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New documents link Huawei to suspected front companies in Iran, Syria Jan 8th
The U.S. case against the chief financial officer of China’s Huawei Technologies, who was arrested in Canada last month, centres on the company’s suspected ties to two obscure companies. One is a telecom equipment seller that operated in Tehran; the other is that firm’s owner, .... More »
Trump’s bulldozer diplomacy meets Canada’s pipeline politics + MORE Jan 25th
President Donald Trump signs an executive order on the Keystone XL pipeline, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
When the Trudeau government gave the thumbs-up in November to Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline replacement and Kinder Morgan’s.... More »
Leave Broker Disclosures to the SEC May 3rd
The Labor Department should let stand a court ruling that threw out its ‘fiduciary rule.’.... More »
Weekend Reading – How much money is enough, dividend increases and more #money stuff Jul 22nd
Save, invest, prosper with My Own Advisor.
Weekend Reading Welcome to my latest Weekend Reading edition. I hope you are enjoying your summer thus far. I’m pretty happy about my REDBLACKS win this week. Let’s hope they can keep it going… Here is my article from this past week,.... More »
Canada’s clean tech sector falling behind competition, says report + MORE Apr 20th
Wind turbines behind a house with solar panels. (Nick Hanna/Alamy)
OTTAWA – Canada’s clean technology sector, once pegged as a growth industry with the potential to be worth $50 billion by the year 2022, is bleeding money and falling behind international competition, a new report says.
Using.... More »
Lean times ahead? Mark Zandi
– canadianbusiness.com
The economy has been full of surprises this year, starting with economic troubles in China that helped fueled two months of financial market turbulence and raised worries the U.S. economy could be headed for a recession. Economic forecaster Mark Zandi shares his thoughts on what investors can expect going forward.
Q: Once again, we had a weak start to the year. In the first quarter, gross domestic product expanded at a lacklustre annual rate of 0.8 per cent. What are you expecting over the next three quarters?
A: In the current April-June quarter, GDP is now tracking closer to 3 per cent. I think we will settle in around 2.5 per cent growth for the second half of the year. For the year as a whole, growth will come in at just about 2 per cent, which is what we have averaged for each year since the recovery began seven years ago.
Q: Federal Reserve officials included a surprise in the minutes of their April meeting, indicating that they might raise rates at their next meeting on June 14-15, something that investors had not expected…
Q: Once again, we had a weak start to the year. In the first quarter, gross domestic product expanded at a lacklustre annual rate of 0.8 per cent. What are you expecting over the next three quarters?
A: In the current April-June quarter, GDP is now tracking closer to 3 per cent. I think we will settle in around 2.5 per cent growth for the second half of the year. For the year as a whole, growth will come in at just about 2 per cent, which is what we have averaged for each year since the recovery began seven years ago.
Q: Federal Reserve officials included a surprise in the minutes of their April meeting, indicating that they might raise rates at their next meeting on June 14-15, something that investors had not expected…
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week
– canadianbusiness.com
TORONTO – Five things to watch this week in Canadian business:
Telecom talks: Movers and shakers in Canada’s telecommunications sector will gather in Toronto for a three-day conference beginning Monday. Maxime Bernier, who is vying for the Conservative leadership, and federal privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien are among the speakers.
Valeant: Hoping the worst is behind it, the Quebec-based drug giant will report its delayed first-quarter earnings on Tuesday. On Friday, the company defaulted on some of its debt because it had yet to file the results.
Earnings: A number of companies in the retail sector report their first-quarter results this week, including Dollarama, Lululemon, Sears Canada and Hudson’s Bay. The Bay recently announced it was planning to open up to 20 stores in the Netherlands, which would mark its first expansion outside Canada in the company’s nearly 350-year history.
Coal conference: The Coal Association of Canada is holding its annual three-day conference in Vancouver starting Wednesday…
Telecom talks: Movers and shakers in Canada’s telecommunications sector will gather in Toronto for a three-day conference beginning Monday. Maxime Bernier, who is vying for the Conservative leadership, and federal privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien are among the speakers.
Valeant: Hoping the worst is behind it, the Quebec-based drug giant will report its delayed first-quarter earnings on Tuesday. On Friday, the company defaulted on some of its debt because it had yet to file the results.
Earnings: A number of companies in the retail sector report their first-quarter results this week, including Dollarama, Lululemon, Sears Canada and Hudson’s Bay. The Bay recently announced it was planning to open up to 20 stores in the Netherlands, which would mark its first expansion outside Canada in the company’s nearly 350-year history.
Coal conference: The Coal Association of Canada is holding its annual three-day conference in Vancouver starting Wednesday…
What’s in your portfolio? DIY investor Richard Garand – Take 2
– myownadvisor.ca
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A few years ago on this site I reached out to various bloggers and financial experts to ask what’s in their portfolio. I pursued this because I was curious about their financial goals, their investments strategies to realize these goals and how they might differ from my own. You can find the links to some of the folks I wrote to and how they responded in the past below.
A few years ago on this site I reached out to various bloggers and financial experts to ask what’s in their portfolio. I pursued this because I was curious about their financial goals, their investments strategies to realize these goals and how they might differ from my own. You can find the links to some of the folks I wrote to and how they responded in the past below.
Author, blogger, economist – Larry MacDonald portfolio
Blogger – The Passive Income Earner portfolio
Blogger – Big Cajun Man portfolio
Blogger – The Dividend Guy portfolio
Blogger, financial planner – Robb Engen portfolio
Blogger – Kyle Prevost portfolio
Blogger, entrepreneur – Richard Garand portfolio
Over the past few weeks I had a chance to catch up with a couple of these investors and see what’s new, what’s different in their portfolio, and just as importantly why things are different.
Thanks Richard for revisiting your portfolio with me…
Husky asset sales point to uneven growth in energy mergers, acquisitions
– canadianbusiness.com
CALGARY – A two-tier marketplace is developing for western Canadian oil and gas properties, with bidders starting to line up to buy crude-producing properties — although companies marketing natural gas wells are finding few takers.
Volatility in oil and gas prices over the past year have scared many buyers out of the market while making valuations difficult for buyers and sellers to agree upon, observers say.
Benchmark West Texas Intermediate oil rose above US$50 per barrel recently, the highest in six months, but spot natural gas prices in Alberta are at about $1.50 per thousand cubic feet, down nearly $1 from a year ago.
Players in the energy mergers-and-acquisition market have been closely watching Calgary-based Husky Energy’s (TSX:HSE) efforts this year to sell non-core oil and gas assets in Alberta and Saskatchewan, analyst Michael Dunn of FirstEnergy Capital said Friday. The company wants to bolster its balance sheet for what it fears will be a long period of low oil and gas prices…
Volatility in oil and gas prices over the past year have scared many buyers out of the market while making valuations difficult for buyers and sellers to agree upon, observers say.
Benchmark West Texas Intermediate oil rose above US$50 per barrel recently, the highest in six months, but spot natural gas prices in Alberta are at about $1.50 per thousand cubic feet, down nearly $1 from a year ago.
Players in the energy mergers-and-acquisition market have been closely watching Calgary-based Husky Energy’s (TSX:HSE) efforts this year to sell non-core oil and gas assets in Alberta and Saskatchewan, analyst Michael Dunn of FirstEnergy Capital said Friday. The company wants to bolster its balance sheet for what it fears will be a long period of low oil and gas prices…
