Only An Idiot Would Call It a Speculation Tax
07/19/2019 6:08 AMOnly the tax hungry BC government thinks that buying a second home and holding it for 10, 20, 30 years while paying property taxes, insurance, utilities and upkeep is speculating - and you don't even have to sell it for the government to demand your...
Who In The World Is Most Interested In Facebook’s Libra (It’s Not Who You Think)
07/18/2019 9:17 AMAfter two days of grilling by US politicians (including demands for a moratorium and fearmongering of the end of banking and the ease of funding terrorism) and endless byelines supporting and denigrating Facebook's new digital currency concept, Libra, one would...
Clean Energy Is Doomed Without More R&D Spending
07/18/2019 9:04 AMLate last year, a study by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) looked into exactly how much it will take to meet the climate change goals set by the Paris Agreement. The report, composed by the United Nations consortium of hundreds of climate...
The BC Government Was Just Kidding…Right?
07/18/2019 6:09 AMSaying to BC Utilities Commission inquiry that is looking into the cause of high gas prices in BC that it's not allowed to consider the impact of government taxes or other policies was a joke...right?...no. Okay, well it was...
6 Cannabis Market Predictions That Are Already Coming True
07/17/2019 9:09 AMWhat will legal weed look like in the next few years? These cannabis market predictions are already coming true. With new products, untapped markets, and better access to research and capital than ever before, the cannabis market is in the midst of another...
Commodities Are Having A Stellar Year
07/17/2019 9:03 AMCommodities were on mostly sound footing in the first half of 2019. The S&P GSCI returned more than 13 percent as of June 30, one of the best first six months in recent memory. It was not without its challenges, though. In a repeat of last year, crude oil was the...
Michael Levy: Looking at High Gas Prices in BC
07/17/2019 6:30 AMThe public inquiry into record breaking gas prices in BC is underway but will they get a true picture? How can they, not on the table for discussion, supply and demand and high gasoline...
Waiting for the “Big Fish”
07/16/2019 10:41 AMAndy Preikschat, manager of the private Edgebrook Fund, released his annual mid-year letter to shareholders. He has been kind enough to share it with us this year, at the halfway point of his 30 year plan. Find out about his investment strategy as well as some of his...
Bank Run: Deutsche Bank Clients Are Pulling $1 Billion A Day
07/16/2019 8:43 AMAs a result of the modern version of this "bank run", where it's not depositors but counterparties that are pulling their liquid exposure from DB on fears another Lehman-style lock up could freeze their funds indefinitely, Deutsche Bank is considering how to transfer...
3 Technical Reasons Why the Bull Market May Be Over
07/16/2019 8:36 AMInvestors can find plenty of fundamental reasons to think the 10-year bull market is coming to an end, with retail fund outflows, crashing yields, and the destruction of globalization all perfectly capable of signaling the next recession. However, technical price...
