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Investing in Canada’s Real Estate Market

December 9, 2009 · 0 comments

in Canadian, REITs, TSX, income trusts, investing, real estate

With the Bank of Canada holding interest rates at 0.25%, some are saying that Canada’s housing market is overheating.  Housing starts are up 21% over 2008 and building permits are up 18% (which are forward-projections).
At the very least, it is a sign of the strength of the Canadian housing market.  But it doesn’t speak to [...]

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Junior Gold Miners ETF, the Bubble in Gold and What You Should Worry About Over the Weekend

November 13, 2009 · 5 comments

in investing (general), link roundup, reading recommendations

Is there a bubble in gold? Liz Weston thinks so.  And if you talk to Matt at Steadfast Finances, he’ll be quick to agree.
I’d concede there’s definitely a boom or “bandwagon” effect happening with money flowing into gold right now, but I’m not convinced it can be called a bubble in the same way that [...]

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