Gold and oil have slumped but strong demand is keeping most commodities chugging along.
JEFF BUCKSTEIN
Commodities markets have been on a hot streak the past few years, one many experts feel has a long-term foundation in a strong global economy despite signs that a speculative push may have temporarily overheated some items.
Yet another weapon in your arsenal Though not as popular as they once were, alternative investing vehicles such as ETFs and PPNs still have a role to play.
THERESA EBDEN
Were you filled with an overwhelming sense of dread after the Dow Jones Industrial Average soared past 12,000 this month?
You don't have to go any further than the latest batch of third-quarter earnings to see how emerging countries are affecting the global economy.
STARS AND DOGS A selection of winners and losers in stocks rooted in the wages of sin.
JOHN HEINZL
STARS
Smith & Wesson
SWHC - NASDAQ ($U.S.)
Everyone knows guns maim and kill. But consider the upside: Handgun maker Smith & Wesson expects revenue to jump 27 per cent in the current fiscal year, helped by higher sales to law enforcement, the U.S. military and folks who just like to carry a piece. You got a problem with that?
A look at the short-term returns of the country's largest Canadian equity funds and their corresponding indexes indicates the bulk of actively managed funds come up short when it comes to performance.
The one-year anniversary of the great income trust debacle of 2005 has arrived with trusts once again looking like the investing world's problem child.
We're still putting the finishing touches to our Kim Jong Il costume. But with Halloween less than two weeks away, some investors are already going trick or treating.
I am very proud to be a Canadian for so many reasons. When commentators are criticizing our lack of international business success stories, I want to stand up and scream. What about Four Seasons Hotels or SNC Lavalin? There are many more, but these two are at the very top.
