by Leo Belmonte | Jul 15, 2019 | Leo's Blog
Investing in the financial markets is often a challenging experience and, so far in 2019, that has definitely been the case. Most bond managers have kept their focus on the dramatic decline in interest rates around the world. Much has been said about the level of...
by Securityfinancial | Sep 7, 2017 | Leo's Blog
The Bank of Canada made a decision today which caught many investors by surprise: they decided to raise interest rates for the second time this year, taking the lending rate to 1% from 0.75%. Many analysts and pundits had priced in an almost certain hike for October,...
by Securityfinancial | Jan 11, 2016 | Leo's Blog
Happy New Year! The opening trading days of 2016 for global stock markets have not been ideal. These large swings in volatility I suspect will continue which may be a challenging turn of events for investors who have grown accustomed to the unusually low levels...