Commentary · page 9
- The Ultimate Shift
June 7, 2013 · Border Gold Corp.
The US economic recovery is really at a crossroads in terms of which direction it will head next.
- OECD and the Euro
May 31, 2013 · Border Gold Corp.
This week, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) revised down their forecast for global economic growth.
- The Rising Greenback
May 25, 2013 · Border Gold Corp.
The movement witnessed in all asset classes on Wednesday more than adequately exemplifies the US Federal Reserve’s influence on financial markets.
- Loonie Under Attack
May 18, 2013 · Border Gold Corp.
If the downward pressure on the loonie from the selloff in commodity prices wasn’t convincing enough to send it below 98 cents, the flat inflation numbers reported Friday morning was definitely the icing on the cake.
- Tide Change
May 10, 2013 · Border Gold Corp.
As Canadians, we cannot help but shiver a little bit when Stanley Druckenmiller, the man that “broke the bank of England” with George Soros, calls for an end to the commodities supercycle.
- Coyne Affair 2.0
May 3, 2013 · Border Gold Corp.
It seems surprising, given that Mr. Carney did not even complete his full term at the Bank of Canada that our federal government would imply by this maneuver for a switch in policy direction.
- Overconfident American?
April 29, 2013 · Border Gold Corp.
If anything is evident from the United States first quarter GDP numbers it is that confidence has returned to their economy.
- Paper versus Physical
April 22, 2013 · Border Gold Corp.
Demand for taking delivery of physical gold and silver has multiplied thanks to institutional investors and investment banks ditching their positions in the asset class.
- Gold’s Fashionable Fall
April 13, 2013 · Border Gold Corp.
There is a lot to make of the action in the gold market over the last week. This selloff though, can really be attributed to three main events, and the rationale behind them will continue to influence the market in the months to come.
- Societe Generale’s End to a Golden Era
April 4, 2013 · Border Gold Corp.
Societe Generale released a special report this week that’s caught the attention of many commenting on what they dub “The End of the Gold Era.” Further, their bearish outlook has the price of gold to finish the year at $1,375 per ounce.
- The Beginning of the End of the Euro…for Cyprus?
March 22, 2013 · Border Gold Corp.
There can be rallies in the street and turmoil surrounding government buildings, but plain and simple, when the numbers don’t add up the options are extremely limited.
- Canada versus the US
March 15, 2013 · Border Gold Corp.
We have been so preoccupied by the return of the US markets that we have failed to notice how far behind our own TSX truly is.
- Risk On
March 8, 2013 · Border Gold Corp.
“When the music stops, in terms of liquidity, things will be complicated. But as long as the music is playing, you’ve got to get up and dance. We’re still dancing.”-Chuck Prince, former CEO of Citibank (July, 2007)
- Deficits and Downgrades
March 2, 2013 · Border Gold Corp.
Over the past week we witnessed both Moody’s downgrade the sovereign debt of Great Britain, and Fitch issuing warning on debt and lack of budget and entitlement reform in the United States.
- Dissent at the Fed
February 22, 2013 · Border Gold Corp.
The release of January’s FOMC minutes had a fairly substantial impact on precious metals this week as on Wednesday alone we witnessed more than a 2 percent sell off in the price of gold.
- Are Currency Wars Really our Concern?
February 16, 2013 · Border Gold Corp.
The word “war” perhaps over-hypes the implications of these policies. None the less, measures to spur domestic growth have direct implications on a country’s exchange rate, and thus are much more far-reaching.
- Could the US oil boom be the trigger for Canada’s Housing Bubble?
February 8, 2013 · Border Gold Corp.
Canadians are overleveraged. We are holding to much debt. Why then, when there are present opportunities to relieve household imbalances are we balking at the opportunity to prosper as a nation?
- Loonie Loses it’s Luster?
January 26, 2013 · Border Gold Corp.
The Canadian dollar against its US counterpart had a very narrow trading range over the last few months. Not this week, as the loonie fall over a cent and a half and finished trading at close to 99 cents.
- Germany wants its gold back—should we worry?
January 18, 2013 · Border Gold Corp.
News surfaced this week that the Bundesbank, Germany’s central bank, was recalling gold that it holds outside of the country. But does it matter where Germany really stores their gold?
- The Trillion Dollar Coin
January 11, 2013 · Border Gold Corp.
The debt ceiling has been raised on 78 separate occasions since 1960, and pursuing alternative measures to avoid exhausting the US Treasury’s coffers will ultimately shock both creditors and rating agencies.