Markets
Bond Spreads and What They Are Telling Us
The new world of investing is a different place with investors desperate for decent yields on Treasuries, CDs, GICs and bonds of all types that ……Read More
Business
Economy
China Might Be Winning The Race To Reduce Solar Costs
Many people, even fanatical advocates of solar power, are unaware quite how close we are to reaching a critical milestone in the industry. Within a ……Read More
Economy
How Much Energy Will the 2014 World Cup Consume?
Along with 3 billion other viewers around the world, I plan to tune in for the month-long World Cup to see whether the 22-year old ……Read More
Markets
The World’s Five Most Important Oil Fields
Much has been made about the role that hydraulic fracturing – or fracking — has played in revolutionizing the energy landscape, unlocking vast new reserves ……Read More
Markets
High Yield Bonds – The Next Fly in the Ointment?
The Federal Reserve, in its infinite wisdom, has likely created another in a long series of bubbles. This time, their bargain basement level interest rates ……Read More
Economy
Ontario’s Fiscal Problems
Way back in March 2012, I posted a detailed look at Ontario’s fiscal history back to the mid-1980s. With the provincial election pending, I thought ……Read More