by Leo Belmonte | Jan 21, 2022 | Leo's Blog
Happy New Year!I wanted to provide a recap of 2021, what to expect in 2022, and contribution reminders for the RRSP and TFSA.After a challenging 2020, the global economy stabilized and began its recovery in 2021 despite some challenges along the way. Most notably the...
by Leo Belmonte | Jan 10, 2021 | Leo's Blog
Happy New Year! I trust everyone had a safe and healthy holiday season. If you told me back in March 2020 we would end the year with a positive rate of return I would never have believed it. Yet here we are living in one of the most uncertain times of a generation and...
by Leo Belmonte | Feb 3, 2020 | Leo's Blog
Welcome to a new year and a new decade. I recently participated in a presentation hosted by the Economic Club of Canada. The big six Canadian banks had their chief economists offer their insights on the current state of the global economy. In addition, I would like to...
by Leo Belmonte | Jan 31, 2019 | Leo's Blog
Everyone knows how to win. Few know how to lose. Yet the secret to making money in the various markets is knowing how to lose and how to control your losses. In the book Warren Buffet calls the best book ever written on investing, namely Benjamin Graham’s THE...
by Leo Belmonte | May 18, 2018 | Leo's Blog
2018 marks year #10 since our last global market downturn. To place this into context, historically a market correction-recession typically happens every 5-6 years. As you can appreciate we are well beyond those statistics which leads me to believe we are closer to...