The U.S. economy is poised to gain 2.5% this year, up from a weak 1.7% in 2011, says the Conference Board of Canada’s U.S. Outlook-Spring 2012. “Last year, the U.S. economy appeared ready to take off, only to slump over the summer months,” says Kip Beckman, principal economist. “Fortunately, there are some major differences between […]
While the Canadian oil patch gets most of the press at home, it’s our gas fields that are exciting Asian investors.
The value of Canada’s commodities declined for a third consecutive month in February, but the price of at least one resource should rise in the next couple of months, according to the latest report from Scotiabank.
In the first half of 2011, the Yukon enjoyed another gold rush, with a surge of exploration companies seeking a new mother lode in the largely unexploited wilderness. But the excitement was unsustainable.
Despite a 13% surge at the beginning of 2012, silver stocks have stagnated recently as China's factory output, retail sales and investment data have all slowed, along with a further drop in the country’s inflation rate to a twenty month low.
Experts are calling the recent tumbling of commodity prices and resource-related equities an overreaction to China’s lowered growth forecast.
This year will be much kinder to energy investors than 2011 for oil and gas, according to a panel of sector specialists.
More than any other asset, the demand outlook for commodities is intrinsically tied to the big picture. Forget bottom up investing; if you want to predict the price of, say, copper, you need to examine the entire macroeconomic picture in all of its dismal glory.
Dynamic Funds has launched the Dynamic Strategic Resource Class, a new fund designed to provide a flexible means of investing in the resource sector.
Canada’s major export commodities experienced further price declines in October thanks to ongoing European debt challenges and the failure of the U.S. Congressional Committee to agree on a deficit reduction package.