We hope you had a joyous holiday season with family and friends as we did. We wish you a healthy, happy, and prosperous 2024. For investors, Santa Claus delivered this holiday season as markets displayed solid performance in December. – US stocks as measured by the S&P 500 were up 4.4% in December. – Canadian stocks as measured by the S&P TSX were up 3.6% in December. – The bond market also had a strong month, as the FTSE Canada Bond Universe Index was up 3.4% in December. The positive performance for both stocks and bonds in December was largely a response to broad expectations of interest rate cuts by central banks in 2024.

Published: January 11, 2024

Join us with some giggles and laughs as we highlight our bloopers from 2023! Enjoy! From all of us at Perler Financial Group, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

Published: December 21, 2023

After slumping throughout September and October, global equity markets posted a very sharp recovery in the month of November. Join Harry, David, and Kevin as they discuss what happened with the markets during November.

Published: December 11, 2023

At this point of the year we wanted to take some time to give everyone a reminder about programs that have calendar year deadlines that may be applicable to you. Join Harry, David, and Kevin as they remind you about the FHSA & RESP calendar year end deadlines.

Published: November 29, 2023

Markets in October were off slightly, in Canada the TSX was down 3.74%, in the US the S&P500 was down 2.91% and markets around the world were also off. The BoC held policy rates at 5% for a second consecutive interest rate decision and in the US, the FED held policy rates at 5.25-5.5% for a second consecutive interest rate decision.

Published: November 14, 2023

Markets have been volatile over the past two years as we have endured 20 months of tightening monetary policy (rising interest rates to combat inflation). At this point in the market cycle, are there any reasons to still be optimistic?

Published: October 25, 2023