The Secret To Survival For Canada’s Oil Sands
09/17/2020 8:29 AMGlobally, there are a multitude of different answers (and even more non-answers) to the economic puzzle of how to account for and financially balance (aka pay for) negative environmental externalities. In Canada, the widely accepted answer to this issue is the...
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With No Hikes Until 2023, Here Are Some Hobbies The Fed Can Pursue For The Next Three Years
09/17/2020 7:24 AMInflation [ɪnˈfleɪʃ(ə)n] Noun the action of inflating something or the condition of being inflated. "the inflation of a balloon" a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money. "policies aimed at controlling inflation" Hobby [ˈhɒbi] Noun an...
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Taxing Your Primary Residence is a Hot Topic
09/17/2020 6:34 AMThey're talking about it again in Ottawa. And it's not as if governments don't already soak home owners in a myriad of ways. (Photo by Getty...
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Schachter’s Eye on Energy – Sept. 16th
09/16/2020 12:12 PMHurricane Sally has closed down over 1/3rd of US offshore Gulf of Mexico production and with this weeks decline in commercial crude oil stocks, WTI prices are lifting. Josef sees this as temporary as there is now declining US demand and OPEC is overproducing. Each...
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Is the Economic Downturn An Emergency or Not?
09/16/2020 11:06 AMJudging by our politicians penchant for using the pandemic as an excuse to jump on their familiar policy hobby horses - the answer is "not." And that will hurt us...
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Gold Inches Closer To $2,000
09/16/2020 8:54 AMGold prices advanced higher on Monday as a weaker US dollar and expectations that the US Federal Reserve will reiterate its dovish monetary policy stance later this week helped to reinvigorate investor interest for bullion. Spot gold was up nearly 1.0% at $1,959.44...
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Professor’s Model for Coronavirus Predictions Should Not Have Been Used
09/16/2020 8:41 AM"The response to Covid-19 in the UK, the US and other countries was shaped by the dramatic headlines in mid-March, suggesting 550,000 deaths in the UK and 2.2 million in the US. Faced with widely publicised, alarming figures, as demonstrated by Imperial College’s...
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It’s not what we feared it might be…
09/16/2020 6:35 AMYesterday I was bombarded with more articles, comments, graphs, data and YouTube links following a Morning Porridge than ever before. I made a conscious effort to check as many as I could out. Some of them were excellent. Some less so. There is still an awful lot...
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Get Your Portfolio Ready for a Contested US Election Result
09/15/2020 9:41 AMNeil McIver joins Michael to share some insights into what could be a tumultuous market response if there is no clear winner in the US November election. Specific ideas for your investments and some additional help as...
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Canadian Immigration Resumes Big Declines, As Permanent Resident Numbers Plummet
09/15/2020 7:53 AMCanadian immigration numbers have resumed massive drops, after briefly showing improvement in June. Government of Canada (GoC) data shows permanent resident arrivals made big declines in July. The previous month had briefly seen the declines shrink in size, providing...
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