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Gold Aims To Retest Record Highs After Breaking Through The $1,000 Mark

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:55:00 GMT

Is gold ready to break out? Gold broke through the psychologically important $1,000-an-ounce level for the first time in 18 months yesterday (Tuesday) as the U.S. dollar slumped against key foreign currencies, exacerbating investor fears that loose fiscal and monetary policies will spur inflation as the U.S. economy recovers.[More...]

Where’s The Value?

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:30:00 GMT

The summer of 2009 is drawing to a close and as a number of us return from holidays and vacations our attention can once again be directed towards the stock market, our investment portfolios and the prospects of investing over the remainder of the year. The problem so far in 2009 is that despite a huge amount of volatility earlier in the year the rest has been...well...pretty dry. Stocks, corporate bonds and mutual funds have all appreciated off their lows and a lot of investors are scratching their heads wondering where the value is in this current environment. When you look at most measures of quantitative value such as price to earnings (P/E), price to book (P/B) or dividend yield there are a lot of stocks that don’t appear cheap and the ones that are cheap are inexpensive for a very good reason; a poor investment. It’s at times like this that I look towards my discipline of investing in Enduring Value for[More...]

Financial Stocks For Dividend Investors: AFL, CB

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:17:00 GMT

Financial stocks, which used to be great dividend investments, have had their share of troubles over the past two years. The sector has rebounded sharply since hitting its lows in March. Since the major dividend growth stories of the past such as Bank of America (BAC) and US Bancorp (USB) have cut dividends, most dividend growth investors seem to have a very low allocation to the sector. As a result dividend investors could suffer inferior risk adjusted returns in the future since they won't own any financial stocks.[More...]

Canadian Banking: Sober, Boring, And Successful

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:17:00 GMT

It wasn’t so long ago Canada’s banking system was considered behind the times. Almost cute, an antiquarian relic, it banked in the old ways… and it was holding Canada back.[More...]

No More Fears Of Stock Winding Up Or Down?

Thu, 07 May 2009 13:28:00 GMT

Back when the selling was unrelenting a lot of people got very scared, there were very emotional comments left on this blog along with many other sites a I read. People felt (and maybe they still do) that stocks are a scam or don't work and that many stocks would be going to zero as this is "clearly" the second coming of the great depression or worse. Throughout the ordeal, actually long before it started, I tried to brace myself, my firm's[More...]

Canadian Banks Look Frothy

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:01:28 GMT

Canada has recently been lavished with praise because of the strength of their financial institutions amid all of the global financial turmoil. Despite this halo effect, these banks have had their challenges. Royal Bank of Canada (RY) just took a large write down on their US assets. That may be a bell weather for other institutions such as Toronto Dominion (TD) and Bank of Montreal BMO), who also have large assets in the US. I can’t help but thinking that Canadian banks are not looking attractive right now as investments whatsoever. With headwinds of further write-downs, low consumer confidence, increasing unemployment, increasing loan losses, and Canadian real estate value declines, the big 5 Canadian lenders share prices look downright frothy. This is quite a change from a few months ago when you could have bought some of the banks at decade lows and towering yields. Let’s look at Royal Bank of[More...]

10 Dividend Stocks Exceled In March

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:37:00 GMT

For many investors, the glass is always half full. Even in the darkest of times, they always [More...]

When The Going Gets Tough, Bank On Canada’s Banks

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:53:00 GMT

Money Morning Staff Reports When Air Force One carried U.S. President Barack Obama on his first official visit abroad last month, the 44th president observed tradition and headed north. His... Money Morning is here to help investors profit handsomely on this seismic shift in the global economy. Money moves markets. But Money Morning lets you move first. [More...]

Daily Report for Thursday, Feb 26, 2009

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:35:00 GMT

(9:39am ET) Equity prices sold off sharply at the open and then after gaining strength all day, sold off sharply again into the close. The DJIA (-80.05 -1.09% to 7270.89); the S&P 500 (-824 -1.07% to 764.90); and the NASDAQ Composite (-16.40 -1.14% to 1425.43) closed with a loss of just over -1%. Canadian markets remained strong through the close, however. The Toronto Composite gained +72.97 +0.93% to 7932.30, and the Venture Board was up +1.38 +0.16% to 854.97. The Techs (XLK +0.9%) were the leading sector with the Semi-conductors in particular strong on the day ($SOX +3.0%), while the Banks ($BKX gained +2.4%). True to recent form, as the Banks lifted, there was a sell-off in gold, as $GOLD dropped -$3.30/oz to close at 966.20. Crude Oil ($WTIC) gained +$2.54/bbl to close at 42.50, and is a tad stronger this morning, up to 43.46 at about 8:15am ET, then softening a bit to 43.06 at 9am, still up so far on the[More...]

Canadian Banks: An Oasis of Financial Calm

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:26:00 GMT

Canadian Banks: An Oasis of Financial Calm by Dr. Mark Skousen, Advisory Panelist The U.S. financial system is a mess - according to the World Economic Forum, the United States ranks 40th among banking systems around the world. Without federal bailouts, the two largest banks in the country, Citibank (NYSE: C) and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), would be in bankruptcy, and the good ol’ USA would be headed for the Greater Depression, as my[More...]

Kelman Technologies Inc. convertible secured debenture financing

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:47:00 GMT

CALGARY, Nov. 30 /CNW/ - Kelman Technologies Inc. ("Kelman") announced today that it has closed its $650,000 convertible debenture financing (the "Financing") with Epstein Enterprises Inc. ("EEI"), a corporation controlled by Seymour Epstein, Chairman of the Board of Directors and major shareholder of KTI.
Currently, Seymour Epstein and entities controlled by him own 37.51% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company.
Upon conversion of the debenture, Mr. Epstein and entities beneficially owned by him would own 79.88% of the common shares on a fully diluted basis.

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Gold Aims To Retest Record Highs After Breaking Through The $1,000 Mark

Where’s The Value?

Financial Stocks For Dividend Investors: AFL, CB

Canadian Banking: Sober, Boring, And Successful

No More Fears Of Stock Winding Up Or Down?

Canadian Banks Look Frothy

10 Dividend Stocks Exceled In March

When The Going Gets Tough, Bank On Canada’s Banks

Daily Report for Thursday, Feb 26, 2009

Canadian Banks: An Oasis of Financial Calm

Kelman Technologies Inc. convertible secured debenture financing

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