Schachter’s Eye on Energy for February 9, 2022
02/09/2022 11:20 AMEach week Josef Schachter gives you his insights into global events, price forecasts and the fundamentals of the energy sector. Josef offers a twice monthly Black Gold newsletter covering the general energy market and 30 energy, energy service and pipeline &...
read moreTrading Desk Notes For February 5, 2022
02/08/2022 1:07 PMInterest rates surge higher everywhere Christine Lagarde surprised markets Thursday by opening the door to higher interest rates this year from the ECB. On Friday, markets were stunned by an unexpected (and suspect, given the massive “seasonal adjustments”) US...
read moreWhite House Launches Effort To “Recalculate” US COVID Hospitalization Numbers
02/08/2022 12:31 PMSince soon after the start of the pandemic, hospitals and public health authorities have refused to acknowledge the important distinction between patients being hospitalized with COVID and those being hospitalized (or those who eventually succumbed) because of COVID....
read moreLiberal MP decries ‘politicization’ of pandemic, questions federal policies
02/08/2022 11:44 AMA Liberal MP is speaking out against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and provincial governments’ pandemic policies, and politicians’ handling of the ongoing trucker convoy protests. Joel Lightbound, the Louis-Hébert, Que. MP, held a press conference on Parliament Hill...
read moreQuote of the Week, Shocking Stat & Goofy Award
02/07/2022 12:52 PMQuote of the Week Celebrity shallowness meets woke ideology and the result is ignorance of historic proportions. Shocking Stat Howard Stern says he's the "king of all media." Well, he'd better look out - Joe Rogan can claim the crown now. Goofy The Chinese Communists...
read moreMike’s Comment
02/07/2022 12:41 PMFrom the moment Covid was politicized it became a "choose your side" event - so no surprise that the Truckers' Convoy is no different, which is bad news for the...
read moreCanada Has Seen Suspicious Money Reports Surge And It’s Investigating A Lot Less
02/07/2022 12:08 PMCanada has earned itself a reputation as a hub for dirty money over the past years, and it doesn’t seem to be phased by it. Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Center of Canada (FINTRAC) data show reports of suspicious transactions have surged higher in recent...
read moreFebruary 5th Episode
02/05/2022 8:22 AMThe Truckers' Convoy could have helped bridge some divisions instead it exacerbated them. Top analyst, Bob Hoye warns that the financial system is on precarious grounds...protect yourself accordingly. Mike dips into the world of celebrity form both the shocking stat...
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