Why Death of Commodities Is ‘Greatly Exaggerated’. CNBC (Geologists at Voisey’s Bay, the nickel rich ore mine Robert Friedland sold to Inco Ltd. (now Vale) for $4.3 billion in 1995 – Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Ben Bernanke Doesn’t Care About the Price of Your Hamburger. Atlantic U.S. senator urges Washington to block China’s bid for Nexen. Globe and Mail… Continue Reading

Facebook Earnings Hit Target but Worries Persist. CNBC Good article by Rosenberg …interesting facts on # of food stamp recipients as well as % of non income tax payers now @ 41%. David Rosenberg On A Modern Day Depression Vs Dow 20,000. JH The People’s Mining Analyst Peter Koven’s outlook on Goldcorp and Barrick. Financial Post… Continue Reading

House Passes Ron Paul’s ‘Audit the Fed’ Bill. WSJ (Photograph by Frank Rebelo/CSU-Chico/AP Photo) Robert expects Gold Set for a Huge Break Out. Stock Sage “He who owns the oil will own the world.” Canada again a focus of a new Great Scramble for oil. Globe and Mail The idea that inflation might be our friend is gaining traction. LA Times… Continue Reading

Li Ka-shing making moves in resources. Hong Kong Tycoon to Pay $1 Billion for British Gas Firm. Dealbook Hasselback: China slowing down? Don’t worry about it. Financial Post Nolan Watson’s phone is ringing off the hook these days. Koven: Miners forced to get creative as traditional financing sources dry up. Financial Post Toe in the water. Canadian Pension… Continue Reading

Bridgewater Sees ‘Dangerous Dynamic’ as Largest Economies Slow. Bloomberg Drilling for growth: The U.S.’s top ten oil boomtowns. Financial Post When Picking a C.E.O. Is More Random Than Wise. Dealbook Canadian Angel Boris Wertz Raises $15 Million To Launch Micro-VC Fund Version One Ventures. Techcrunch Square Is Said to Be Seeking a $3.25 Billion Valuation. Dealbook… Continue Reading

Don Coxe: This drought is brutal. Why aren’t agriculture stocks soaring? Can China’s easing plan perform in an ag-inflationary environment? Don Coxe (BMO Global Strategist) Audio: KWN The Chinese want $15.1 billion of Canada’s resources. Nexen bid part of China’s plan to become resources powerhouse. Globe and Mail  See also: Nexen’s holdings around the world Strategic Report: Diamond Pipeline 2012. Metals Economics… Continue Reading

Gross v. Fuss Bond heavyweights take opposing Treasury views. Investment News 1) Cultivate the Golden Contact List. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Bankers. Vanity Fair Disproves conventional wisdom that the dollar never lost any purchasing power until it went off the gold standard in 1971. Why the U.S. Dollar Is Not Going to Zero Anytime Soon.… Continue Reading

Els Wins, Scott Bogies Final Four to Lose Open Championship. The Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes is over. Ernie Els is a major champion once again. Congrats to Ernie and all South Africans! Golf.com coverage. The Course. The Leaderboard. Open Championship The late Seve Ballesteros tees off at No. 18 in the 1988 Open Championship… Continue Reading

Moving Day at The British Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes. Adam Scott is 4 shots in the lead. Tiger will have to step it up on Sunday. The Course. The Leaderboard. Open Championship Questions raised by Wednesday’s Syrian assassinations. The rules of thumb in insurrections according to Conrad Black. Winning a war by any means necessary. National Post… Continue Reading

“Harks to a unique sense of the past, its own vision of the future.” Source: National Geographic Archive. You might also be interested in: Explore the Pyramids 

Unimaginable ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Tragedy in Colorado. CNN “Give me a one-handed economist. All my economists say, on the one hand … on the other …” Harry S. Truman Notes from the various panels at CNBC & Institutional Investor’s Delivering Alpha Conference. Best Ideas, Global Opportunities, Real Estate, Commodities. Market Folly Benchmark-beating performance is reassuring. No worries over Canada… Continue Reading

Gross Returns to Form as Flagship ETF Doubles. CNBC CNBC, Fox Business and BNN ratings to tumble til Sunday. . . The Open Championship has begun at Royal Lytham & St. Annes: Leaderboard. R&A Group led by BC Partners with the help of Canada Pension Plan to Buy U.S. Cable Operator for $6.6 Billion. Dealbook If… Continue Reading

“If you’ve got a business – You didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.” President Obama, 7/13/12 Conservative commentator, author, McGill University lecturer and public affairs strategist Adam Daifallah riffed on the Obama “Build that” blunder on Facebook this morning, and I wanted to share it with you here:

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