Cacic Wealth Management

05/23/2025

Check out our recent market update for the week of May 23, 2025. Check out the link in our bio for more information.

05/16/2025

Check out our recent market update for the week ending May 16, 2025. Happy long weekend!

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01/17/2025

Check out our latest update below for the week ending Jan 17, 2025.

If you listen to the pundits, the biggest issue facing Canadian investors isn’t the market, it’s the Canadian dollar declining against the US dollar. Everyone is calling for the Loonie to drop. And why wouldn’t it?

12/13/2024

Check out our latest market update below for the week ending Dec 13, 2024, featuring a melodious note from our CIBC Economics team.

https://woodgundyadvisors.cibc.com/milan-cacic/blog/33263574-ANOTHER-BIG-RATE-CUT-IN-CANADA

11/25/2024

Check out our latest market update below for the week ending Nov 22, 2025

People seem to be concerned regarding the S&P 500 being up more than 20% so far this year. It appears that many people believe that this is unsustainable and there must be a correction coming soon. Times like these are a good opportunity to look at history as our guide, which will also temper our em...

08/16/2024

Check out our market update below for the week ending Aug 16, 2024.

The past month could be used as a Market Trading 101 class on market volatility and how not to react to sudden market drops. This week we saw the Volatility Index have its largest increase in one day, while the markets dropped 6% and then promptly gained almost all of it back.

08/12/2024

Check out our market update below for the week ending Aug 09, 2024.

Volatility and market corrections test investors’ resolve. Behavioural finance teaches us that we are prone to loss aversion. This means that when markets go up, we feel that it is expected, and we get comfortable. However, when markets go down, we have a sense that the bottom is going to fall out...

07/26/2024

Check out our market update below for the week ending July 26, 2024.

On Wednesday, the Bank of Canada cut its key interest rate by 0.25% for the second time. The Bank of Canada rate now stands at 4.5%, which is 50 basis points (0.50%) below where it was at the beginning of June. The governor of the Bank of Canada, Tiff Macklem, also stated that it would be reasonable...

06/07/2024

Check out our market update for the week ending June 07, 2024.

On Wednesday, the Bank of Canada cut the benchmark overnight rate by 25 basis points to 4.75%. Canada is the first of the G-7 central banks to cut interest rates. Less than 24 hours later, the European Central Bank announced that they also cut their bank rate by 25 basis points to 3.75%. Tiff Mackle...

05/24/2024

Check out our market update below for the week ending May 24, 2024

The last two months of 2023 and most of 2024 have been good for the markets. Inflation worries are dissipating, US labour numbers are strong, commodity prices have surged, and copper hit its highest closing price in history. Most indices around the world have had positive returns this year (except f...

05/17/2024

Check out our market update below for the week ending May 17, 2024

The US Federal Reserve hiked interest rates a total of 11 times between March 2022 and July 2023. This made borrowing more expensive and the stock market also logged a lousy 2022. Analysts currently predict that the Fed will hold interest rates steady through the next few meetings. The Fed has taken...