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Advice For Home Owners and First-time Home Buyers

Tweet Analysis / Insights Recently, I had the opportunity to ask Ms. Laura Parsons, Area Manager of Specialized Sales with BMO Bank of Montreal some questions regarding the Canadian Housing Market. The interview also included Ms. Parsons’ advice for first time home buyers. Given that BMO recently decreased their mortgage rates and introduced 3 new special offers the timing [...]

Arjun Rudra
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Recently, I had the opportunity to ask Ms. Laura Parsons, Area Manager of Specialized Sales with BMO Bank of Montreal some questions regarding the Canadian Housing Market. The interview also included Ms. Parsons’ advice for first time home buyers. Given that BMO recently decreased their mortgage rates and introduced 3 new special offers the timing [...]

Options Strategies: Writing Covered Calls

Tweet Analysis / Insights Many people have considered options as an exotic and sometimes risky investment alternative. However, used properly, they can 1) protect your investments, 2) provide greater portfolio income, 3) permit you to take leveraged positions, with limited risk and 4) permit greater portfolio diversification. In Canada options are traded on the Montreal Exchange and in the [...]

Arjun Rudra
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Many people have considered options as an exotic and sometimes risky investment alternative. However, used properly, they can 1) protect your investments, 2) provide greater portfolio income, 3) permit you to take leveraged positions, with limited risk and 4) permit greater portfolio diversification. In Canada options are traded on the Montreal Exchange and in the [...]

Time to Buy, Sell or Hold Nexen (NXY)?

Tweet Analysis / Insights NXY is a Canadian based independent oil and gas company engaged in oil and gas production, marketing and chemicals. It also has a 7.23% stake in Syncrude Canada Ltd.; the world’s largest oil producer. NXY has operations in Canada, United Kingdom (North Sea), Norway, United States of America (Gulf Of Mexico), Colombia, Yemen and West [...]

Gayani S.
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NXY is a Canadian based independent oil and gas company engaged in oil and gas production, marketing and chemicals. It also has a 7.23% stake in Syncrude Canada Ltd.; the world’s largest oil producer. NXY has operations in Canada, United Kingdom (North Sea), Norway, United States of America (Gulf Of Mexico), Colombia, Yemen and West [...]

The TED Spread and its Implications

Tweet Analysis / Insights Many of us have heard about the TED Spread, especially since 2008 when it became a closely followed topic during the credit crisis. While it has fallen below the radar recently, it can always be used to provide a measure of stress (or not) in the credit markets. One current but somewhat localized measure of [...]

Arjun Rudra
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Many of us have heard about the TED Spread, especially since 2008 when it became a closely followed topic during the credit crisis. While it has fallen below the radar recently, it can always be used to provide a measure of stress (or not) in the credit markets. One current but somewhat localized measure of [...]

The Basics of Exchange Traded Funds (ETF’s)

Tweet Analysis / Insights ETFs or Exchange Traded Funds resemble a closed-end mutual fund. A mutual fund represents an investment vehicle that pools funds from various investors and invests in a basket of stocks, bonds, money-market instruments, currencies and other securities. In a closed-end mutual fund, the total number of shares of the fund is fixed and the shares [...]

Sabina C.
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ETFs or Exchange Traded Funds resemble a closed-end mutual fund. A mutual fund represents an investment vehicle that pools funds from various investors and invests in a basket of stocks, bonds, money-market instruments, currencies and other securities. In a closed-end mutual fund, the total number of shares of the fund is fixed and the shares [...]

The Baltic Dry Index and its Implications for Global Growth and Equities

Tweet Analysis / Insights The Baltic Dry Index is a shipping price index created by the London based Baltic Exchange. It measures changes in prices of transporting dry bulk cargo such as grain, cocoa, phosphates, fertilizers, animal feed, oil, coal, iron ore and metal by sea. The Baltic Dry Index is calculated by taking the time charter components of [...]

Gayani S.
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The Baltic Dry Index is a shipping price index created by the London based Baltic Exchange. It measures changes in prices of transporting dry bulk cargo such as grain, cocoa, phosphates, fertilizers, animal feed, oil, coal, iron ore and metal by sea. The Baltic Dry Index is calculated by taking the time charter components of [...]

What’s Next for the North American Economy and the Stock Markets?

Tweet Analysis / Insights On an annual basis U.S. GDP rose 5.7% in Q4 of 2009. On the surface, the number was excellent. However, more than ½ of the growth was built on replenishing inventory. Exports rose 18.1% probably because of increasing global demand and a weak dollar. Business capital spending exceeded expectations. It is not likely this rate [...]

Arjun Rudra
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On an annual basis U.S. GDP rose 5.7% in Q4 of 2009. On the surface, the number was excellent. However, more than ½ of the growth was built on replenishing inventory. Exports rose 18.1% probably because of increasing global demand and a weak dollar. Business capital spending exceeded expectations. It is not likely this rate [...]

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