Last Month in the Markets: December 1st – 29th, 2023   Last Year in the Markets: January 3rd -December 29th, 2023  What happened in 2023?   The grids (above) for last month and last

Last Month in the Markets: November 1st – 30th, 2023  What happened in November?   The major North American indexes were led by the NASDAQ with a 10½ percent increase, the Dow

Last Month in the Markets: October 1st – 31st, 2023  What happened in October?   The 10th month of 2023 provided significant uncertainty and volatility. Many events contributed to the down-up-down-up-and-down-and up month

Last Month in the Markets: September 1st – 29th, 2023  What happened in September?   It was a difficult month for most investors as equities, the Canadian dollar and gold all lost

Last Month in the Markets – August 1st – 31st, 2023  What happened in August?   On a monthly basis North American equity indexes did not perform well, losing about 2%, and

Last Month in the Markets – July 3rd – 31st, 2023  What happened in July?   North American equity indexes added another 2 to 4 percent to their year-to-date advances on positive

Last Month in the Markets – June 1st – 30th, 2023  What happened?   Equities rose at a substantially higher rate in June than the previous five months of the year.  For example,

Last Month in the Markets – May 1st – 31st, 2023  What happened in May?   Last month saw divergence among major North American equity indexes with two increasing and two decreasing

Last Month in the Markets – April 3rd – 28th, 2023 What happened in April?   Last month demonstrated the resiliency of equity markets.  After a quick rise to begin the month, North