Hillary

The liklihood is now that Hillary Clinton will be the next Pres. of the USA. But Bill Clinton will play quarterback and most things will go well.

Posted on: 18 January 2008 | 6:34 pm

Where is Mr.Harper ?

In the latest 12 months we imported 100,000 cars and trucks from Korea; they imported from Canada only 500 vehicles. We go free trade; they go protectionist; perfectly ridiculous. Easy to fix; any and all restrictions they put on us,...

Posted on: 11 January 2008 | 4:44 pm

Obama vs. Clinton

After the Bush disaster we can pretty well count the Republicans out. Obama could beat Hillary Clinton but not Bill. Our view is that Hillary wants to win and will do what Bill says. It will be the same way...

Posted on: 10 January 2008 | 1:17 am

Asset-backed securities

At one of the big brokerage firms in New York, business is done as follows; one of the partners with his right hand sells $500 million asset-backed securites; which are rated top quality; same rating as a US goverment note;...

Posted on: 6 January 2008 | 3:23 pm

The five big banks

We have had the bank stocks as undervalued for the past 4 years at least. The returns have been excellent. Remember that if the dividend goes up 10% so does the stock; everything else being equal.

Posted on: 2 July 2007 | 12:27 am

The bull market !

Both the Dow and the TSE Composite are now at an all time high. Is it too late to get into equities ? No, it is not, but you have to pick undervalued stocks. We will tell you some high...

Posted on: 18 May 2007 | 5:34 pm

June Callwood

June Callwood is maybe Canada's greatest woman. As I understand it for her kindness was the closest act to Godliness. Her example were the doors at the Mall; whether the person in front held the door open or let it...

Posted on: 21 April 2007 | 2:22 pm

Virginia Tech

With 32 dead and 17 wounded one would think there had been a battle. But no, it was just another day on a U.S. college campus. For some reason or other Americans are born with a compelling urge to eat...

Posted on: 16 April 2007 | 7:09 pm

Virginia Tech

Posted on: 16 April 2007 | 6:22 pm

OHIP --a diaaster.

Recently, we were playing golf, indoors, and the knee gave out. We went to the nearest Toronto hospital; emergency section. Under very uncomfortable conditions we waited 8 hours and 15 minutes to see a Doctor. This is simply unacceptable.

Posted on: 15 April 2007 | 10:34 pm