Daily Archives: August 21, 2012

Goosed on renewed oil speculation and (in over view misplaced) ideas that Canada might decouple the global downturn and move the BOC to tighten interest rates soon, the Loonie has lifted again with the Euro/equity risk trade over the past … Continue reading →

For the past 15 years, investors have been over-expecting and under-achieving portfolio return targets. The great majority of investment advisors and managers have been aiding and abetting the shortfalls with unrealistic projections and passive and perpetual equity allocations that hope … Continue reading →

Thomas Friedman, The New York Times, foreign affairs columnist, explains how America is falling behind other nations. “You fly from Singapore or Hong Kong to LAX, it’s like flying from the Jetsons to the Flintstones.” Here is a direct link.