by JD Lasinger | Jan 5, 2017 | Featured Posts
The New Year hailed a wide variety of news that will certainly change the economic landscape for years to come. One of them is Alberta’s carbon tax, which is a prelude to the wider federal government initiative to tax emissions all over Canada from 2018 onwards. The...
by JD Lasinger | Dec 22, 2016 | Featured Posts
A few years ago, no one would have thought that the Euro would be so close to parity with the US Dollar. Now, parity is increasingly looking like the new normal. Every indicator seems to support the race down to parity, and turmoil in the EU is only helping....
by JD Lasinger | Dec 15, 2016 | Featured Posts
The US Federal reserve just raised interest rates to 0.75%. This move was largely expected. It is the second time in as many years that the Fed increases the interest rate, but despite making the same move it made a year ago, it seems this rate hike will be the last...
by JD Lasinger | Dec 14, 2016 | Featured Posts
As the Fed is set to decide whether or not it will increase the interest rates this week, markets couldn’t care less. The Dow Jones is at historical highs, pushing towards the 20,000 mark, despite the threat of more expensive money. It seems that the markets are...
by JD Lasinger | Dec 14, 2016 | Featured Posts
It is clear that the OPEC deal to cut oil supply, which involves some of the biggest non-OPEC producers, is having an effect on oil prices. WTI has stayed above $50 USD per barrel for over a week. Nevertheless it is still too early to call it a success. The deal kicks...
by JD Lasinger | Dec 8, 2016 | Featured Posts
Markets definitely took Trumps win with stride. The Dow Jones industrial average soared to more than 1000 points above the level it was at the day before the election. The NASDAQ and S&P also advanced after retreating initially. It seems investors like a CEO –...
