Market and Economic Analysis

The following post is brought to you by?Adam McDonald who writes about finance and the Middle East. Although oil has turned the Middle East into a hotchpotch of competing interests both politically and economically, its made it the investment hotspot that we see today. Agree or disagree with the reality that across much of the …

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Fellow Canadians, I have your interest at heart! His name is Thomas Mulcair. Tom suddenly appeared in Washington this week where he expressed his opposition against Keystone XL (KXL) with US lawmakers and business executives. Here we have Canadian government officials pushing hard to get KXL approved and this guy out of nowhere comes out …

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Back in September, I had a post up discussing my work where I was looking to jump ship from a company with sinking fortunes. As part of seeking a new job, in early October, I went to my old university campus as they were hosting a career fair for IT. At that time, markets were …

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The world is ending’again! The resource sector has been beaten so badly one wonders if buying a bike for transportation, guns, ammo and lots of canned food is the only way to survive the coming apocalypse. The worst part is it’s been a few years since I biked, so I have to brush up on …

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It looks like Australia is on course to overtake Qatar as the world’s top LNG exporter by 2020 according to the Australian finance minister. They are working hard to profit from the growing Asian demand for liquefied natural gas with at least $98 billion worth of LNG projects under construction or planning. Natural gas demand …

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Congratulations to the shareholders of Celtic Exploration CLT.TO 27.06 [0.00]. Exxon Mobil is paying $24.50 for each Celtic share which represents a 35% premium to yesterday?s closing price. CLT?s management won?t be retiring?any-time?soon as shareholders will be getting 0.5 shares for each share held in a new spinco led by current management. The news lit …

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Oil is pretty much the only leg junior and intermediate Canadian producers have to stand on right now for generating cash flow. Natural gas prices remain subdued because of oversupply; the normal winter we got this year was not enough to eat into the inventory. NG supplies currently stand at 8% below last year’s level …

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The oil and gas deposits in Western Canada are a long term generator of wealth for all Canadians, including those who whine about the oil sands. We are an oil exporter and as such we need to do what’s necessary to maximize our profits by opening new markets. Now that Enbridge is looking west through …

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I have a feeling uncertainty is building up as we enter a seasonally weak month in May. Canada’s GDP shrank in February and we have an upcoming election next

An interest rate hike is highly unlikely in 2012 because a few variables are forcing Carney to stay the course for longer than anticipated.

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China raised its interest rates last Saturday bumping the lending rate to 5.81% (compared to 7.47% before cuts in late 2008) and the deposit rate to 2.75%. This

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Silver prices dropped more than 25% in 1 week after receiving one hit after another as investors walked all over each other to exit their positions. What

Welcome to the weekend edition, a small collection of links to interesting personal finance related articles and economic news from around the web. I just

Enerplus Resources is a text book example of an oil and gas dividend paying producer facing lower oil prices. Will the dividend be cut? Let’s assess the risks.

Athabasca Oil Sands recently confirmed it had signed a letter of intent with the National Oil Company of Kuwait. The JV agreement may be concluded in Q3

A recent report from Scotia Bank had the following to say about Canadian interest rates: Monetary policy in this environment is expected to remain

It looks like the risk of going back into recession is increasing. The economic data coming out of the US is disappointing and the European debt drama is not

This week’s trading will be influenced mostly by the non-farm payroll numbers that are due Friday. With no real job creation how can one talk of a recovery?

Last week the UN released a warning regarding our global resource consumption. With the world population hitting 9 billion by 2050 and more developing nations

When a junior company’s production growth slows or dissipates it becomes a walking dead as investors abandon the stock.