February 1, 2010 · 6 comments
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Predicting where the stock market will go in February might be a lesson in futility more than futurity, but that doesn’t mean we can’t pay close attention to what the analysts are looking out for – and other key pieces of market news such as earnings, announcements from the Fed, levels of consumer credit card [...]
January 21, 2010 · 4 comments
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Between February 12 and 28, 2010, all eyes around the world will be on Vancouver, BC, Canada for the 2010 XXI Winter Olympic Games. More than viewers around the world, the Winter Olympics are expected to attract thousands of new visitors, tourists, athletes and Olympic personnel to the lower mainland of British Columbia. But just [...]
January 20, 2010 · 13 comments
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Highest ever one-month inflation rise in the UK for December, fiscal imbalances in Greece, weakened macro-economics in Germany, a Canadian housing market bubble, higher than 50% gains in the commodity currencies since last March (2009), and the return of hubris and risk-taking in the U.S. investment banks… what do these all have in common?
Is it [...]
Just last week, the UK pound sterling (GBP) hit a 24-year low against the Canadian Dollar when it also hit five-year lows in UK inflation. The pound is currently weakening again as a result of the latest Bank of England reports on lower than expected Q3 GDP growth, which actually contracted 0.4%.
Ashraf Laidi, CMC Markets [...]
With the US dollar in a general bear market decline since about 2001, more and more speculation and trading is beginning to reflect lower expectations for the greenback as a result of the US Fed’s unprecedented levels of “quantitative easing” and fiscal stimulus.
This has Canadians enjoying the resulting higher values in the loonie and greater [...]
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 [...]
Yesterday the Canadian loonie started a downward climb again, but was still buying 93.1 cents USD (down from a Monday high of 93.9 cents USD). Last Friday the Canadian dollar was at 92 cents USD. If you didn’t get a chance to purchase American dollars then, consider doing so now.
How To Purchase US Dollars
There are [...]