‘During times like these, you just have to keep your head down, you have to keep working to the best of your ability, keep making your calls.  You can’t control  external events, you can’t control the markets, you have to ride them out.  The one thing I do know is that eventually the markets will rebound.’   :  Mike Smith  CanaccordAdams  (a very old Bay Street trader)

 History always repeats itself, especially in the financial world.  Stay the course; the sun will come out tomorrow. With energy prices at these levels at least it is cheaper to turn the light on at the end of the tunnel.‘  Jimmy McKnight  Jennings Capital  (the oldest trader on Bay Street)

 ‘If you are new to this industry – you chose a hell of a time to join’   :  Robert Standing aka The Buzzard (a really old Bay Street trader)

 We are moving into the Christmas / Holiday season with a lot of uncertainty and stress on Bay Street.  These same fears are also starting to hit Main Street and there are a lot of people less fortunate than ourselves.  The IETA has made a donation this year to the Hospital for Sick Children (Sick Kids) as well as the CP24/CHUM Christmas Wish Foundation on our membership’s behalf.  Let’s be thankful for what we do have, try to help one another to the best of our abilities and let’s ride this downturn out and be ready for the eventual upswing.

 All the best