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Our Investment Planning Committee believes the stocks in the column below have little appeal and should underperform the market over the next six months. We view them as holds or sells. (Note that we aren't advising you to sell them short.) Remember to consult The Investment Reporter each week for changes in our opinion.AIR CANADA $5.57 (TSX-AC.B; Quality rating: Conservatove) faces a lower loonie...Read More
Schumpeter: A green light … Companies are starting to open up about their environmental risks. They need to do more … On March 20th, Exxon Mobil, surely the world's least tree-hugging company, became the first oil giant to say it would publish details of its "stranded assets"—the value of oil and gas fields that it might not be able to exploit if there were a high c...Read More
Billionaire philanthropist George Soros hopes the U.S. goes to pot, and he is using his money to drive it there. With a cadre of like-minded, wealthy donors, Mr. Soros is dominating the pro-legalization side of the marijuana debate by funding grass-roots initiatives that begin in New York City and end up affecting local politics elsewhere. Through a network of nonprofit groups, Mr. Soros has spent...Read More
Schumpeter: A green light … Companies are starting to open up about their environmental risks. They need to do more … On March 20th, Exxon Mobil, surely the world's least tree-hugging company, became the first oil giant to say it would publish details of its "stranded assets"—the value of oil and gas fields that it might not be able to exploit if there were a high c...Read More
Billionaire philanthropist George Soros hopes the U.S. goes to pot, and he is using his money to drive it there. With a cadre of like-minded, wealthy donors, Mr. Soros is dominating the pro-legalization side of the marijuana debate by funding grass-roots initiatives that begin in New York City and end up affecting local politics elsewhere. Through a network of nonprofit groups, Mr. Soros has spent...Read More
More Americans see middle class status slipping … A sense of belonging to the middle class is occupies a cherished place in America. It conjures images of self-sufficient people with stable jobs and pleasant homes working toward prosperity. Yet nearly five years after the Great Recession ended, more people are coming to the painful realization that they're no longer part of it. They are...Read More
Gold is king, but there may be a better way to store wealth … Convenience: Bitcoins can be transferred at no cost and can be secured either digitally or on paper. – SMHDominant Social Theme: Gold is going to disappear sooner or later.Free-Market Analysis: The irritation that so many feel regarding gold is always surprising. And actually, it tells us that gold is still very important. O...Read More
More Americans see middle class status slipping … A sense of belonging to the middle class is occupies a cherished place in America. It conjures images of self-sufficient people with stable jobs and pleasant homes working toward prosperity. Yet nearly five years after the Great Recession ended, more people are coming to the painful realization that they're no longer part of it. They are...Read More
Gold is king, but there may be a better way to store wealth … Convenience: Bitcoins can be transferred at no cost and can be secured either digitally or on paper. – SMHDominant Social Theme: Gold is going to disappear sooner or later.Free-Market Analysis: The irritation that so many feel regarding gold is always surprising. And actually, it tells us that gold is still very important. O...Read More
As 2014 continues to unfold, both gold and silver are starting to perform impressively.Both metals appear to have made major bottoms following gold's plunge to US$1,180 an ounce at the end of 2013 and silver's dip to US$19 an ounce and change.In fact, gold and silver have been building big technical bases - bases that should be more than enough to propel them to all-time highs over the next 12-18...Read More
Report: Obama Admin Released Tens Of Thousands Of Illegal Immigrant Criminals … President Obama's Department of Homeland Security caught then released 68,000 aliens who had previously been convicted of a crime, a new report from the Center for Immigration Studies shows. The report, provided to Breitbart News ahead of its late Sunday evening release, reviews internal Immigration and Custo...Read More
Forecasters find new formula for long-range weather … British scientists are believed to have developed the world's best long-term weather forecasting model, a breakthrough that promises major benefits for planners … Scientists have made a breakthrough in long-range weather forecasts … Meteorologists believe they will finally be able to give accurate long-range weather predic...Read More
Report: Obama Admin Released Tens Of Thousands Of Illegal Immigrant Criminals … President Obama's Department of Homeland Security caught then released 68,000 aliens who had previously been convicted of a crime, a new report from the Center for Immigration Studies shows. The report, provided to Breitbart News ahead of its late Sunday evening release, reviews internal Immigration and Custo...Read More
Forecasters find new formula for long-range weather … British scientists are believed to have developed the world's best long-term weather forecasting model, a breakthrough that promises major benefits for planners … Scientists have made a breakthrough in long-range weather forecasts … Meteorologists believe they will finally be able to give accurate long-range weather predic...Read More
http://dailyreckoning.comNo credit-based system in the modern world has survived an entire credit cycle. Daily Reckoning founder Bill Bonner explains why he believes the United States' credit-based monetary system is nearing collapse. Transcript:The important thing to remember is that, in a credit-based system the amount of credit is infinitely expandable. And the other thing is that in the credit...Read More
Get up close and personal with a passionate side of Jamie Fraser you've never seen before in this exclusive video. Subscribe now for more Outlander clips: http://bit.ly/1kalhP0 Like Outlander on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1nDjbIF Follow Outlander on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1pgK1gr Follow Outlander on Instagram: http://bit.ly/1lnXBez Outlander follows the story of Claire Randall, a married combat nur...Read More
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This Is the Age of Civil Unrest … All governments had better open their eyes for we are on the brink of a major convergence between both the Cycle of Civil Unrest, Civil War & Revolution and International War. Both of these models converge and as I pointed out at the Cycles of War Conference, this is the first time we have seen this convergence since the 1700s. This is no plain modern e...Read More