Track Record

CP24 interview with George Lagogianes addressed the value of being an informed investor without speculating. Mon. Aug. 8th, 2011.

Standing Engagement: Investor Boot Camp: National post article about the Investor Boot Camp seminar series created by Investor Boot Camp Online founder Paul Thornton. National Post, Nov. 12, 2010.

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CBC online Money Talks article: Markets Defy Headlines, Logic. Oct. 26, 2010

Sept. 1, 2010: Stock market appears to have resumed its up trend even though it's coming off the bottom and this is only the first day. CP24 in the regular Wednesday 3:20 p.m. e.s.t. time.

August 26, 2010: Research In Motion (RIM or RIMM): We advised investors to stay away from this stock since the bear market. It's historically improbable for a great stock to repeat its performance a second time, never mind a third. BNN.

February 4, 2010: "Something Borrowed, Something Gained":  “..any investment must pay off in order to make sense.  ...people need to manage their funds according to the actual trends in the market." - Vancouver Sun and numerous other Canwest newspapers.

January 20, 2010:  "... no, the reason the stock market is down is because the Democrats ...have recovered political power. This may be enough to send stocks into a significant correction and you are officially seeing the beginning"  -CP24 at 3:20 p.m.

November 26, 2009: "Gold has been up 23 of the past 26 sessions and gold investors should not get complacent or assume they will keep going higher."  -CP24

October 13, 2009:  "The market's best stocks are telling us the up trend will continue."  CBC Business News

October 7, 2009:  “The belief is the (economic) rebound is well underway and it’s stronger than people anticipated, and money will keep going into the stock market regardless of what the earnings numbers are unless there is some absolutely spectacular divergence   Investment Executive by Canadian Press

August 17, 2009: Could be a correction in the making, money is shifting to laggard stocks and sectors like real estate and railroads.  BNN’s Market Look Ahead.

June 19, 2009:  "... markets, are in a bit of a consolidation mode right now . . . "can see prices go a lot higher for more than three and a half months. In fact, I'm going to say the current consolidation we're in will lead to a rally beyond it."   Yahoo Finance from Canadian Press.

May 5/09:  Bear market has exhausted itself and market has 3-6 months more on the upside, play more aggressive, higher beta stocks not defensive stocks, Technology, restaurants and commodities, not airlines: BNN

April 2009:  The first person to declare on air “we’re in a new bull market”!  CBC Business News

March 6 2009:   “I would not be surprised to see jobless numbers in the U.S. at nine per cent or higher before it finally bottoms out." CBC

February 2009: Called the bottom in the oil market with a $33 target.  BNN

February 2009:  Said “the recovery in the market would be quick and would match the decline in the market related to the credit market crisis.”  CBC Business News and CBC Newsworld 

January 26, 2009:  “...throughout history the stock market has not gone higher without the financials. So the fact that the financials just underwent another beating just tells us the stock market is probably going to have some trouble going higher here." Toronto Star  

August 2008: Said GM, and their bonds, are too risky.  Stated that "... First Quantum (FM), and other resource stocks, can go a lot lower".  They did. BNN

May 7, 2008: Get cash into the market, it's climbing. Sells on Garmin (GRMN), Starbucks (SBUX), Nortel (NT) and Kaboose (KAB).  All four subsequently suffered large declines.  KAB and NT were ultimately delisted.  Called the top on Potash (POT).  BNN

April 2008:  Visa (now $33.37) will be a long term winner.  What mutual fund won't own Visa? Timminco (TIM) too much risk.A month later, on BNN, was quoted as saying that "something is wrong with Timminco.  BNN

Spring 2008:  Said “Canadian preferred shares, that had suffered large declines, would make a near full recovery after the bear ended.  Investors had a rare opportunity to achieve above average capital gains plus income in non common share investments of high quality Canadian companies.”

Nov. 16, 2007:  Prounounced that the stock market is in a “bear” and investors should go to cash.  Avoid banks.  BNN Market Call and the Globe and Mail.