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Ag Stocks Could Have Steep Pullbacks

Use a logarithmic chart for starters if you want to evaluate stock technicals.

Use a spreadsheet and a model to figure out the upside. Let me know what the price of potash will be a year out while you are at it.

Suffice to say it's harder to grow a $60 Billion market cap than a $6 billion one.

Canadian Banks vs U.S. Banks: Where's the Better Value?

Canadians have always been (big) net savers. That's the difference. The US personal savings rate was most recently at 0.3%. You buy the Canadian banks for the steady cash flow of their highly profitable personal, commercial banks and wealth management arms and discount the ephemeral earnings from the casino-type attitude of the "investment/world market" divisions that have added little net value over time.

Credit Crunch May Force BMO, Scotiabank and Royal Bank to Issue More Capital

Ms. Cowherd is being the curve. The BMO problems have been rectified and the Royal and the Scotia never had a problem.