Posted on December 13, 2008 by Robert Rothenberg
Bank of Montreal announced through one of their wholly owned subsidiaries, BMO Capital Trust II, that they will be raising $450 million of capital at a rate of 10.22%.
For all intensive purposes, this is 10 year money. While the bank can extend the maturity date, it will be somewhat onerous to do so as they [...]
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Posted on December 11, 2008 by Robert Rothenberg
With 90 day US Treasury Bills providing negative rates and 30 year rates hovering close to 3%, we have to wonder how much lower rates can go.
I thought that rates couldn’t go below zero but you realize that if you live long enough, you may just see everything as was witnessed with shorter term rates [...]
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Posted on December 9, 2008 by Robert Rothenberg
For the first time ever yesterday. the spot price of gold traded higher than the futures price where investors or speculators accept the delivery of gold at a pre-determined later date at a pre-determined price.
Typically, the futures price equals the spot price plus the return you would receive if you took your funds and invested [...]
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Posted on December 5, 2008 by Robert Rothenberg
The Canadian banks all announced pretty decent quarterly numbers. The earnings are probably the best in the world. We have added some podcasts on our site relating to the visibility going forward for them.
To access the podcasts, you can click on our link HERE to listen. Each one is less than two minutes.
As well, we [...]
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Posted on December 3, 2008 by Robert Rothenberg
December 2nd was an interesting trading day as markets around the world rebounded from one of the worst trading session on record. Markets around the world except for Canada. Our markets dropped along with our dollar.
Any economic stimulus package that the three party coalition may put forward could be completely offset by foreigners dumping Canadian [...]
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Posted on December 2, 2008 by Robert Rothenberg
The passing of Ted Rogers, founder of Rogers Communications, is a blow not only to the corporation but to Canada as he was a corporate icon that cannot be replicated.
He took on immeasurable risk to build a media giant that would surpass BCE and Telus. He did a great job buying media properties or building [...]
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