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How investors can win the currency war
Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega ignited a firestorm two years ago when he accused wealthy nations of devaluing their currencies in order to make their economies more competitive, coining the...
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Finding winners among small cap growth stocks
Investors who can tolerate a little bit of risk often turn to small-cap stocks for a portfolio boost. As a general rule, though, only one or two of every 10 such stocks will be such standouts that they...
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David Rosenberg: Why cash is your least safe bet
There’s an old saying that may be glib to some but is critical nonetheless, and it is that every bull market needs a wall of worry to climb. So when we go back to where we were exactly a year ago,...
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Bond bull David Rosenberg is losing his comfort zone
The Fed historically overstays on the easing cycle, and it is no different this time around For the past several years, I have been espousing a deflationary theme and a Safety & Income at a...
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Ring of Fire in jeopardy over miner’s money problems
TORONTO — The future of Canada’s Ring of Fire, a remote cluster of rich mineral deposits in northwestern Ontario, is looking increasingly dim as the finances of its biggest private investor, Cliffs...
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Alchemists of Wall Street at it again: Arcane-sounding names hide big risks
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The global slowdown is hinting at a ‘major re-alignment of the markets’— and...
Different markets sending different signals. That’s the gist of BofA Merrill Lynch rates guru David Woo’s latest report – titled “The impossible trinity: A tale of three cities” – which begins like...
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China’s slowing growth sending shockwaves through commodities sector
China’s economy this month decelerated much faster than many economists had anticipated, sending shock waves throughout the commodity sector. Copper, known as the bellwether metal because it is...
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How Redline Communications returned from the brink
The drive to digitize remote oil fields has helped a small Canadian tech company come back from the wilderness after being ostracized by investors for some accounting irregularities and an apparent bad...
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Battle by proxy: Canadian blue chips are under attack
This article appears in the May edition of the Financial Post Magazine. Visit the iTunes store to download the iPad edition of this month’s issue. Stan Bharti never wanted to be looked at as the bad...
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Are all our eggs in the housing basket?
If you want to include your home as part of your asset mix, Canadians may not be such bad savers after all. The net worth of Canadians keeps rising — it reached $199,700 per capita at the end of the...
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The downside of share buybacks and more dividends
The recent rise in shareholder-friendly corporate activity is being lauded as one of the most important catalysts in the ongoing rally of many stock markets. But the trend that has companies showering...
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Why some analysts see value in holds
The hold recommendation on a stock, at best, gives investors mixed signals. At worst, it makes them suspicious. Either way, the go-between rating is here to stay and knowing how to read it may add...
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Is your stock strategy working?
For Eugene Fama, the University of Chicago professor and father of modern finance, the key to investing is relatively simple – stay in a low-cost, diversified portfolio to capture virtually all market...
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‘The best is behind us’: Is U.S. oil renaissance overhyped?
U.S. oil production grew faster than almost all other major energy players in the world last year, but some analysts believe the industry will not be able to maintain its blistering growth. American...
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Shale drillers squeeze costs as era of exploration ends
The pioneers of America’s shale gas and oil revolution have done their work. Now it’s time for the factory crews to take over. After spending US$53-billion on a land binge to find hydrocarbons, the...
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Can tech stocks save the TSX?
Neil Johnson wants to help resurrect investment in Canada’s technology industry. If it comes to fruition, the chief executive of Difference Capital Funding Inc., a publicly-listed merchant bank in...
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Worst is yet to come for emerging markets
Everywhere investors look, the emerging market story appears to be unravelling. The MSCI Index, which weighs some of the largest companies in the developing world, plunged more than 5% this week and is...
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Natural gas vehicles: In for the long haul
Westport Innovations Inc. had been trying to convince manufacturers for years to give its natural gas engines a chance. Its luck finally changed last summer when it signed a deal with Caterpillar Inc....
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The end of easy money looms: Now what?
Investors don’t like to be reminded that easy money doesn’t last forever. U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke hinted as much earlier this month, and investors responded by dumping their stocks,...
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