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Weekly Update – November 16, 2018

November 17, 2018
 Client services, Economy, Frank's Update, Investments, The Markets, Weekly Update, You First Financial
 Frank Manzo

“Put the politicians on minimum wage and watch how fast things change” – Author Unknown Market Wrap-Up The major North American, European and Asian markets all finished down for the week, as market uncertainty continued. However, Friday saw the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial posted gains to close out the week, while the NASDAQ… Read More

Weekly Update – November 9, 2018

November 10, 2018
 Client services, Economy, Federal Reserve, Frank's Update, Interest Rates, Investments, The Markets, Weekly Update, You First Financial
 Frank Manzo

“Voting is as much an emotional act as it is an intellectual one” – Monica Crowley   North American Markets Down Friday, Up for the Week On Tuesday, Americans went to the polls and cast their ballots for the 2018 Mid-Term Elections. Analysts’ predictions of a Democratic House of Representatives and a Republican Senate held… Read More

Weekly Update – October 26, 2018

October 26, 2018
 Anthony & Frank's Update, Bank of Canada, Client services, Economy, Interest Rates, Investments, The Markets, Weekly Update, You First Financial
 Frank Manzo

“Far more money has been lost by investors preparing for corrections, or trying to anticipate corrections, than has been lost in corrections themselves” – Peter Lynch Another Down Week for Markets The market retreat continued this week, with the TSX and S&P 500 finishing the week down 3.76% and 3.95% respectively. The total drop from the… Read More

Weekly Update – October 19, 2018

October 19, 2018
 Client services, Economy, Frank's Update, The Markets, Weekly Update, You First Financial
 Frank Manzo

“What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out” – Alfred Hitchcock Drama Is Constant The Attention Economy is, according to Wikipedia, “an approach to the management of information that treats human attention as a scarce commodity and applies economic theory to solve various information management problems. Put simply by Matthew Crawford, ‘Attention… Read More

Weekly Update – October 12, 2018

October 13, 2018
 Anthony & Frank's Update, Client services, Economy, Financial Planning, Investments, Mutual Funds, The Markets, Weekly Update, You First Financial
 Frank Manzo

“In the old legend the wise men finally boiled down the history of mortal affairs into a single phrase: ‘This too will pass’” – Benjamin Graham   The Stock Market Pulls Back This week, markets pulled back in a noticeable way. The S&P/TSX Composite Index finished down 3.3%; the S&P 500 was down 3.9%; the… Read More