It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's Superman! No wait…. it’s the loonie, a.k.a. the Canadian dollar. It’s closing in on parity with the U.S. dollar and by the looks of it, might blow past this psychologically important milestone before you finish reading this post. 

FAIR Canada (Canadian Foundation for Advancement of Investor Rights) recently released the July issue of its newsletter. The lead feature calls for a transparent bond market. 

Could the equity premium be zero or even negative? In other words, is it possible investors buying and holding stocks for the long run won't get that extra 3% to 5% over government bonds that several studies have found in historical data? Are they better off in fixed-income securities?

Household debt is at a record high relative to assets in the United States, according to Gluskin Sheff Chief Economist & Strategist David A. Rosenberg. As can be seen from the chart below (taken from a recent Rosenberg research note), the household debt-to-asset ratio is now 21.0%, compared to prior ...

Yields on the 30-year Treasury bonds hit a 2009 high in May when they touched 4.6% last week, almost double the 2.5% hit just six months ago, while oil has moved up to touch $68. What are we to make of these moments? Choose your interpretation.

Nandu Narayanan is one of the few money managers who saw the financial crisis coming. His hedge fund, Trident Global Opportunities Fund, is up 32% over the year to March 31 and up 61% over the two years to March 31.

The U.S. monetary base has doubled to $1.7 trillion (US) since September, a consequence of the Federal Reserve flooding financial markets with liquidity to head off a collapse of the financial system. This startling jump has many observers worried about inflation taking off. Some even think the magnitude of the financial crisis ...

One of the long-standing mysteries of capital markets has always been the amazing ability of the herd of retail investors to be perfectly out of sync with the market. Ask any fund manager or investment adviser. It never fails. When the markets are moving into a new phase, say shifting to ...

Sometimes you just want to slap Mr. Market around a bit. One week he’s in a selling panic; the next, he’s in a buying frenzy. Mr. Market needs a rest at Sunny Brook Farms. Call the people in the white coats.

Media catching onto distorted house-price statistics Another reason for do-it-yourself investing. And a second reason. And a third.  A clear winner in the RRSP vs. TFSA debate. Shopping for corporate bonds like going into a candy store. More love for bonds. Special report on self-directed investing. Eliot Spitzer’s thoughts on salary caps for CEOs