DSGX News and Press, The Descartes Systems Group Inc. From 07/19/22

Oil prices dropped below the US$100-per-barrel mark earlier this month, and the TSX followed suit. The recent-most announcement by the Bank of Canada (BoC) to raise benchmark interest rates by 100 basis points sent the S&P/TSX Composite Index down further. At writing, the Canad...

As a long-term investor, I’m not letting the market’s recent volatility stop me from putting my cash to work right now. In fact, I’m putting even more money into the market today than I was earlier this year. There’s a surplus of high-quality TSX stocks c...

The stock market is volatile in the short term because of investor sentiments. Many beginners quit stocks altogether when their equity portfolio is in red. This happens because you invested in a particular type of stock, growth or dividend. Having stocks of 10-20 companies in a similar...

If you have contributed to your Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) since its inception, you may be sitting on about $81,500. And that’s if you haven’t grown your savings in the past 13 years and haven’t earned a single dollar on your TFSA funds, which is almost imp...

The time is ripe to invest in stocks before the market recovery begins or the recession gains its roots in the economy. Do you have $300? Then here is an optimal way to spend it and get stable and long-term returns. No, it’s not the best gadgets to buy for under $300. Gadgets wil...

On July 6, 2022, the TSX sunk further to 18,729.20 points, as oil prices dropped to below US$100 per barrel. The mighty energy sector declined the most mid-week (-3.9%) to bring down its year-to-date gain to only 28.56% from nearly 70% in Q1 2022. Thus far this year, only energy out...

“Price is what you pay; value is what you get.” It’s a lesson Warren Buffett learned from Ben Graham. But there is more to this sentence than you think. Most often, new investors confuse value stocks with those whose stock prices have fallen significantly or are oversol...

Tech stocks saw a jump after a long bearish trend. Is this jump, the end of the seven-month-long decline that pulled iShares S&P/TSX Capped Information Technology Index ETF down 47%? Or are some value investors buying into oversold stocks before the next wave of selloff triggere...

The news is buzzing with warnings of recession, creating panic and a selloff in the stock market. Those who experienced the Great Recession of 2008-09 know what a recession does to your finances. A recession reduces an average individual’s ability to take risks and be financially fle...

Who doesn’t want to be a millionaire? But the question is, how? What if I said all you need is $50 to be a millionaire and the power of compounding? Many people despise stock market investing and consider it to be a gamble. This is because they enter a bullish market and invest t...