The currency sat at 69.5 US pennies in January, and today is worth 73.2. That’s a gain of almost 5.5% during a time when ...

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Trump now hates Powell. Rather than pausing rates, he says, they should be slashed. Maybe by a full 2% or more (insane). The ...

As Trudeau left, his approval rating was 16%. Now Carney’s is 60%, says Nik Nanos, the pollster. Poilievre’s numbers have ...

Nirvana decidedly Eastern lotus position philosophy. Try Western Valhalla as in: You’re a good Dad Garth showing The Kids ...

Reality is reality and fantasy is fantasy. Pretending fantasy is reality only works insofar as others are willing to tolerate ...

It’s been a decent first half for the equity markets despite all the headline risks and uncertainty (e.g., Trump tariffs, multiple wars, bond market jitters). Currently, the S&P 500 is up around 4%, ...

Currently today, there is some 20% of world oil production under sanction. Take Iranian oil off the equation and it’s 25%. Trade economics had December crude production at 3.3 mil barrels per day.

#1 Linda on 06.21.25 at 10:33 am Excellent post, Doug. One thing I have noticed over the years is that ‘the market’ almost always goes in a direction that I didn’t think it would given current news.

Change. The most powerful word in public life. And we’ve arrived at the intersection of politics and finances. The Trump-Biden debate happens Thursday night. Three days later the big legislative ...

. By Guest Blogger Doug Rowat . Ah, dividends. The least sexy part of finance. Netflix with all its spectacular gains this year? No dividend. Amazon? Same, no divvy. Coinbase Global? No divvy. Nvidia?

It’s almost half-past 2021, so let’s review. First, your portfolio. If it’s B&D©, carefully-weighted and globally-exposed you should be up so far this year by high single-digits. Completely ignore the ...