There are a lot of topics that get covered when it comes to stock trading. What are the best resources to learn about stock investing? What tools are best when it comes to trading? Who are the best brokers? What get’s overlooked is the social aspect of stock investing. The community aspect where like-minded investors can discuss, learn, and share in an environment that allows everyone to benefit and improve their trading strategies. The value of forums is incredible in almost any industry and this is why there are hundreds of stock investing forums that exist even today. So what is the problem? It is hard to know which one would be a great fit for any one investor. Each forum has their own strengths, focuses, and target audience. We did all the leg work to come up with the definitive list of the best stock trading forums so that we can save you time, allowing you to spend more of it learning and trading.

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We are officially launching our group chatting capability on Hashtag Investing. A robust messaging tool that actually empowers stock traders to discuss in a high quality, real-time group chat that mimics the design of WhatsApp, Slack, Telegram, discord or Facebook messenger. These chatting apps are extremely user friendly and many mobile users are comfortable chatting on their since they already do it with friends and family.

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The Internet is a great educator. Anybody willing to expend some time and effort can bring themselves to speed on practically any topic under the sun. That includes money and investing. For free. Well, usually. So here's a collection of websites that an investor in Canada can browse to expand his investing and financial knowledge base, and get on with building wealth.

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First things first. Why would you need to join a community, forum, or chat group?

Here's why:

• To learn the basics, if you are a newbie

• Get online help with difficulties and concepts

• Save money by learning from others' mistakes

• Reap psychological benefits (reminder of how much you don't know/keep your ego in check/how experienced traders deal with losses/etc)

• Avail instant information on topics or stocks of interest to you

• Benefit from a 360-degree viewpoint - get all the pros-and-cons instantly

• Get a feel for market sentiment

• Generate fresh ideas for trading or investing

• Make money through copy-paste. Yes, some social trading networks can actually help you make money by hitching your trades to a successful trader

• Enjoy friendship and camaraderie, because trading and investing can sometimes get lonely

• Develop your own reputation, and then monetize it

• Best of all...the above benefits usually come for free!

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A study by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) said this was Canada's second brush with near-recession conditions after 2015. But ominously, the bank warns that a third instance of a recession risk looms in 2020 when the US could witness a slowdown after exuberant growth and jobs conditions in this year. The Canadian and US economies are pretty much joined at the hip and if the US slows down, Canada could also feel the pain.

According to Deloitte, Canada's economy stalled in Q4 but did not derail. They think the Canadian economy will likely grow a tepid 1.3% this year and a marginally better 1.5% in 2020.

But when elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. And that brings us to the recessionary implications for Canada from the US-China trade showdown.

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Hashtag Investing is simply a community network of stock investors looking to learn, share, and discuss stocks, stock markets, equities, and other investments online in real-time. When we first started out we started building this community using Slack. Slack is a business communication tool that allows companies to chat and discuss internally. In a sense, it is meant to replace email where it can handle hundreds and even thousands of users in a group chat-like setting. Slack has been a key system for us in growing and starting out and there will be some members that will stick within that platform naturally.

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Today’s online space is loaded with thousands of tools for investors to better view, understand, learn, share, and trade in the stock market. There are naturally many services that don’t offer any value at all, but then there are some that rapidly grow into household tools that every investor is talking about, and this is exactly the type that Koyfin falls under. As a website that strives for genuine recommendations and knowledge sharing I was compelled to bring this interview with the Founder and CEO of Koyfin for you to understand exactly why you should be using this tool! Here’s Rob!

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In January this year, a Bloomberg survey found that analysts saw a median 25 percent chance of a slump in the next 12 months, up from 20 percent in the December survey, and at a six-year high.

The January survey was conducted within a scenario of an ongoing trade war with China, the government shutdown, and rising volatility in the financial markets.

That survey came upon the heels of a December 2018 survey of US CFOs by Duke University that showed 82% expected a recession to begin by the end of 2020.

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