Predicting the financial markets (but this is not real investing advice!)
Welcome to the first ever "Cost of Living Markets Guessing Game"
A CBC listener, a market strategist and a futurist walk into a bar…and then they all try to guess what will happen with the markets!
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The TSX is on a tear right now, oil is at $80 a barrel and crypto currencies are setting daily records.
Paul Haavardsrud looks at what's going on, and asks three market watchers to make some predictions.
But we want you to weigh in too! Vote in our Twitter polls below.
Let's throw some darts - here's our first poll as promised in this week's show.<br><br>The TSX is currently at a record high of more than 21,500. Where will it be next June?
—@cbccostoflivingMore darts! More polls! Keep voting! <br><br>Oil is currently trading at around US$80 a barrel. Where will it be next June?
—@cbccostoflivingLast poll but not least - make your <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cryptocurrency?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#cryptocurrency</a> predictions!<br><br>Bitcoin is currently trading at around US$64,000 (at the time of this poll going up). Where will it be next June, in US dollars?
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