Markets
Number of S&P 500 Companies Reporting Negative Guidance a Red Flag
Standard & Poor’s, the credit rating agency, believes the likelihood of the U.S. credit rating being downgraded in the near term is less than 33% ……Read More
Business
Markets
Buying High the New Winning Investment Strategy?
When I evaluate potential stocks to trade, not only do I examine how well the company has done and delivered, but I also look at ……Read More
Markets
Breakdown: U.S. Economy and Its Cycles in 18 Brief Points
In a fascinating work on long-run economic cycles, J. Anthony Boeckh’s book The Great Reflation offers up some poignant research on the U.S. economy and its cycles. The Great ……Read More
Economy
Canadian Taxpayers Funding Absenteeism in the Public Sector
Now that the Harper government is taking steps against the "rampant" absenteeism among the federal public service sector, I thought that it was time to ……Read More
Economy
Washington’s Ongoing Housing Market Bailout
While recent reports seem to show that America's housing market is showing modest signs of improvement, such would not likely be the case without the ……Read More
Economy
Will Saudi Arabia Allow the U.S. Oil Boom? Interview with Chris Faulkner
Technology, technology, and more technology—this is what has driven the American oil and gas boom starting in the Bakken and now being played out in ……Read More