the Wealthy Canadian

It’s Halloween again, the time when little kiddies run rampant through the streets dressed as ghosts and goblins in an effort to get treats.
It’s also the anniversary of the feds playing a little trick on us investors springing an amendment to the income trust legislation.
Here’s hoping you all get many treats, and hopefully not so [...]

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There is so much talk about stocks and how to make money in the stock market that we tend to forget the entire bond market. So, I am presenting a four part series on bonds.
First of, what is a bond? A bond is a debt instrument that is secured by some asset(s). [...]

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Well it’s Blog Action Day today, so I assume that the entire ‘blogosphere’ is talking about the environment. This article will represent my two cents.
Many people believe that the environment is in danger. We are polluting and consuming a great deal of resources. Anybody who lives near an industrial facility probably witnesses [...]

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The Financial Post reported today that Canada is the second least miserable nation in the G7.  Woo hoo, we are not a miserable country!  Merrill Lynch has a Misery Index that looks at a number of economic conditions.  The U.S., always striving to be number one, has done it again… they are the most miserable [...]

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Pop quiz; what does fractal geometry and the stock market have in common?
Answer; Benoit Mandlebrot. Mr Mandlebrot was a fractal geometrician who noticed patterns of change and dubbed them the Joseph and Noah effects.
The Joseph Effect describes persistence. Trends tend to persist. It is either feast or famine. A winning team continues [...]

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