging. Should We Be Worried?
- Debt Remains a Problem
- The Markets Get the Year Off to a Rocky Start
- Hélène Bégin
- Francis Généreux
- Asia: Challenges and Opportunities
- Confidence Makes a Comeback
- Protectionism: A brake on economic growth
- Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States
- South America: Some Light at the End of the Tunnel?
- Brexit: The Economic and Financial Fallout
- The Mexican Economy: Stability in Contrast to the Rest of Latin America
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- The U.S. Budget Situation: Much Worse Despite Economic Growth
- Benoit P. Durocher
- Canada - European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: A Snapshot
- Better Outlook for 2016
- Regional Disparities are Still Significant in Canada
- Will Inflation Eventually Pick Up in Canada?
- Improved Economic Conditions Pave the Way for Higher Canadian Key Interest Rates
- 2017: A Turning Point?
- Growth is forecast to rebound in the United States and Canada
- Regional Disparities are Still Significant in Canada
- Better Outlook for 2016
- Marc Desnoyers
- Have you Established your Investment Policy?
- The Impact of Demographic Trends on Inflation
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- Steve Deschesnes
- McDonald's (MCD, U$166.48)
- Disnat GPS Report: Canadian Portfolio
- Disnat GPS Quarterly Report: Fourth Quarter 2017
- Walt Disney (DIS, U$106.83)
- Disnat GPS Report: International Portfolio
- Johnson & Johnson (JNJ, US$132.27)
- Nike (NKE, U$57.98)
- BlackRock (BLK, U$418.37)
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- Facebook (FB, U$139.92)
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- New for our guided portfolios: Disnat GPS Reports
- Disnat GPS Quarterly Report
- Monthly Review of the Markets – April 2018
- Disnat GPS Report – US Portfolio
- Monthly Review of the Markets – May 2018
- Monthly Market Review – June 2018
- Anne Perreault
- Francis Gosselin
- Living in the Clouds
- Paper's Revenge
- The Risky Gamble of Fintechs
- Bombardier is Here to Stay
- The Great Peril of the Electric Car
- Is Market Performance a Women's Issue?
- Apple, iPhone and the Empire Paradox
- Markets, Exchanges and Volatility II
- Who Can Stop Netflix?
- Michel Villa
- What if You Become Your Own Best Ally in the Market?
- The Three Keys to Market Success
- Five Independent Investor Resolutions for 2018
- Three Tips to Better Deal with Stock Market Volatility
- Knowing How to Stop in Order to Perform Better
- Managing Risk to Avoid Disaster
- Short-Term Market Performance of Large Companies: Don't Fall Into the Trap!
- First Impressions Are Not Always Right
- Develop Your Critical Thinking
- In the Markets, the Best Strategy Is Often To Do Nothing!
- Active Trading: A Matter of Intelligence?
- Fall in Love with Your Investment Process...
- Stock Markets Have a Long-Term Bullish Bias
- The Relationship Between Interest Rates and the Markets
- The Random and Uncertain Nature of the Stock Market
- The Importance of Setting and Respecting an Exit Price
- Angela Iermieri
- Give Yourself the Means to Contribute to Your RRSP
- Does Diversification of Your Investments Prevent You From Having an Overview of Your Portfolio?
- Estate Transfer
- Do you need to rebalance your portfolio?
- 10 Acronyms to Know at Tax Time
- Guy Lamontagne
- Benoit Poirier
- CAE Inc.
- Transat A.T. Inc.
- Héroux-Devtek Inc.
- Uni-Select Inc.
- CAE Inc.
- Bombardier Inc.
- Héroux-Devtek Inc.
- Aecon Group Inc.
- Canadian National Railway Company
- Maher Yaghi
- Frederic Tremblay
- Gary Ho
- Richard Ho
- Michael Markidis
- Keith Howlett
- Trading Basics
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- Stock Basics
- What are Stocks?
- Different Types of Stocks
- How Stocks Trade
- What Causes Stock Prices to Change?
- Buying Stocks
- How to Read a Stock Table/Quote
- The Bulls, the Bears, and the Farm
- Conclusion
- Stock Selection Strategies
- Stock Selection Strategies
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- Value Investing
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- GARP Investing
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- CANSLIM
- Dogs of the Dow
- Technical Analysis
- Conclusion
- Fundamental Analysis
- Fundamental Analysis
- Quarterly, Annual & Auditor's Reports, Management Discussion & Analysis
- The Balance Sheet
- The Income Statement
- The Cash Flow Statement
- Notes to the Financial Statements
- Conclusion and Resources
- Ratio Analysis
- Ratio Analysis
- Where to find the data
- Analyzing the Financial Statements
- Average Interest Rate
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- Price to Earnings Ratio - ("P/E Ratio")
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- Asset Turnover
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- Debt-Asset Ratio
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- Interest Coverage
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- Conclusion
- Technical Analysis
- Technical Analysis
- What is Technical Analysis
- The Bar Chart
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- The Point & Figure Chart
- Using the Moving Average
- The Relative Strength Index (RSI)
- The Money Flow Index
- Using Bollinger Bands
- Support & Resistance
- Popular Charting Patterns
- Conclusion & Resources
- Basic Technical Analysis
- Moving Averages (EMA7, 27) A Month Later…
- EMAs, Continuation and End
- Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
- Exchange Traded Funds
- Benefits of ETFs
- ETFs & Tax Efficiency
- How Do ETFs Work?
- Differences between ETFs and Traditional Mutual Funds
- Guide to Picking and Comparing ETFs
- Using Margin
- Using Margin
- What is Buying on Margin?
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- The Advantages of Margin
- The Risks of Using Margin
- Conclusions and Resources
- Short Selling
- Short Selling
- What is Short Selling?
- The Transaction
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- Ethics & the Role of Short Selling
- Conclusion
- Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)
- Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)
- What is an IPO?
- The Underwriting Process
- IPOs and the Individual Investor
- Some Things to Consider Before Buying
- Tracking Stocks
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- Bonds
- What are Bonds?
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- Different Types of Bonds
- How to Read a Bond Table
- How do I Buy Bonds?
- Conclusion and Resources
- The Money Market
- The Money Market
- What is the Money Market?
- Treasury Bills (T-Bills)
- Commercial Paper
- Bankers' Acceptance
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- What are Options?
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- An Example of How Options Work
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