Stock Picking Contest: 4 Stocks to Buy in 2012

January 3rd, 2012 Category: Canadian Stocks, Investing, Stock Picks 34 comments
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It’s time for a rematch! The friendly stock picking competition amongst a group of fellow bloggers is back in 2012. Each blogger picks 4 stocks (or ETFs) they think will outperform

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Voting in Favor of the Merger between SkyWest Energy and Marquee Petroleum

November 29th, 2011 Category: Canadian Stocks, Investing, Oil, Opinion 21 comments
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I have finally come to a decision in regards to the SKW/MQE merger thanks to the joint management information circular that you can find on sedar. I

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Ahead of the Herd with NioGold Mining

November 20th, 2011 Category: Canadian Stocks, Gold, Investing, Opinion 10 comments
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This post is written by Richard (Rick) Mills, editor of Ahead of the Herd.

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information

Today

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2011 World Energy Outlook for Oil

November 14th, 2011 Category: Investing, Market Analysis, Oil, Opinion 8 comments
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According to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) 2011 World Energy Outlook report, world demand for energy is set to increase 40% by 2035. China alone will account for 30% of demand growth consolidating

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A SAD ENDING: SkyWest Energy and Marquee Petroleum To Combine

October 12th, 2011 Category: Canadian Stocks, Investing, Oil, Opinion 36 comments
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First, let’s make one thing clear here, we SKW shareholders got shafted and there’s no way this fact can be embellished. What happened to Disney movie endings where they

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Argentina’s Emerging Shale Oil and Gas Play

October 5th, 2011 Category: Canadian Stocks, Investing, Natural Gas, Oil 5 comments
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My friend and colleague Keith Schaefer, editor of the Oil and Gas Investments Bulletin, recently published a 2 part series on Argentina that I highly recommend (written by yours truly). Argentina has

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Financial Tips for Refinancing Your Home

September 22nd, 2011 Category: Opinion, Real Estate One comment
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The following is a guest post by bills.com.

Refinancing your home is essentially a great tool to restructure your debt (mortgage) or debts (mortgage + other loans) into 1 new mortgage with a

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The Bet On Rising World Energy Consumption

September 21st, 2011 Category: Investing, Market Analysis, Oil 13 comments
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My bias towards oil and gas investments is really obvious when you look at my portfolio. Being in this sector is not only a question of personal preference; it is a solid

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Canadian Interest Rates: 2011-2012 Forecast

August 10th, 2011 Category: Investing, Market Analysis, Opinion 27 comments
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With the federal reserves’ pledge to keep interest rates low until mid-2013, the cordon has closed around Canadian interest rates for the next 12 months in my opinion.  Mark Carney, the

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NUTS! Staying The Course

August 3rd, 2011 Category: Investing, Market Analysis, Opinion 18 comments
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Even before the debt deal got to the president for signature, it was already so old news that the market was selling off on the next worry in line. I mean come on, we all knew

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