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Internet Financial Resources 2008-03-07 19:33:42 Bloomberg News is the best website for general financial news. The article are well written and unique. The website also features an Economic Calendar, various indicies and other specialty news and financial items.
A biweekly report put out by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission that shows the number of long and short positions held [...] Read more:Financial
, Internet
, Resources
American University in Bulgaria Lectures 2008-03-05 10:52:02 If you go to Google Video there are over 20 lectures posted by professor Krassimir Petrov in the the feild of Economics and Finance. So far i’ve watched 8 lectures and plan to finish listening to the rest of the over the next month. He teaches Economics from the Austrian perspective unlike most universities which [...] Read more:American
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The Efficient Market Hypothesis : And The Case for Small Caps 2008-03-04 18:03:29 In 2007, only 24.3% of active funds outperformed the S&P/TSX composite index last year. In contrast, 51.8% of Canadian small/mid cap equity funds outperformed the S&P/TSX Small
Cap Index according to S&P. Furthermore, only 5% of large cap fund managers beat their respective index in the long term (10 years). In contrast, 35% of small cap [...] Read more:Market
Investing In Coal 2008-02-26 07:12:23 The Coal sector in Canada is extremely small. Unlike the United States, Canada produces much less coal on an absolute and on a per capita basis. According to the BP Statistical Review, Canada produced 32 million tonnes oil equivalent of coal in 2006, while the USA produced 595 million tonnes of oil equivalent coal.
Metallurgical Coal, [...] Read more:Investing
Tarik.ca Fundementals Canadian Equity Fund - Outperforms NASDAQ by 25% 2008-02-21 12:51:36 All performance figures are since inception.Tarik.ca Fundamentals CanadianEquity
Fund (Since Dec 18, 2007) : 14.02%
Tarik.ca Technical Program Trading System (Since Jan 18, 2008) : 35.82%
Tarik.ca Strategic High-Yield Fixed Income Fund (Since Dec 20, 2007) : 12.97%
The Performance of Market Indices are as of December 18, 2007
S&P/TSX Composite Index : 2.47%
S&P/TSX SmallCap Index : [...]
Financial Podcasts 2008-02-20 08:29:47 As a technology enthusiast I often follow many of the latest developments and breakthroughs in technology. One such breakthrough has been podcasts. Podcasts
are simply online syndicated radio programs. Using an audio RSS aggregator such as iTunes you can subscribe and organize multiple podcasts in one place. Financial
Podcasts if used properly and selectively can [...]
Not all Financials are Created Equal ! 2008-02-18 20:28:44 Even though the financials do not have as strong fundamentals as other sectors, there is value to be found in select companies. Laurentian Bank, which was my last pick in the financial has returned over an 18% gain since January. Using similar metrics I have picked 3 Canadian financial firms which I believe will outperform [...] Read more:Equal
Bloomberg Oil Sentiment Index:Is the Crowd Wise? 2008-02-16 20:31:38 On a weekly basis Bloomberg
News publishes an Oil SentimentIndex
. This index measures where institutional traders and investors believe Crude Oil will go over the next week. Last week on Thursday the 7th of February the survey indicated: 4% believed Crude prices will go up, 20% believe prices will stay the same and 76% [...]
Return On Equity : The Best Measure of Value 2008-02-09 00:10:34 When watching and reading the financial press they constantly push forward the idea that the P/E (Price/Earnings) ratio is the single most important measure to value a company. However in reality P/E ratios are overused and over glorified. However, in reality we have to take many measures of value and profitability when evaluating an investment. [...] Read more:Equity
, Measure
, Return
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Investing in “Dividend Growth” not “For Dividends” 2008-01-31 15:36:51 Compound growth is one of those phenomenon that most people understand yet fail to apply to their investment strategies from an income perspective. When investing for dividends the key is not to get the company with the highest yield, the key is to buy a company which can continuously grow their dividend rate year after [...] Read more:Dividend
, Growth
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Be Carefull of Bid/Ask Spreads ! 2008-01-30 15:33:28 When it comes to the cost of trading most investors only think of the direct costs, also known as the commissions. However there is another more important indirect cost know as the bid/ask spread premium.
This is especially important when investing in illiquid stocks or products. On an illiquid company or product, the bid/ask spread can [...]
Computer Programs Responsible for 27.9% of Daily NYSE Volume 2008-01-30 15:02:24 As I have been researching computer based trading systems i’ve been studying the techniques and practices of other computer based trading systems. Until recently I have not realized that such a huge percentage of daily volume is purely computer based trades. These include everything from arbitragers, quant hedge funds to limit/stop orders. There is a [...] Read more:Computer
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The Real Way To Calculate Inflation 2008-01-25 22:02:20 We often hear on that inflation runs at 2% or there about, but are these figures accurate? Fundamentally inflation is the increase in the supply of money an it is not an increase in prices. However inflation is usually always lower than money supply growth rates, why is that the case? The reason is that [...] Read more:Inflation
Tarik.ca Funds Outperform the Market 2008-01-24 18:35:34 All performance figures are since inception.
