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5 Disheartening New Economic Developments

August 3, 2011 · 1 comment

in 2011, August, S&P 500, US debt, US economy, debt, economy, employment, forecasts, fundamentals, gold, indicators, layoffs, market reports, recession, seasonal investing, summer, unemployment

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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Why Stocks Will Be Stagnant Over the Summer

June 3, 2011

in DJIA, QE, S&P 500, deflation, earnings, economy, holidays, indicators, market reports, news and updates, recession, seasonal investing

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 GDP Numbers and Q2 GDP Forecast

August 29, 2010 · 3 comments

in 2010, Canadian, Canadian economy, GDP, Q2, economy, forecasts, indicators, international economy, news and updates

Canadian GDP data for the second quarter will be released on Tuesday by Statistics Canada.  Analysts are expecting slower growth than the previous two quarters, in which annualized GDP grew by 6.1% in Q1 (the largest quarterly GDP expansion in a decade) and 4.9% in last year’s Q4.
Comparing these numbers with the revised U.S. GDP [...]

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When Will CIBC Raise Its Dividend Next?

August 26, 2010 · 3 comments

in Canadian, Q3, TSX, banks, cashflow, dividends, earnings, market reports, news and updates, portfolio, stocks, wealthbuilding, yield

CIBC came out with third quarter earnings today and they topped analyst expectations handily, by an additional 13 cents per share over the amount expected.
The big question on Canadian investors’ minds, though, is when CIBC can finally begin raising its dividend again.  Right now CIBC is paying 87 cents a share and has been for [...]

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Market Jitters: Are We About to See the End of the Risk Rally and Bear Market Bubble?

January 20, 2010 · 13 comments

in 2010, Federal Reserve, US economy, bull market, central banks, economy, exchange rates, financial planning, forex, hedging, inflation, interest rates, international economy, market crash, market reports, market timing, recession, risk

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 [...]

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It’s Not a Depression if We Don’t Make It One

February 24, 2009 · 4 comments

in depression, emergency fund, psychology, recession

With all the new recent serious talk again of a Great Depression (or just a “Depression”) now that confidence seems to have totally dissipated in regard to the economic stimulus projects (not that they won’t work – but just that they might not work soon enough, and the ensuing debt they create will have its [...]

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Betting on Infrastructure? Boeing Just Cut 10,000 Jobs

January 28, 2009 · 1 comment

in Obama Effect, infrastructure, layoffs

Those people betting on seeing the Obama Effect in infrastructure should tell me what they think of Boeing’s latest job cut announcement (read it here).  Or is this a sign that the infrastructure pre-bubble has popped?  Either way, it’s pretty sad and scary.  Canada also just announced that the recession is going to be deeper [...]

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