Archive | November, 2007
Press Digest for Friday
By Teresa Lo · 2007.11.30 · 3:54 PM · Comments are closed · Recent Articles
Spirit Lake Internment Camp [DOWNLOAD PODCAST]
[Editor: Will it happen again in this post 9/11 world?] The Current producer John Chipman took a powerful look at the quest for official recognition of the interning of Canadians of Ukrainian heritage during the First World War. The documentary is presented in its entirety. Chipman follows the story [...]
How Leverage Affects The Individual Trader
By Teresa Lo · 2007.11.29 · 5:08 PM · Comments are closed · Recent Articles
The past few years has seen its share of high-profile blowups in the hedge fund industry. Traders find it incredible that professional traders — hedge fund stars with all the resources at their fingertips — could be “this stupid”.
I can think of two reasons why this happened, and stupidity is not one of [...]
Press Digest for Thursday
By Teresa Lo · 2007.11.29 · 4:59 PM · Comments { 0 } · Recent Articles
The next web revolution
In short, even the draw of knowing what your revenues are going to be from subscriptions doesn’t stand up against the lure of what you can make by attracting more internet advertising to your site. . . . And the simple rule of the game is that the more readers you have [...]
Free: Brummell Magazine Online
By Teresa Lo · 2007.11.28 · 6:06 PM · Comments are closed · Recent Articles
Brummell bills itself as “The Little Black Book From The Financial News”. The October issue has been posted, free. [READ]
Press Digest for Wednesday
By Teresa Lo · 2007.11.28 · 5:16 PM · Comments are closed · Recent Articles
Axa’s Tinker Says U.S. Economy ‘Fine,’ Fed Need Not Cut
Mark Tinker, fund manager at Axa Framlington Ltd., talks with Bloomberg’s Mark Barton and Sara Walker in London about BHP Billiton Ltd.’s bid for Rio Tinto Ltd., demand for metals and the outlook for the U.S economy and Federal Reserve monetary policy.
Trichet Says Yuan Gains ‘Good [...]
NovaGold: Gold mining is not as easy as it looks
By Teresa Lo · 2007.11.27 · 2:20 PM · Comments are closed · Recent Articles
Yes, gold is going up, but investing in gold miners is never as easy as it looks.
The problem, of course, is how to get more gold. Unlike past gold rushes, this cycle is plagued by higher production costs (environmental regulation, lack of engineers) and uncertainty (gyrating prices and currencies). Even sitting [...]
Weekend Press Digest
By Teresa Lo · 2007.11.24 · 12:17 PM · Comments are closed · Recent Articles
How the eco-footprint concept can be applied in everyday life [PODCAST]
When it comes to environmental footprints – many of us are like the ugly stepsisters in Cinderella — trying to pretend our feet are smaller than they really are. Today on Sounds Like Canada — it’s truth time, and time to find out how the [...]
VIDEO: Bargain-hunting Financial Stocks
By Teresa Lo · 2007.11.23 · 8:18 PM · Comments are closed · Recent Articles
Instead of shopping, I gave video another try.
Seems like it’s working much better now, so let’s take a look at two beaten-down financial stocks: CountryFried Financial and CitiCorpse.