Archive for May 2020
Weekend Reading: Housing Market Crash Edition
Will we see a housing market crash in 2020 and beyond? The Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) published its housing market outlook this week and, well, their forecast for home sales and prices look pretty bleak. Housing starts are expected to see a decline of between 51% to 75%, and not begin to recover…
Read MoreWeekend Reading: Stock Market Is Not The Economy Edition
Stock markets around the world continue to climb higher after bottoming out on March 23. In what seems like ages ago, markets fell harder and faster than ever before as the world grappled with a global pandemic and stay-at-home orders. The TSX, as represented by iShares XIU, fell more than 32%, while the S&P 500…
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