Monthly Archives: December 2014

Downsizing boomers on the move

If you are one of 450 million baby boomers worldwide (born between 1946 and 1964) who are planning to downsize your real estate to help afford retirement, best to get a move on. The plan is very popular. By far … Continue reading

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Energy companies bounce as the loonie heads south for the winter

As the Great Yellen-dini dazzled with her carefully contorted syntax on Wednesday, aimed at creating inflation out of hot air, the algos went wild for a couple of days and the most shorted stocks (like energy cos in black below) … Continue reading

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Rising greenback weighs on commodities, EM and S&P earnings

As the greenback makes a run to break above 90 on the DXY basket of global currencies (not seen since 2006), emerging markets, commodity prices and US multinational earnings are all feeling the downward pressure. All those assuming that the … Continue reading

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