Tarik.ca Fundamentals Canadian Equity Fund (Since Dec 18, 2007) : 2.83%
Tarik.ca Technical Program Trading System (Since Jan 18, 2008) : 19.65%
Tarik.ca Strategic High-Yield Fixed Income Fund (Since Dec 20, 2007) : 12.99%
The Performance of Market
Indices are as of December 18, 2007
S&P/TSX Composite Index : -2.13%
S&P/TSX SmallCap Index : [...] Read more:Funds
The Transports : A Tale of Two Fates 2008-01-18 10:01:24 Since the peak in 2007 the Dow Jones transportation index has fallen more than 23%. Record high fuel prices have squeezed margins by transportation firms in to the lowest levels in year especially in the airline and in the trucking industry. Air Canada has fallen 48% in the last year while Fedex has fallen 25%. [...]
Buying Physical Uranium 2008-01-16 13:26:43 With Oil prices rising and with global demand for energy increasing investing in nuclear power is a strategic move, and that’s exactly what happened. From lows around 15$/pound a few years ago, uranium has increased to 90$/pound, while reaching a high near 140$/pound in 2007. And when considering that uranium purchases is a very small [...] Read more:Buying
Tarik.ca 5 Rules of Trading 2008-01-15 14:10:53 1) Get a Brokerage with low commission fees (e.g. Interactive Brokers, there is no reason you should pay more than 0.01$ per share). Furthermore, trade only liquid stocks and products with low bid/ask spread.
2) Once you build a profit greater than 1% on any trade, immediately initiate a stop order which covers your cost and [...] Read more:Rules
, Trading
BetaPro to Release Revolutionary ETFs 2008-01-14 17:34:14 Over the last few years the ETF industry has grown significantly, from the first ETF tracking the TSE 300 launched in 1990. Worldwide there is currently $600 Billion in over 500 ETFs. In the last two year we have seen the emergence of leveraged ETFs as well as the emergence of commodity based ETFs.
BetaPro, a [...] Read more:Release
, Revolutionary
Tarik.ca US ETF Cheat Sheet 2008-01-13 19:31:57 The Tarik.ca US ETF Cheat
Sheet, lists all the Exchange Traded Funds which currently trade in the US on the NYSE, AMEX and the NASDAQ including plain vanilla equity funds, fixed income products, international funds, commodity futures funds, fundamentally weighted funds and leveraged ETFs. The list is currently 8 pages long and growing fast as [...]
Food For Thought : Amazing Market Caps 2008-01-11 17:11:17 Most of the talking heads in the financial media have been bashing our heads for years telling us that Canadian Natural Resources companies are over valued. However they could not be any further from the truth. Below are some interesting statistics which I find usually surprises and shocks most individuals.
Definition of Market
Cap: Market capitalization, [...] Read more:Amazing
Not all Banks are Created Equal : The Case for Laurentian Bank 2008-01-11 12:37:32 The recent quagmire which has engulfed the financial services industry globally has literally been a blood bath, we have seen the downfall of some of the largest private institution in the world including Citigroup and UBS. In Canada we have also seen the largest Canadian financial corporations write down billions of dollars in asset backed [...] Read more:Equal
Where’s the opportunity on the yield curve? 2008-01-10 20:32:39 With fears of a recession now rampant much of the excess liquidity hitting and already in the market has been looking for a safe haven. Much of this money has been following into fixed income, more specifically government treasuries.
So when deciding what bonds to buy which ones are the best?
The answer is one must first [...]
Are the Drillers Drilling? 2008-01-09 16:38:52 Recently I’ve been researching the income trust sector particularly in heavy detail. One industry group which has been puzzling me is the oil/gas drillers. As I’ve discovered most of the oil drilling is done by the majors themselves, leaving most of the drilling companies drilling for natural gas which is less capital intensive. Currently there [...] Read more:Drillers
How much does it costs for 1 Million BTUs ? And the case for Natural Gas 2008-01-02 19:39:51 Have you ever stopped to wonder how much you are paying for energy, not per liter, not per kilowatt hour, but in MBTU (Million British Thermal Unit). By converting the price of gasoline, electricity and natural gas into $/Million British Thermal Unit I’ve discovered some interesting statistics which have interesting investment themes. Using some simple [...] Read more:Natural
, Natural Gas
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