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Why North American investors should buy UK [...]
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New students! – it’s that time of year again and you’re probably moving into your new dorm or apartment any day now, if you haven’t yet. One of the things you’ll need to do is sign up for phone, cable and internet service if it isn’t already provided for for you by your college or [...]
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If you’re driving up north over the border, you won’t be able to use your U.S. dollars in Canada. You will need to buy Canadian dollars. There are a few bordertown-type places (like the Windsor casino) that might take your U.S. dollars at par, but don’t count on it.
While the U.S. is Canada’s largest trading [...]
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This week of August 24-28, all the talk on Bay Street is about the Big 6 Canadian banks reporting fiscal Q3 (third quarter) earnings. Earnings results of the Big 5 are important to many Canadian investors, who are almost all invested in one or more of these banks through their pension and broad-based mutual funds [...]
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Calling a bottom in natural gas? This past Friday, August 21, 2009, natural gas futures were trading below $3.00 in New York – compared to oil futures hitting the year’s high above $74. Some analysts have even been speculating that natural gas could go down to zero, given the enormity of current oversupply and overproduction.
Last [...]
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Economists define the money supply as the total amount of money available within a given economy. Here, money is defined as the amount of currency in actual circulation as well as on deposit at financial institutions (where the money is often held in a more or less virtual form, since usually the bank never physically [...]
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This past Wednesday Som Seif, President of Claymore Investments Canada, appeared on BNN’s Market Call to take questions on ETFs. Here’s a brief recap of Seif’s market outlook and update on the state of ETFs in Canada and with Claymore specifically.
Canada’s Consumer Prices Fallen Most Since 1953
Seif doesn’t make a big deal of the news. [...]
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