Category: Markets Written by Glen Asher

Category: Markets Written by David Grondin

Category: Markets Written by Glen Asher

Recent news coverage from Europe, particularly Greece, has shown us just how unpopular government austerity measures are among the "sweaty masses".  People tend to express anger when the ruling class imposes cuts on entitlements, particularly when those cuts have been necessitated by

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Category: Markets Written by Glen Asher

Thanks to a link provided by a reader, the subject of this posting will be the debt level of Canadians with statistical data provided by Statistics Canada.  The National Balance Sheet - Credit Market Summary provides all debt data for individuals, businesses and corporations and governments

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Category: Markets Written by Glen Asher

Over the past year, many nations, particularly those in Europe, have seen the yields on their sovereign bonds skyrocket to levels not seen for decades in some cases.  Since bond yields rise as bond prices fall, these higher yields are a result of dropping prices for bonds as demand for riskier

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Category: Markets Written by Glen Asher

There is a relatively little discussion about one particular parameter of the economy, the velocity of money.  As you will see in this posting, recent changes in the velocity of money may be a harbinger of things to come for the economy.   Let's start with a bit of background

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Category: Markets Written by James Stafford

As the world economy teeters on the brink and rising oil prices threaten to de-rail the delicate roots of recovery Oilprice.com asked legendary investor Dr. Marc Faber to join us and give his views on high gasoline prices, the shale boom, alternative energy, developments in the Middle East and much

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