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Atlantic Power Corp (TSX: ATP-U, OTC: ATPWF) just became the latest Canadian high-yielder to announce a major structural move. The result: a major win for its investors, particularly those residing in the US.Atlantic was never organized as an income trust and so wasn’t subject to the new... More »

 Shareholders of China Sky One Medical (CSKI) a China based manufacturer of mass market Chinese nostrums should probably wonder about a subsidiary that CSKI bought last year. The Chinese government strictly enforces ownership disclosure. As of March 23, 2009 official government records... More »

Business week recently released it’s annual world’s best companies list and as usual there are a number of US companies present, albeit a much smaller number than last year thanks to the recessionand falling US dollar. The list is particularly relevant this year because it highlights... More »

A Blueprint for a Superpower Entity  In the past few years, there is a story that I liked so much that I just don’t stop reiterating. I first saw it in an endnote of a paper by Golden Sextant’s Bob Landis, “Gold and Deflation: A Dissenting... More »

A key analyst downgrade of Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) and disappointment over Johnson & Johnson's (NYSE:JNJ) top-line quarterly results lowered indices from one-year highs as traders grew cautious in front of an uncertain earnings season. The DJIA dropped 14 points, or 0.2%, to 9871, its first... More »

Okay, okay please don't hurt me indicator lovers, sure indicators aren't all that bad, I was just messing with your minds. However many traders do believe that to be successful you need mountains of indicators that give you some kind of "edge" over the market. I am here to say that... More »

Despite hundreds of billions of dollars in support of Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, the Federal Housing Association, and mortgage modifications, our housing market continues to be swamped with an ever increasing wave of foreclosures. The shadow supply of homes overhanging the market is estimated to... More »

On Friday, the vice-chairman of the Federal Reserve gave a speech, where (as usual) it absolved itself of any responsibility for the past and current failures of this cabal of private bankers who hijacked the United State's printing press nearly a century ago. Said Kohn:   ...increasingly... More »

I have a new article this morning at TheStreet.com (here) about the expectations of home buyers being unrealistic.  More than half expect returns greater than for the housing bubble.  Some them are expecting far greater returns.A comment in the article says that if these... More »