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It’s been an unusual April for weather. Continued earthquakes in Japan coupled with a rash of tornadoes and storms in the southern half of the U.S. were the highlights of what was otherwise a rather cool and above-average rainy month.
If you’re like me, you survived the rain without an umbrella, because you already misplaced it [...]
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With the new seasonal cups out at Starbucks stores across the continent, it’s *clearly* time to begin thinking about the Christmas holidays. Although U.S. jobs data is on a slight – very slight – uptrend, we are still nowhere near back to the number of jobs pre-Lehman. Recent data I read suggested that about 232,000 [...]
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There are always broader economic and financial factors that affect the markets – fiscal and monetary policy decisions being one – but don’t overlook the factors that come from elsewhere – pure innovation, be it cultural or technological, that can also come to change the investing landscape over time.
The following are a few of the [...]
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Two things come to mind in Hallowe’en season if you’re an investor: candy and costumes. There’s little more left of the holiday festivity than dressing up in the latest gauche pop culture references and staples from past horror flicks – and all the parties held precisely to give the opportunity for doing so.
Just take a [...]
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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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Well, this is unfortunate. I have a habit of buying stocks right before they make major changes. I should have known how to see this coming. I think I might not have bought the stock.
Today Whole Foods released its results for Q3. It has decided to suspend their dividend for the [...]
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