Archive for November, 2008
Commodities: Lost Principles
Thursday, November 27th, 2008Peter Macfarlane is pleased to present a guest post by Olivier Garret, CEO of Casey Research
As the economic crisis continues to unfold, recently a sense of uncertainty has begun to pervade the market. Even dyed-in-the-wool risk takers admit that they don’t know what to think anymore. Inflation, deflation, recession or depression – there are so [...]
Gold Prices: Physical versus Paper
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008I’m in Mexico this weekend after our trip to Panama and Dominican Republic where we looked at Panamanian offshore banking and tax-free offshore residence opportunities. I was chatting with clients about gold price manipulation during the trip so I promised to check out physical gold bullion prices on arrival in Mexico. In Panama we had [...]
What’s Up Doc? Guest post by Bud Conrad, Casey Research
Saturday, November 15th, 2008By Bud Conrad
Chief Economist, Casey Research
The Casey Report
Under Bernanke’s direction, the Federal Reserve has completely rewritten its mission. Many articles in the International Speculator and The Casey Report have reported the strange growth in the loans they have made and explained that Bernanke has, for a long time, espoused unconventional actions to avert deflation [...]
Microfinance: A Real High Yield Investment Program?
Thursday, November 6th, 2008If you are looking for one of the very few genuine ‘high yield investment opportunities,’ you couldn’t do much better than microfinance – that is loaning money in small amounts at high interest rates to small business people in developing countries. The great thing about this investment is you can earn great returns and do [...]
Corporate Bank Accounts for Non-Residents in Canada
Saturday, November 1st, 2008Guest Post by Aubrey Clark for PeterMacfarlane.net
Non-Residents of Canada can also open bank accounts in Canada. The unit of currency in Canada is the Canadian dollar (CAD). The Canadian dollar’s trade occurs freely on the foreign exchange markets.
The Bank of Canada is the central bank, which regulates all financial institutions in [...]