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Midas Touch Challenge Winner Delivers 284%. How well does Midas Touch do in Canada? Check it out!

It’s amazing how two or three big winners can transform your portfolio. It can turn an average year into a good year. A good year into an exceptional year. This truism was never more evident than when studying the portfolio results of our Midas Touch Challenge contest winners. Our $2,500 Grand Prize Winner was announced during […]

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Canada Colour Guard Report and Video Mar 4 2015

By Stan Heller, Consultant, VectorVest Canada The Bank of Canada maintained its key interest rate today as it credited global economic conditions and its January cut for helping the country weather the bruising oil slump. Easier financial conditions across the yield curve and including a weaker Canadian dollar will spur non-energy exports and investment, the bank […]

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Don’s Options Trades Since Feb 23

By Don Fanstone, Member, Kitchener/Waterloo User Group Trades since Monday Feb. 23: Feb. 23 Sold 10 IPL July 27’s @ $6.65. Bought Dec. 22/14 @ $5.00 Profit $1,650 Feb 23 Sold 5 ENB July 52’s @ $9.70. Bought Feb. 4 @ $11.95 Loss $1,125. Feb 24. Sold 4 CNR June 70’s @ $16.70, Bought Jan. […]

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Midas Touch 2nd Place Winner Delivers 184.52% ARR

As presented in Friday’s SOTW, the 2nd Place Winner in the Midas Touch Challenge delivered an amazing 184.52% Annualized Rate of Return. Ken R. used a tighter stop than our 3rd place winner, so there were many more trades, but you can’t argue with the results. Just a 14.17% maximum drawdown with a relatively smooth […]

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Buying Puts Long. How to profit when stocks are falling.

By Don Fanstone, Member of the Kitchener/Waterloo User Group March 1, 2015 Buying Puts Long Think of Buying Put Options as a means to realize capital gain when Optionable stocks are falling in price and you expect them to continue to fall. For example, you might consider buying a put long: To use as an […]

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