23 Apr
Canadian retail sales decreased 0.7% in Feb, still up 5.7% y/y. This is another sign that Canada could be heading for a rough patch and might be an indication of the more conservative nature of Canadians compared to Americans when it comes to spending.
Commodities:
Weekly oil inventories (all grades) showed a drop of […]
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22 Apr
Interest Rates:
Bank of Canada did as expected and cut interest rates by 0.50% Analysts are still expecting at least another 25 point cut at the next meeting.
Commodities:
Crude oil was up again setting another record high at $119 a barrel. China reported that Angola overtook Saudi Arabia as the top supplier of oil in the […]
Posted in Commodities, Housing, Oil, Portfolio, Stock Watch, interest rates, natural gas by: arnie
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18 Apr
Recap:
Wow, another big day in the market with the Dow up 228 and the TSX up 121. Citigroup posted another loss of $5 billion after writing down another $15 billion of assets. Oddly enough the markets were happy with the results, as they were neither as bad as the previous quarter $-10 billion, nor as […]
Posted in Commodities, Housing, Inflationary Policy, Oil, Portfolio, oil sands by: arnie
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