The geographical diversity of economic opportunities is one of Canada’s many advantages in…
Canada’s Business
Opportunities to slap corporate names on public and private buildings
After a theatre chain displayed Scotiabank signs on the front of its buildings, other theatres…
A real scandal in education
Huge amounts of money are spent each year on university education; unfortunately, that is a scandal…
Guilty policy makers wrecked the economies around the world
Those who were responsible for the financial calamities of the past few years have managed to…
Wrong message at wrong time can come back to haunt the trusting investors
Investors have been told over and over again that the best strategy is to buy equities and hold…
Prosperity problems coming with our dollar being greatly overvalued
A recent newspaper headline, Canadian trade deficit nears record, should disturb us all and serve…
Small drop in gold price was nothing but a blip
Recently, gold has taken a hit from profit-taking. Investors have been switching out of that sector…
Many students and their profs are just visiting universities
During the last federal election campaign, opponents of Michael Ignatief said sarcastically that he…
Psychological tricks to help convince us to buy goods
Nowadays businesses in Canada engage in all kinds of psychological tricks in attempts to get us to…
Social media: the new reality?
Almost all aspects of the economy have been experiencing a recession, either a big or small…
Overvalued dollar
Once again Canada is confronted by the problem of our overvalued dollar as it hovers at or above…
What do they do?
Conventional wisdom asserts that chief executives of major companies are overpaid, outrageously so.…
Changing the emphasis
All shareholders obviously want better shareholder values. While some decry the cult of shareholder…
Essential qualities
If we cast aside rhetoric and conventional wisdom, we will discover what are the essential…
Undermining markets
Concerns should be raised about the impact of high-frequency trading. That undermines the stock…