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October 2009

World’s Largest Diversified Mining Companies

October 16, 2009 · 4 comments

in ADRs, commodities, foreign investment, international stock market, investing, metals, mining, resources, stocks

Diversified resource and mining companies might nominally mine for a single metal, but in the process will also unearth other base and rare metals.  Other metals producers, like BHP Billiton, actively mine for a variety of base and precious metals.
The following list covers the top 8 diversified resource mining companies around the world.  I also [...]

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What’s Happening With the Canadian Dollar?

October 15, 2009

in CAD, central banks, currencies, exchange rates, forex

The Canadian dollar has broke through some interesting points this past week.  On Tuesday, it hit 14-month highs, climbing up 3.5% over the past 7 days – which is quite a bit in currency terms.  The loonie is also up against all 16 major currencies.  All of these data points have analysts speculating that the [...]

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What To Do With Your Money When the Canadian Dollar Is Nearing Parity With the US Dollar

October 14, 2009 · 12 comments

in CAD, USD, exchange rates, forex, living in US, money management, purchases, spending, travel

The Canadian dollar is once again at 52-week highs and edging closer to parity every day.  Since this happens once in a blue moon, it pays to be able to recognize it when it’s happening and be able to act on the opportunity.
I’ve written previously about how you can build up your reserve of US [...]

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Top 10 Largest Global Gold Mining Stocks

October 13, 2009 · 2 comments

in ADRs, commodities, foreign investment, gold, international stock market, mining, precious metals, resources, stocks

This is a list, for resource purposes, of the world’s top gold producers by size (market capitalization).  For consistency and ease of comparison, I have listed them according to their NYSE ADR tickers and values, in order of their market cap. All values in USD.
Note that I have limited the list to producers more or [...]

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How To Prepare Yourself For High Inflation If You Don’t Have Any Money or Investments

October 12, 2009 · 2 comments

in economy, financial planning, hyperinflation, inflation, low-income, money decisions, money management, wealth protection

It’s one thing to buy gold and invest in BRIC ETFs to help protect your assets from double-digit inflation or hyperinflation expectations, but what if you don’t have that many assets to invest?  What if you don’t really have any extra money at all?  What should you do to prepare for high inflation?  Does it [...]

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Investing in Dollarama, Canada’s First Publicly-Traded Dollar Store Begins Trading This Week

October 11, 2009

in Canadian, Canadian economy, IPOs, investing, low-income, retailers, stocks

When it comes to retail and consumer stocks, Canadians have a few staples to choose from: Canadian Tire (TSX: CTC), Shoppers Drug Mart (TSX: SC), Tim Horton’s (TSX: THI), even some income trusts like Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund (TSX: CGX.UN) and Pizza Pizza Income Fund (TSX: PZA.UN).
Now Canadians can add another staple of the retail [...]

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The New Gold Standard: Will Gold Be Part of A Basket of Currencies Replacing the Dollar as World Reserve?

October 8, 2009 · 2 comments

in US debt, USD, central banks, currencies, forex, gold, hyperinflation, inflation, international economy, money supply, precious metals, world reserve currency

Gold has broke through some of its all-time highs today, October 7, 2009, reaching as much as $1043/oz.  But that is not the end of the excitement for all the gold bugs and other lovers and investors in the yellow metal.  Gold might be making a comeback as a contender for one of several currencies [...]

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