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resources

If you want to be poised for the next wave of genuine global growth (i.e., growth based on purchase orders, housing starts and other construction, etc.), you really need to be invested in resources.
Since China might still be too risky a play for many of you, and since I’ve already written quite a bit about [...]

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Looking for something different for your portfolio?
Maybe it is time for you to bump up your BRIC investing, invest in Latin America ex-Brazil or you’d like to get more specific with your agricultural investments.  If so, you might have already heard about agroforestry, aka tree farms, and specifically, the wealth of Brazil’s eucalyptus plantations.
Agroforestry and [...]

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It’s a great time to buy gold.  It’s always a good time to buy gold, of course, but right now you get a little bit of a dip.  Gold is off 17% from highs it saw last August 2011.  Right now it sits at just $1572 an ounce.
If you’re looking to do something a bit [...]

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In some sense, economics itself is about predicting the future. It makes forecasts based on past performance and behaviours.  Statistics, quarterly reports and other numerical data facilitate this process.  In order to plan your own life out another 5 years or more, in order to achieve goals you’ve set, you adopt budgets and you might [...]

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Any American who looks at Canada and sees a mere reflection of the U.S. (or who thinks they already “understand” Canada or know all they need to know about it) is not only predictably ignorant but just as predictably rude.  Apologies to the offended – please, do go on and prove that you are the [...]

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Canadian uranium stocks run the gamut from junior uranium start ups to senior uranium dividend-payers.  In a previous post I wrote about the largest Canadian uranium stocks by market capitalization (that was back in September 2009).  It’s worth an update now, because Canada’s uranium stocks have grown quite significantly since then.
List of Canadian energy and [...]

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Canadian dividend stocks are the cream of the crop.  No matter what reasoning you here (from “it’s a fluke” to “it’s just because of the stable banking sector”), the Canadian stock market is set to continue to outperform over the next decade.
Here’s a list of some of the best Canadian dividend stocks – including the [...]

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