RBC will show some guts…maybe
I am delighted to see that Gord Nixon is prepared for a little prudent...
View ArticleBursting the dot-corn bubble
Back in August I wrote a piece for the magazine on the inflated value...
View ArticleDamned if you bailout, damned if you don’t
Last week, the $700 billion Wall Street bailout plan was universally panned as a...
View Article"Capitalism as we know it will be wiped out"
Since the economic crisis kicked into high gear this month, many pundits have tried...
View ArticlePotash under attack from short sellers. Yeah, right
I was wondering how long it would take for the accusations to fly that...
View ArticleJobs: I'm not dead already
It’s gotta wear a guy down constantly having to convince everyone you’re not dead....
View ArticleHarper and the oddsmakers
Over at the always interesting Intrade predictions market (where people can buy contracts to...
View ArticleHow to save banks and start trade wars
Does anyone else find the following argument scary? Canada’s banks are supremely healthy, best...
View ArticleI'm a Mac and I show no mercy
Apple isn’t going to let this Vista advertising debacle drop. Its latest ad:...
View ArticleBailouts now, damn the consequences
When you’re standing in the midst of an economic storm, it’s hard to see...
View ArticleSo a banker walks into a bar…
Financial reporters (including this one) have tortured countless metaphors in their quest to explain...
View ArticleShoot them in the head(ge fund) to kill them
Last night I thought I’d come up with the perfect original Halloween costume for...
View ArticleDig out your old calendars, we're going back, waaaay back
As markets continue to fall, analysts have simply started using historical dates to forecast...
View ArticleSo a banker walks into a bar… II
There seems to be quite a bit of demand for levity these days, judging...
View ArticleSelling to the frugal
Consumers are clearly developing a taste for frugality, as we discovered while researching our...
View ArticleDrive less, live longer
Part of our story on the Joy of Frugality in the latest issue of...
View ArticleRead Her Lips (AKA never say never)
From a story in today’s Post about the federal government’s push for a federal...
View ArticleAttention America: don't vote
In this PBS video, a U.S. economist argues why you shouldn’t vote. The argument...
View ArticleCould the U.S. go bankrupt (literally)?
The U.S. economy is still by far the world’s biggest, and as a borrower,...
View Article"Peter is just way off base"
This video has been making the rounds, and if you haven’t seen it yet,...
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