The Canadian economy will underperform the US economy over the next few years due to the impacts of lower crude oil prices according to a special report by Thomas Julien of Natixis. Here is the summary of the report: The fall in oil prices is likely to result in mixed effects for Canada. On the one …
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IHS acquired the prestigious energy and oil consultancy PFC Energy in 2013. Since then, the popular PFC annual ranking of the world’s largest energy and related-industry firms have been renamed as IHS Enery 50. This year’s ranking using 2014 data will be published next month. For now lets take a look at the 2014 rankings. NOTE: …
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An infographic on the dot com boom in India: Click to enlarge Source: The Financilist, Credit Suisse
The Accidental Debt That Wouldn’t Die (By Jason Zweig at Moneybeat) Forecasting is Marketing . . .(Barry Ritholtz) Al Gore: oil companies ‘use our atmosphere as an open sewer’ (The Guardian) Gorbachev Interview – ‘I Am Truly and Deeply Concerned’ (Der Spiegel) The Advantages of Roth IRAs (T.RowePrice) World Bank warns of ‘extremely rare’ decline in all 9 …
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European stocks were average to poor performers last year.However they can be good bets for this year for many reasons including upcoming elections in countries such as Greece, Ireland, Spain and the UK and more importantly yesterday’s major announcement from European Central Bank. From a Bloomberg article: Mario Draghi led the European Central Bank into …