Economists expecting “substantial declines over the next year or two”. The recent Global Forecast Update (Scotia Bank, 2013) illustrates how deleveraging of the private and public sectors coupled with geopolitical unrest, an expanding income gap, and euro zone unemployment could still put the moderate global economic recovery into a tailspin. The Update supports central banks… Continue Reading

Come see how Canadians are solving global commodity shortages, and learn how to make inflation your friend. Dear Readers, We’d like to take this opportunity to invite you to the 2012 Toronto Resource Investment Conference at the Sheraton Hotel. Headlining the event are resource entrepreneurs Brent Cook, John Kaiser, Lawrence Roulston and Keith Schafer. These… Continue Reading

Romney Should be Proud of Private Equity: Kravis. CNBC Ray Dalio’s Q2 Bridgewater Letter Is Out: Here Are The Highlights. Business Insider Blackrock issues downbeat outlook. Financial Times Blackstone Names Baratta as Global Private Equity Head. Dealbook Continuing commodities super cycle not all about China any more. Mineweb The 10 Tallest Skyscrapers That Are Being Built Right… Continue Reading

Last day here… Danng, stock moving nicely. #dyodd Canamex Resources shares jump on Nevada gold find. Reuters GoldQuest (GQC : TSX) – Intersects 159 M Grading 4.5 g/t Au and 1% Copper. MarketWatch Goldman chief Blankfein: Investing in America produces the best return. Politico Euro Wastes no Time with Bernanke’s Silence. Ashraf Laidi Why it sucks to… Continue Reading

Notable Libertarian Venture Capitalist Peter Thiel Tells Off Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, says the company has no idea how to invest its money. CNNMoney via KB Wealth effect: How we’ll feel impact of lower commodity prices. Globe and Mail My young friend Brian Wong (who gave me some of the best advice I ever received in 2009… Continue Reading

Gross Says U.S. Nearing Recession as BlackRock Sees Fed Step. Bloomberg Bernanke Ready to “Throw in the Towel on Inflation”: Jim Rickards. Yahoo Finance Europe Is Over. Now It’s All About The US. Business Insider Stock Buybacks that Wasted Investor Money. CNBC Questioning Peter Munk’s influence at Barrick Gold. (Journalist to expect beehive via Fedex… Continue Reading

Foreign Purchases of Canadian Securities Reach Record. Bloomberg A Yahoo Search Calls Up a Chief From Google. Dealbook Contrary Indicator. The Globe’s hatin on mining stocks. Globe and Mail Otto Rock, Keir Reynolds and Callaghan himself with more on BarkerVaudeville. Enbridge brand can be repaired: analysts. Financial Post Four Reasons the Hedge Fund Industry Is… Continue Reading

Pimco’s Gross Forecasts U.S. Growth At 1.5% Over Decade. Bloomberg Four Real-World Investing Rules That Should Be Taught in Schools. Minyanville Conrad Black: BRIC’s spectacular rise, not so spectacular after all. National Post Lundin Mining to invest up to 750mln euros in Portugal-minister. Reuters What the U.S. Can Learn From Australia’s Coal Mines. Bloomberg Billionaire VC Vinod… Continue Reading

And it’s Friday the 13th… QE, or not QE? An assessment of the most controversial weapon in the central banker’s armoury. Economist “Economic history is a never-ending series of episodes based on falsehoods and lies, not truths.  It represents the path to big money.  The object is to recognize the trend whose premise is false,… Continue Reading