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5.5 year – 2.35%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2013-11-09. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
A Year Of Long & Short Tech Stock Trades
– IntelligentSpeculator.net
As most of you know, I manage my investments with a bucket system and the most speculative part is where I trade technology stocks. It’s a lot more risky but also my favorite part. I love keeping up to date with these stocks, trying to figure out which ones will do well, etc. There are 2 main types of trades that I do with those stocks:-Longer term speculative stock picks: I rarely do these. When I see a stock with significantly more upside than downside, I’ll take a longer term position in that stock that is relatively big. To give you an idea, I’ve done 2 such trades in the past 2 years.
-2012: Purchased Facebook (FB)
-2013: Purchase Apple (AAPL)
I’m up 175% and 40% on the 2 picks and do expect to keep these positions for some time. I’m also hoping to find another good opportunity next year. More on that soon obviously:)
-Long & Short tech stocks: This type of trading is a lot more speculative and more short term. I do post my trades here:
http://www…
120 days – 1.70%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2013-10-17. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
World stocks rise as solid US growth offsets China’s credit worries
– canadianbusiness.com
SEOUL, South Korea – World stocks traded higher on Monday as a report that the U.S. economy expanded more than expected in the third quarter outweighed concerns about a credit crunch in China.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was up 0.5 per cent to 22,921.56, while China’s Shanghai Composite added 0.24 per cent to 2,089.71. South Korea’s KOSPI rose 0.7 per cent to 1,996.89.
Elsewhere, stocks in Taiwan, Singapore and New Zealand advanced. Tokyo stock markets were closed for a holiday.
In Europe, France’s CAC 40 gained 0.1 per cent to 4,198.88 and Germany’s DAX rose 0.4 per cent to 9,435.45.
U.S. stocks were set for another day of gain. Futures for the Dow Jones industrial average and broader S&P were up 0.3 per cent.
Over the weekend, government figures showed that the U.S. economy grew 4.1 per cent in the third quarter over a year earlier, compared with the previous estimate of 3.6 per cent. The report strengthened the view that the world’s largest economy will lead the developed market’s growth next year, which many Asian exporters rely on for sales…
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was up 0.5 per cent to 22,921.56, while China’s Shanghai Composite added 0.24 per cent to 2,089.71. South Korea’s KOSPI rose 0.7 per cent to 1,996.89.
Elsewhere, stocks in Taiwan, Singapore and New Zealand advanced. Tokyo stock markets were closed for a holiday.
In Europe, France’s CAC 40 gained 0.1 per cent to 4,198.88 and Germany’s DAX rose 0.4 per cent to 9,435.45.
U.S. stocks were set for another day of gain. Futures for the Dow Jones industrial average and broader S&P were up 0.3 per cent.
Over the weekend, government figures showed that the U.S. economy grew 4.1 per cent in the third quarter over a year earlier, compared with the previous estimate of 3.6 per cent. The report strengthened the view that the world’s largest economy will lead the developed market’s growth next year, which many Asian exporters rely on for sales…
90 days – 1.60%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2013-03-07. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
