This presentation discusses market information related to both the domestic market and international market. The presentation will highlight what has happen both in Canada as well as around the world. Disclaimer - This presentation is on perspective of the market as such it is up to people to do their own research when it comes to making decisions in their lives.

1. This week in Canada – Week-
Ending – February 14, 2015
By: Paul Young, CPA, CGA

2. Agenda
• New Contracts for Business
• Steel Industry
• Commodity Prices
• Virtual Reality Business
• Hydro Power
• Equity Markets
• China
• Housing Prices/Canada
• Household Spending

3. Key Contracts
• Bombardier secures $391M Edmonton LRT contract - Canadian
Manufacturing
• Feds to invest $837K in Cutler Forest Products (Toronto)
• CN details plan to invest $2.9B capital expenditures for 2016
• New Flyer bus contract with Los Angeles Transit (Winnipeg, MB)

4. Steel Sector
• Europe and China (Steel Dumping)
• Essar (Sault Ste Marie Steel Company) looks for buyer

5. Commodity Prices

6. Virtual Reality Business
• What is Virtual Reality
• Virtual reality or virtual realities (VR), which can be referred to as immersive
multimedia or computer-simulated reality, replicates an environment that simulates
a physical presence in places in the real world or an imagined world, allowing the
user to interact in that world. Virtual realities artificially create sensory experiences,
which can include sight, touch, hearing, and smell.
• Size of Market
• $80 Billion
• Gaming and entertainment will drive much of the growth, but car makers, retailers
and even interior designers could bank on VR technology
• Since 2010, $4 billion in venture capital has flowed into 353 deals in the VR sector,
according to VC and private equity researcher PitchBook. In 2015 alone, $708 million
flowed into 144 deals.

7. Hydro Power Outlook

8. Equity Markets

9. China

10. Housing Prices / Canada

11. Household Spending/Canada

12. Household Spending/Canada

13. US Retail Sales – January 2016