Economic Crisis: U.S. Commercial Real Estate is next to put a huge dent in the Economic Recovery.
Everyone remembers the destructive mortgage practices that lead the US Housing collapse that triggered the Global recession. These mortgage products were not limited to Residential properties, many loans were provided using the same teaser rates for Commercial properties and [...]
Category Archives: Economy
The Next Economic Shoe to Drop on the World Economy
Canadian Dollar to Outperform US Dollar Over the Coming Years.
The American Dollar is in trouble. Over the past couple of decades the US Government has borrowed and borrowed and now the White House sites on over $11,925,000,000,000 in debt. That’s around $38,834 per person! Take a look at the US Debt Clock. If you scroll down to the bottom you will see that each [...]
How to Profit in a Down Stock Market
There are many ways to profit in a declining stock market, but I want to discuss a method where your downside risk is limited while upside potential profit remains huge.
The stock market has been in a mid-term up trend for many months now and these stock increases have been fuelled by speculation and greed. There [...]
How to Protect Yourself from a Red October in the Stock Market
A basic definition of a Red October in the stock market is one of carnage. Red October is synonymous with panic selling followed by a wave of bearish behaviour in the markets.
The Hunt for Another Red October could be occurning in the stock market this October as well.
Since this may not be fresh in everyone’s [...]
Double Dip Recovery W or V Shaped Recovery?
The match is set. It’s GDP versus Unemployment and we are currently only in the mid-rounds of this heavy weight match.
Up until our current round we have seen some back and forth between the two fighters. GDP has taken some pretty heavy punches on the ropes and even received a KO count in the initial [...]
GDP Growth, Inflation, and the Yield Curve
GDP Growth: Statistics Canada reported a rise of 2.8% in GDP annualized over 2006. The latest report available indicates an increase in GDP of 0.3% in May, 2007 after remaining nearly unchanged through April. Strong increases in retail and wholesale trade were present while a drop in oil and gas exploration constrained overall growth. GDP [...]