5 Disheartening New Economic Developments

August 3, 2011

Now that the debt ceiling has been raised and the media have already turned to the question of how Obama will be celebrating his 50th birthday, it behooves us to consider the new market slump that has sunk in following registration of the reality of America’s debt situation.  Immediate crisis would seem to have been [...]

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What Happened To Hinterland Metals Shares

June 30, 2011

About three years ago now, right before the big August-September 2008 crash, I had bought some shares of Hinterland Metals, which I later regretted and explained why it became one of the stocks I wish I hadn’t bought.
If you had also bought Hinterland Metals, and you’ve checked into your brokerage account in the last week, [...]

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Choosing Between Canadian Emerging Market ETFs

June 7, 2011

When it comes to investing in emerging markets, that’s one area in which you really should play it safe.  Not only are you not familiar with any (or most) of the companies, but precisely because some of them may be operating in more politically and geographically unpredictable regions, risk is a higher factor.
With the added [...]

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Stock Sectors That Outperform in the Summer

June 6, 2011

Summer is a slow time for stocks.  The “sell in May” crowd has gone away and many people start taking extended holidays. Volume thins on the markets and as a result there is less momentum.  And this year, it looks as though the economic slowdown will be supporting seasonal trends.
But did you know that there [...]

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Why Stocks Will Be Stagnant Over the Summer

June 3, 2011

The U.S. economic “recovery” is showing signs of officially slowing down at the ripe old age of two years.  This is threatening to look like the end of a bull market (and it would be happening at a seasonally appropriate time for it, too).  Bull nor bear, we’re likely to be in a trading range [...]

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Canadian Sovereignty and the Security Perimeter

May 28, 2011

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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Difference Between Debt, Deficit, Taxes and Spending

May 25, 2011

With the U.S. debt ceiling becoming an ongoing economic issue for American politics, you may be confused about some of the terms you hear and read in the news – or worse, maybe you don’t even question them and you talk about “debt” and “deficits” interchangeably.
Taxes and spending sound equally bad too, but there are [...]

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