February 16, 2015 Newsletter
Dear Friends,
Tangents:
Diana Krall has a new CD that Gary picked up at Starbuck’s on Saturday morning. It is fantastic – I think we played it 4 times over the weekend – it’s that good. Wallflower is produced by David Foster and on it, Krall records tracks from the ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s and today, classics including California Dreamin’, Desperado, Alone Again (Naturally), Don’t Dream It’s Over and I’m Not In Love. She only sings, Foster plays all the piano on every track.
PHOTOS OF THE DAY
A couple walks hand-in-hand through the snow in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood during a winter blizzard on Feb. 15. The Northeast faced yet another major winter storm during the weekend, with blizzard conditions in six states’ coastal regions, much of which are already buried under record-setting snow, forecasters said. Brian Snyder/Reuters
Ethnic Intha fishermen with their legs wrapped around oars pull up nets in Inle lake, northeastern Shan state, Myanmar, Sunday. Intha fisherman are known for a unique style of rowing with one leg wrapped around a single oar instead of using their hands. Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP
Market Closes for February 16th, 2015
| Market
Index |
Close | Change |
| Dow
Jones |
18019.35 | Closed
|
| S&P 500 | 2096.99
|
Closed
|
| NASDAQ | 4893.836
|
Closed
|
| TSX | 15264.81 | Closed
|
International Markets
| Market
Index |
Close | Change |
| NIKKEI | 18004.77 | +91.41
|
| +0.51%
|
||
| HANG
SENG |
24726.53 | +43.99
|
| +0.18%
|
||
| SENSEX | 29135.88 | +40.95
|
| +0.14%
|
||
| FTSE 100 | 6857.05 | -16.47
|
| -0.24%
|
Bonds
| Bonds | % Yield | Previous % Yield |
| CND.
10 Year Bond |
Closed | 1.432
|
| CND.
30 Year Bond |
Closed | 2.070 |
| U.S.
10 Year Bond |
Closed | 2.0504
|
| U.S.
30 Year Bond |
Closed | 2.6478
|
Currencies
| BOC Close | Today | Previous |
| Canadian $ | 0.80200 | 0.80331
|
| US
$ |
1.24688 | 1.24485 |
| Euro Rate
1 Euro= |
Inverse
|
|
| Canadian
$
|
1.41461 | 0.70691 |
| US
$
|
1.13452 | 0.88143 |
Commodities
| Gold | Close | Previous |
| London Gold
Fix |
1229.25 | 1232.50 |
| Oil | Close | Previous
|
| WTI Crude Future | 52.78 | 51.21
|
Market Commentary:
Canada
Markets Closed for Family Day.
US
Markets Closed for President’s Day.
Have a wonderful evening everyone.
Be magnificent!
What does it matter if we do not understand the exact meaning of the grand harmony?
Is it not like the bow player who touches a string and at once releases every resonance? This is the language of beauty,
this is the caress that comes from the heart of the world and goes straight to our hearts.
Rabindranath Tagore
As ever,
Carolann
I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.
-Lucille Ball, 1911-1989
Carolann Steinhoff, B.Sc., CFP®, CIM, CIWM
Senior Vice-President &
Senior Investment Advisor
Queensbury Securities Inc.,
St. Andrew’s Square,
Suite 340A, 730 View St.,
Victoria, B.C. V8W 3Y7