FINANCE

Great newsletters offer insights to savvy investors F or the nance component of this year’s Best of Vancouver issue, we’re shining a light on some of the city’s best newsletters dealing by Charlie Smith plained why that wouldn’t have any earthshattering impact on the housing market. Ramlo and Berlin were right. In the November issue, the rennie review forecasts with tech, real estate, and investments. that demand will decline toward the end BEST TECH UPDATES of weak supply, which makes it harder Vancouver Tech Journal for rst-time buyers to enter the market. Every week, writer and consultant William On the upside, this could lead to lower Johnson sends his “Sunday Brie ng” into prices— nally. people’s email inboxes, rounding up the of 2020 and into 2021, in part because newest developments in Vancouver’s tech BEST INVESTMENT NEWSLETTER sector. It’s extraordinarily comprehensive, (RETIRED) with links to various articles elaborating on Linde Equity Report the key points in his summaries. e Nov- When it comes to rating investment ember 1 issue had an open rate of 40 per- newsletters, the gold standard is the Hulcent and a click rate of 17 percent, which is stellar in comparison to other newsletters. If you want to know what’s really going on Business consultant and writer William Johnson enjoys shedding light on lesser-known stories emerging from Vancouver’s rapidly growing innovation sector in his Vancouver Tech Journal. bert Financial Digest. And it ranked the Linde Equity Report as its top performer from 2005 to 2015. Produced by Vancouin the provincial economy, you need to stay ter months will pause the recovery phase BEST RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE ver-based Linde Equity, this newsletter up with the developments in high tech— observed since May, but growth is forecast to NEWSLETTER achieved a 24.4 percent annualized averand Johnson makes this easy. Keep in mind reach about four per cent in 2021,” Yu wrote. e rennie review age price gain from May 3, 2000, until May that B.C.’s high-tech sector posted revenues Bravo to Yu for tting all of this within a Are you a data nerd? en this monthly 3, 2020, with its recommended U.S. stocks of $34.7 billion in 2018, up 9.2 percent from mere eight paragraphs. publication by demographic expert An- and American depository receipts (ADRs). the previous year, according to the B.C. gov- drew Ramlo and economist Ryan Berlin Unfortunate for the newsletter’s many ernment. In the same year, wages in this BEST APARTMENT NEWSLETTER is made for you. Earlier this year, the ren- fans, publisher and portfolio manager Teal sector climbed an impressive 6.2 percent. e Goodman Report nie review provided the most comprehen- Linde wound down the newsletter earlier e father-and-son team of David and Mark sive analysis of the Canada Mortgage and this year to focus more attention on the BEST WEEKLY UPDATE ON ECONOMY B.C. Economic Brie ng Goodman and the third principal at Goodman Commercial Inc., Cynthia Jagger, Housing Corporation’s decision to tighten mortgage-eligibility rules—and then excompany’s clients. But what a glorious run it had for so many years. g Central 1 deputy chief economist Bryan produce an exceptionally well-written and Yu’s weekly report o ers a comprehensive well-edited newsletter that’s largely devoted rundown of macroeconomic issues in an easily digestible format. e highlights are to the apartment sector. e Goodman Report’s advocacy for less government inter- BEST f SHOPPING presented up top for those who don’t want to spend two to four minutes reading the document. Yu also includes a couple of charts to demonstrate where things are now compared with in the past. en he runs through vention in the real-estate market might not sit well with tenants’ groups, but there’s no disputing how informative this newsletter is when it comes to sales activity, rent collection, vacancy rates, and insurance. Every SPECIALTY FURNITURE STORE 1. Montauk Sofa Vancouver 2. The Cross Decor & Design (tie) HOME APPLIANCE STORE 1. The Brick 2. Trail Appliances 3. 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