The one thing we don’t have in the developed world, is corruption. Having spoken with people who have sold everything and moved to Canada, the one thing they comment on (for example, back in the Phillipines) is the rampant corruption that exists.
This is a mentality that is much like democracy, or the lack of it. […]
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Yesterday was the 45th anniversary of the assassination of JFK in Dallas. Networks aired the 1991 feature film “JFK” by Oliver Stone. I remember when it was released that it was draped in controversy, and accused of being a less-than-accurate rendition of what really happened. To this day, I don’t think anyone really knows what […]
Students of history will recall that after Japan attacked Pearl Harbour, the US industrial machine mobilized from its depression-induced coma, and pulled out all stops in the production of all sorts of military machinery and equipment. During the Remembrance Day holiday two weeks ago, I watched a TV special that stated the auto-production apparatus of […]
The question is always, cause and effect. Does the dog wag the tail? Or is it the tail that is wagging the dog? And, does it really matter?
The current financial storm involving the ongoing deleveraging of the worldwide credit system, is serving as a catalyst for change, for better and for worse. This happens every […]
excerpts from yesterday’s post at www.timingthemarket.ca:
Technical indicators continue to confirm that U.S. equity markets reached a capitulation low on October 10th. Many S&P 500 stocks subsequently have formed a broad three week trading pattern. Typical of a market that is in a base building phase! Many TSX stocks have formed similar patterns. Stocks in the […]