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Don Vialoux

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Donald Vialoux is author of the free blog Tech Talk, a daily investment report available during the past 20 years at www.timingthemarket.ca. Comments focus on the seasonal and technical outlook for equity indices, commodities and sectors. Mr. Vialoux has 53 years of experience in the investment industry and is a past president of the Canadian Society of Technical Analysts (CSTA).

Tech Talk - Reminder U.S. and Canadian equity markets are closed for a holiday on Monday. The Bottom Line Diverging trends! On one hand, equity indices are responding to higher than consensus fourth  quarter earnings and revenue results. Focuses this week are reports by Wal-Mart on Thursday and reports by a series of commodity companies throughout the week. […]

Tech Talk - The Bottom Line Despite better than consensus fourth quarter earnings and revenue reports released to date by large cap U.S. and Canadian companies, equity market indices on both sides of the border have stalled below their all-time highs set at the end of January. Analysts have started to take a more cautious stance on strong […]

Tech Talk - The Bottom Line Fourth quarter results released to date by S&P 500 companies have been impressive. They prompted analysts to raise their consensus fourth quarter earnings estimate for the S&P 500. On the other hand, analyst also lowered their consensus S&P 500 earnings estimates for 2025. Robust earnings growth is expected in 2025, but at […]

Tech Talk - The Bottom Line Primary focus this week is on central bank news released on Wednesday. The Federal Reserve is expected to maintain its Fed Fund Rate at 4.50% and the Bank of Canada is expected to lower its lending rate to Canada’s major banks to 3.00% from 3.25%. Investors will be watching closely for guidance […]

Tech Talk - The Bottom Line Focus this week is on fourth quarter earnings reports released by large cap U.S. companies. Results released to date (9% of S&P 500 companies) have exceeded consensus estimates. Just a reminder: U.S. equity markets are closed on Monday.

Tech Talk - The Bottom Line Good news on the economy in December was bad news for U.S. and Canadian equity markets on Friday: Stronger than expected December Non-farm Payrolls in the U.S. and higher Canadian December employment exceeding consensus estimates were reported. In response, government bond yields on both sides of the border spiked higher and the […]

Tech Talk - The Bottom Line Technical signs of a short term bottom were recorded by U.S. and Canadian exchange indices last week. TSX Composite Index has started to outperform the S&P 500 Index, typical for this time of year.
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