by Gord Wiesemann The equity markets certainly took the February U.S. employment report as a green light to buy, as the unemployment rate held steady at 9.7 percent and non-farm payrolls were a bit better than expected, falling 36,000. However, if commodity prices start getting ahead of themselves, the Federal Reserve is going to find [...]
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U.S. Dollar Weakness: Get Used to it by Drew Shaw For the foreseeable future, I think the U.S. dollar will remain weak. That being the case, as an investor, there are some interesting currency strategies you can pursue. Canada and Australia are economies driven by natural resources, and should see their currencies strengthen as the [...]
