Piper Jaffray conducted its 38th biannual survey of U.S. teens – overall spending decreased by 4% with YouTube, Nike, and Amazon popular among this demographic. [more]

The S&P 500 had a slight gain in the third quarter and maintained an 18.6% gain year-to-date amid trade tensions and indications of a slower global economic growth. [more]

There was a sharp rise in interest rates in the final two days of last week. This moved key yield curve ratios away from Inversion levels and resulted in the Recession Barometer in the USA falling to 8.0x from 9.0x. Canada went on a recession Count-Down as of August 8. [more]

A big merger terminated, an IPO delayed and the first cannabis ETF down almost 60% in share price this past year, has the bloom fallen off the cannabis flower? [more]

As income investors in Canada and the U.S. continue to face the challenge of a low interest rate environment, the equity market dividends continue to lure investment dollars. [more]

The RASI has breached two key technical indicators. The first was going below its down-trend line that started last February. Of even more import, the Index has gone below the critical 500 level that measures positive or negative market expectations. [more]

The last Governor of Hong Kong, Christopher Patten, has written an article, dated September 30, 2019, for Project Syndicate discussing China’s ongoing problem with the Hong Kong protesters. He thinks that, if China’s leaders were more sophisticated, they would act differently. [more]

Most of the yield curve ratio combinations that we follow weakened this past week. However, the most important metric, the 10-year/2-year ratio, actually widened. We will continue to monitor closely U.S. interest rate developments and yield spreads. [more]