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U.S. Job Growth Disappoints in Challenge to Economic Recovery
By: Olivia Rockeman | Bloomberg | May 7, 2021 U.S. job growth significantly undershot forecasts in April, suggesting that difficulty...
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Verus Financial
- Apr 16, 2021
- 3 min
Investors have put more money into stocks in the last 5 months than the previous 12 years combined
By: Jeff Cox | cnbc.com | April 9, 2021 The latest wave of market enthusiasm has brought with it a stunning rush of money, in which more...
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Verus Financial
- Apr 5, 2021
- 7 min
Verus International Growth
It's finally here. After almost five months which seemed like an eternity to me, I am happy to announce that our International Growth...
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Verus Financial
- Feb 16, 2021
- 2 min
Inflation Surge Is the New Risk, Says Fund Manager Who Made 39%
By Derek Decloet | Bloomberg | February 9, 2021 Fund manager Ken Jesudian beat the U.S. small-cap index last year with trades that gained...
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Verus Financial
- Oct 29, 2020
- 4 min
US economy grew a record 33.1% annual rate last quarter but the pandemic remains an enormous threat
By Anneken Tappe | CNN Business | Thu October 29, 2020 New York (CNN Business) The US economy in the summer recovered much of the...
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Verus Financial
- Oct 19, 2020
- 3 min
Trudeau Is Preparing to Test Limits of Debt-Financed Spending
By Kait Bolongaro and Theophilos Argitis | Bloomberg | October 17, 2020 Justin Trudeau’s Covid-19 support programs gave Canada one of the...
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Verus Financial
- Oct 7, 2020
- 4 min
Goldman Sachs: A Democratic sweep would mean faster economic recovery
By Matt Egan | CNN Business | Tue October 6, 2020 New York (CNN Business) President Donald Trump is once again warning voters that...
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Verus Financial
- Jun 15, 2020
- 4 min
A long overdue dose of reality
We have been communicating with you our views that there is a massive disconnect between Wall Street and Main Street. Since the lows of...
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Verus Financial
- May 2, 2020
- 4 min
Buffett Stays on Sidelines With Cash Rising to $137 Billion
By Katherine Chiglinsky | Bloomberg | May 2, 2020 Warren Buffett has been waiting years for stocks to look more attractive. He apparently...
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Verus Financial
- Apr 17, 2020
- 3 min
If Investors Crunched Data Like This Their Expectations Would Change Dramatically
Chris Vermeulen | Technical Traders | April 15, 2020 New economic data being released as earnings start to hit may alter how investors...
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Verus Financial
- Apr 10, 2020
- 1 min
Verus Financial Webinar
One of our goals at Verus Financial is to always keep our clients informed. Twice a year, we hold luncheons at Marine Drive Golf Course...
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Verus Financial
- Mar 26, 2020
- 5 min
Quick Take
Spectacular rebound... End of the bear market? In discussing the situation last week, we concluded that depressed stock prices were more...
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Verus Financial
- Mar 23, 2020
- 6 min
It’s time for investors to start saying the D-word — this economic damage could be double 2008
David Rosenberg: We have to start thinking of the current situation as morphing into a state of economic depression Written by David...
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Verus Financial
- Mar 11, 2020
- 3 min
Market volatility and the COVID-19
March 9 2020, is likely to go down in history as the U.S. stock market experienced its worst day (-7.6%) since December 2008 (Chart 1),...
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Verus Financial
- Dec 11, 2019
- 7 min
Polen's patient play goes global
The Polen Capital duo is taking the firm’s concentrated growth discipline and applying it beyond the US to find the highest-quality companie
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Verus Financial
- Nov 7, 2019
- 1 min
Industry veterans move to National Bank Financial
Industry veterans move to National Bank Financial
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Verus Financial
- Jun 3, 2019
- 4 min
Why not all wealth advisors are worried about online brokers
Why not all wealth advisors are worried about online brokers
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Verus Financial
- May 28, 2019
- 2 min
Lagging S&P 500 is good news for Canadians
Lagging S&P 500 is good news for Canadians
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Verus Financial
- Feb 21, 2019
- 3 min
Buffett’s Suncor bet could revive interest in oil sands
John Tilak | Fergal Smith February 21, 2019 | The Globe and Mail Analysts see Berkshire’s re-entry as having the potential to prompt...
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Verus Financial
- Feb 1, 2019
- 3 min
Canadian stocks see clean sweep, rebound across all major asset classes in January
Market sentiment shifts, seeing equities, corporate bonds, the loonie and crude oil rise in unison through the first month of the year...
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Verus Financial
- Jan 25, 2019
- 4 min
A Fund’s Smart Bets on Microsoft, Mastercard, and Visa
Sarah Max January 25, 2019 | Barron’s It is surprising, perhaps, that the $2.7 billion Polen Growth fund took top honors in Barron’s...
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Verus Financial
- Jan 10, 2019
- 5 min
Does a Diversified Index Protect You?
Stephen Atkins, CFA January 10th, 2019 | Polen Capital Executive Summary The fear of large losses often clouds the perception of risk....
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Verus Financial
- Nov 20, 2018
- 7 min
The Conundrum of the Energy Sector
Stock Market Outlook In early October, we published our Quarterly Market Outlook and in our last Strategy Note, we pointed out the...
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Verus Financial
- Nov 2, 2018
- 5 min
Are your fee's worth the price?
Recent TV commercials on investment fees We’ve recently seen a number of commercials about investment fees. Here’s an example of one...
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Verus Financial
- Oct 25, 2018
- 5 min
Could Enbridge Inc. Be a Millionaire-Maker Stock?
Enbridge is working on an aggressive and complex plan to make shareholders rich. Is it worth the risk? Reuben Gregg Brewer Oct 25, 2018...
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Verus Financial
- Apr 13, 2018
- 2 min
Why the TSX is offering a mouth-watering opportunity for global investors
Well, there can be no doubt that Canada faces some huge obstacles — from excessive debt to lingering trade issues to defusing the housing...
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Verus Financial
- Apr 11, 2018
- 2 min
This $100 Billion Fund Manager Says Canadian Stocks Are About to Bounce
Author: Kristine Owram April 11, 2018, 3:00 AM PDT Canada’s dismal stock market performance has just about run its course, according to...
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Verus Financial
- Aug 11, 2017
- 4 min
Why women (especially) should delay taking CPP
Bonnie-Jeanne MacDONALD August 11, 2017 | The Globe and Mail Women have good reason to worry about retirement finances – they tend to...
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