Monthly Archives: July 2013

Reality check: market cycle still progressing

Day to day gyrations offer a veritable cacophony of algo pings on the hype and hope of central bankers. But this big picture portrait of North America’s S&P 500 and TSX along with key sectors (financials, reits, dividend stocks, energy, … Continue reading

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Inequality: real, personal, expensive and created

Inequality is real, it’s personal, it’s expensive and it was created. Today, 1% of Americans are taking home nearly 20% of the country’s total income and own nearly 35% of the country’s wealth. This didn’t happen by accident. As former … Continue reading

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Global slowdown continues

This morning Asian stock markets staged a relief rally of sorts apparently on news that the Chinese economy (the world’s 2nd largest) expanded at an official annualized rate of 7.5% in the second quarter. This number although higher than some … Continue reading

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