by Baskin Administrator
May 14th, 2012
Article is here
by Baskin Administrator
March 30th, 2012
Interview July 2011
by Baskin Administrator
December 6th, 2011
December 5, 2011
A clear-cut case for buying stocks
By ROB CARRICK
From Tuesday’s Globe and Mail
Yields on blue chips have never been more attractive, compared to interest rates, than they are today, money manager says
Buy. Stocks.
For a change, here’s some clarity in the investment outlook.
You no doubt know all the reasons to be wary of stocks: Europe’s [...]
by Baskin Administrator
November 24th, 2010
An audio of David’s thoughts on the Ireland bailout, and the lessons for Canadian families can be found here.
by Baskin Administrator
November 15th, 2010
David comments on recent market volatility in this Financial Post news roundup:
“People were going into commodities on the basis that quantitative easing seems to be inflationary,” David Baskin, president of Baskin Financial Services Inc. in Toronto, told Bloomberg. “Once it got done, a lot of that buying pressure [...]
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November 5th, 2010
Barry comments in this article written by Tim Shufelt. North American stock markets have recovered to the point where they were just before Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy in September 2008, setting off a massive panic in financial markets.
Some quotes:
“It’s a huge milestone,” said Barry Schwartz, portfolio manager at Baskin Financial Services, adding [...]
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October 18th, 2010
David is quoted in this article by Simon Avery about the Fed’s second round of stimulus. Sample quote: “You can have strong corporate profits even with a weak economy,” Mr. Baskin explains. “It just can’t go on forever.”
by Baskin Administrator
August 18th, 2010
David is quoted extensively in this article by Tim Shufelt about the recent takeover bid made for Potash Corp.
A sample quote: “A 16% premium for the company with the dominant position in the industry that’s trading at less than half of where it peaked two years ago? That’s not going [...]
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August 16th, 2010
In this Reuters article written by Jennifer Kwan, David comments on the persistent concern about the pace of the economic recovery.
“The one thing that everybody agrees is a real problem is (U.S.) employment. Until we see that improves I think you’re going to see a zigzag pattern,” Baskin said.
“It’s a divided market and [...]
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August 11th, 2010
In this article written by Jeremy Torobin, Barry discusses the prospects for a “double dip” recession in the U.S.
“Whether it’s true or not, we’ll find out a few months from now, but the market is concerned a double-dip is back on the table,’’ said Barry Schwartz, vice-president and portfolio manager at Baskin Financial [...]
