Submitted by Kaszab
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I know people lucky enough to have excess discretionary funds to invest. Lucky dogs. They are looking at investment opportunities in the retail, manufacturing and services sectors. I have told them to keep their dough in an account with the highest interest for now. Why? Have you have been watching the government advertisements that shoot off a wave of nationalistic pride with promises that Canadians will become their own suppliers and customers? These advertisements both Federal and Provincial are not new in their message or purpose. Diverting our gaze towards the south by promising us a better more prosperous future. Diversion tactics 101. The BBB has estimated that Canadians will enter a mild recession by the end of 2026, possibly into early 2027. You know what that means don’t you?
If you want to invest look for protected Banking Institutions. There are just to many scams going around these days.
Where to not invest?
Restaurants and Bars: According to Dalhousie University over 4000 restaurants or bars will close before the end of 2026 It a projection. Restaurants have suffered since the pandemic. Bars are suffering from the fact that more Canadians drink less or non at all. Not a growth sector.
Weed Retail: Perhaps invest in online operations, but not into the retail sector which is over saturated forcing profitability way down. The Black Market is holding its place as the preferred supplier of weed products in Canada. Weed enterprises will begin to disappear once their investors am-scray.
Electronics Stores: Cannot compete with online sources, so they concentrate upon repairs and maintenance. Clothing Stores face the price wars all except for the high end brands that somehow continue to flourish.
Farming and Agriculture: The family farm will become extinct. Agri-Corporations create profit through their abundant patent control. Agri stocks are costly. Look to the long term always.
With the event of tariffs making money in the money markets has become very difficult. Projecting the growth or declines of costs are near impossible these days.
Investing in Medical Establishments: Groups of Doctors offering a multiple of services to the public. Looks like a good hefty investment but look out for governmental regulatory issues, government demands upon the medical front and how the Doctors are going to respond.
You can always buy gold if you have to ability to, or silver. Then you will need to find someone to buy it which could be impossible when the economy slows down. Become a coin collector perhaps. In the end one must always look into ways to protect your investment. Protection often means not making a sizeable profit. The cost of doing business I guess.
Please realize there will be a economic down turn. How do I know this? Investors like Warren Buffett are on a buying spree getting their hands onto firms and corporations of the future. Corporations that will service the public and business world like railroads. When financial predators go on a buying spree they see a down turn in the markets that can become a profit making machine for them now or in the near future.
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