Finance

Canada’s Future Is Not In Pipelines

We must resist short-term focus and pressure to borrow more debt and waste more cash developing antiquated energy sources, and instead double down on developing longer-term prosperity and health with our vast sustainable resources. See Forget Trans Mountain, here’s the sustainable way forward for Canada’s energy sector: As of 2015, two-thirds of Canada’s power generation was…

Bitcoin Breakout?

As you know, I don’t trade cryptos, but I find the charts of the big ones fascinating. Having risen about 30% since its last recent low, Bitcoin is at a bit of a “moment of truth”, since it is up against a key trendline, anchored to its nearly $20,000 high.

Inflation Or Employment

Inflationary fears are growing and US rates continue to rise Employment has become more flexible since the crisis of 2008/2009 Commodity prices have risen but from multi-year lows During the next recession job losses will rapidly temper inflationary pressures Given the official policy response to the Great Financial Recession – a mixture of central bank…

US Dollar Shows Strength Ahead Of ECB, BoJ Rate Decisions

EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK (ECB), BANK OF JAPAN (BOJ) HIGHLIGHT NEXT WEEK’S CALENDAR It’s been an interesting week across global markets, as earlier-week breakouts in both the British Pound and US equities were unable to hold, and we’ve already seen reversals to varying degrees in each of those markets. Last night’s Japanese inflation came-in at 1.1%, cooling from the…

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Tanger realty is a bit over its 52-week lows, but we think there is still plenty of value in this dividend champion. Yes, we know mall REITs are struggling. Yes, there is a shift towards more online competition. Yes, rates have played havoc in REITs in general. However, SKT has done a substantial amount of…