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Why Europe needs America!

Being in a country like Canada, and being in the investment management business a very long time helps one have a broader perspective. In my experience (thirty years) global economic cycles tend to follow a pattern out of slumps: US … Continue reading

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Commodity Conundrum – gold, copper, nickel…

Although gold is a metal, its price has very little to do with cycles in the global economy and more to do with psychology and a myriad of other variables – and which are important at a given time is … Continue reading

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Debt rating agencies – worse than short sellers for corrupting markets!

Experience teaches you that dramatic initiatives to remedy errors (reactive) occur long after they can have any effect. Also one learns that the enthusiasm to impose remedies causes massive inefficiencies. The problem is that the imposition of new ‘preventative’ measures … Continue reading

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Bond rally or feint? Bullish stocks again!

What’s changed between now and a year ago?  There’s no shortage of people that think nothing much has changed.  Greece and Portugal are still up the creek, and if anything they owe more money than before so things are worse.  This … Continue reading

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Stocks moving up as others lose favour, Portugal and another Japan earthquake?

I’ve mentioned Ford Equity Research in prior commentaries, as one of many services and tools that allow one to compare what one thinks is going on (biased by news, TV and emotions) to what actually is going on.  Years of … Continue reading

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