The Canadian stock market has under-performed the US market for many years now. For instance, while the S&P 500 is downy 1.52% year-to-date based on price, the S&P TSX Composite Index is off by 8.7%. The following chart performance of the two indices in the past 5 years: Click to enlarge Source: Yahoo Finance According …
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The Canadian equity market offers plenty of opportunities from non-financial sectors. Below are 5 such companies for further research: 1.Company: TELUS Corp (TU) Current Dividend Yield: 4.60% Sector: Telecom 2.Company: BCE Inc (BCE) Current Dividend Yield: 5.74% Sector: Telecom 3.Company: TransCanada Corp (TRP) Current Dividend Yield: 5.26% Sector: Oil & Gas Transportation 4.Company: Enbridge Inc …
There have been nine bull and bear markets in the Canadian equity market since 1957. Like in other countries, bull markets have been longer than bear markets with the average bull market lasting 70 months with an average return of over 141%. Similarly the average bear market lasted about 12 months with an average loss …
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Canadian stocks have performed poorly compared to their American peers in the past five years. In fact, the S&P 500 has earned double the return of Canadian equities in the past years as shown in the chart below: Click to enlarge Source: Yahoo Finance One of the main reason for the poor performance of the …
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The Periodic Table of Asset Classes in Canadian Dollars from 2007 to 2016 is shown in the following chart: Click to enlarge Source BMO Nesbitt Burns The above chart demonstrates the importance of diversification.