Diana Avigdor on trading in the “Treadmill Market”
Barometer’s Diana Avigdor, (VP, Portfolio Manager and Head of Trading discusses trading in a “treadmill market” on BNN.
Did Canada Make the Right Call on Aecon?
David Burrows, President & Chief Investment Strategist, Barometer Capital Management Inc., shares his views on the Canadian Government blocking the takeover of Aecon.
The rate at which Americans are quitting their jobs is on the rise…and that’s a good thing.
An upward trend in the job quitting rate in the U.S. signals strength in the labour market. Why? In good times people are more likely to quit their jobs because getting a new job is generally easier. When the economy starts to weaken, employees recognize these signals early and change their behaviour, making them far […]
Equity Bull Market Life Expectancy – Bounce or Continuation? $SPY
Much has been made of the late January equity swoon and whether the bounce from the February 9 lows is sustainable. From the rising 200day moving average and the overnight S&P500 futures lows from the previous Monday night equities have rallied sharply. Since then, almost immediately, the four key short term breadth indicators Barometer uses […]
Correction, or something more sinister? $SPY $TLH
As of the close yesterday, the S&P500 has pulled back 7.8% from highs reached one week ago. Internally at Barometer the week before last we were discussing the extent that the market had become extended above its longer term moving averages and the possibility that we could see correction. As a potential trigger, we noted […]
Barometer Disciplined Leadership Balanced Fund Awarded FundData A+ Award
We are very proud to have received Fundata’s A+ Award for our Barometer Disciplined Leadership Balanced Fund ~ Awarded on January 25, 2018 for the calendar year of 2017. Pictured (left to right) Barometer’s Brian MacNicol, Jim Schetakis and Adam Jacobson. The FundGrade rating system assesses Canadian investment funds using three risk-adjusted performance metrics: Excess […]
Financials Re-Accelerate – 2 Minute Video
What can be gleaned from yesterdays move higher in financials as it relates to forward looking returns. $XLF $IAI $KBE $KCE