It’s Time to Invest in Canada
This isn’t the first time that I’ve written about Canada, a well-run country that has avoided many of the mistakes made by the United States. Its budget deficit is moderate, its balance-of-payments deficit is also small, its banking system is in pretty good shape and it faces very little inflation risk, since the country has maintained a reasonable monetary policy.
At this point, you might well be asking: Well, if you’ve said this all before, why does it bear repeating now?
The answer is simple: As I’ve hunted for attractive investments recently, I have noticed that a very high percentage of those companies are domiciled north of the border.
In short, it’s time to invest in Canada.
To discover the profit opportunities available just north of the border, please read on…
Stock Market Buying Power Hits New Rally High, as Demand Outpaces Supply
Checking in with the volume experts over at Lowry Research Corp., it appears that U.S. stock market buying power hit a new rally high last week, while selling pressure hit a new low.
That reflects the same pattern of expanding demand and contracting supply that has characterized the entire rally out of the March 2009 lows – a rally that’s now one year old.
According to Lowry analysts, if you look back over the past eight decades, every major market top has been preceded by a sustained period of rising supply and falling demand as profit-taking becomes increasingly aggressive.
And that’s not all. If you look at the six-month stretch that precedes a market top, advance/decline (A/D) lines have always deteriorated for at least six months before a major top. At the moment, by their measures, the U.S. market remains in the first phase of a long-term uptrend, which is the lowest-risk period for new buying after a bear market.
Fed Plan to End Mortgage-Backed Securities Purchase Program Brings Market Anxiety
Anxiety surrounds Tuesday’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting as the central bank’s year-long mortgage-backed securities (MBS) purchase program nears its scheduled March 31 close, opening the door for mortgage rate increases and surprising market fluctuations.
The Fed spent billions of dollars on MBS guaranteed by Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM), Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) and Ginnie Mae weekly for the past year, topping out its portfolio at $1.25 trillion.
As the program ends, investors and analysts are speculating that mortgage rates could rise – and rise fast.
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