Irishgold,it was great to see the markets finally reversing the downward trend.Lets hope it continues. Something to keep in mind which will be a positive for the market is the new TFSA(tax free savings account).Once investors begin using this,it should have a big impact on our stocks.IMO,if you are going to buy any shares,this is the place you want them.If,for instance,you purchase a stock and it doubles in price,you can sell it from that account and pay no capital gains tax.I don't think you get credit if your stock has gone down tho.You can put a max of $5000 a year into this,and top it up the following year to the allowable $$ amount. I hope I got this correct. Remember this is where you want any of your new stock purchases to go.It will also be great when a person has to start removing money from their RRSP.