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Where the U.S. Gets Its Oil

July 8, 2009 · 7 comments

in commodities , energy , international economy , oil

According to Jeff Rubin, in his book Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller (2009) (read my review of Jeff Rubin here), the U.S. is two-thirds dependent upon foreign oil sources.  That means roughly 66% of its oil usage comes from other countries.  Do you know which ones?  I’ll tell you [...]

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Fière d’être Canadienne/ Proud to Be Canadian - Best Canadian Personal Finance Blogs Edition

July 1, 2009 · 6 comments

in Canadian , Canadian dollar , Canadian economy , blog(s)

Happy Birthday Canada! Bonne Saint-Jean (tard, je sais…) and Happy Moving Day!  Canadians don’t seem to hang anywhere near as many Canadian flags on their property, boats, and homes as Americans do - so I thought a bit of blatant patriotism here can be excused for July 1st.  For those who don’t know, the image [...]

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Will Hyperinflation Hit Canada?

March 26, 2009 · 3 comments

in Canadian , Timothy Geithner , US dollar , hyperinflation

Some readers have been asking about the prospect that a US-led hyperinflation would extend into Canada.  The short answer is that it depends on how much of an economic bully the US administration is going to be to its trading partners.  Unfortunately, Canada’s export trade is not very well diversified.  We rely too much on [...]

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Canada Last Bastion of Free-Market Capitalism… Maybe!

November 11, 2008 · 2 comments

in Canadian , auto-manufacturers , banks

A great article in today’s Financial Post explains how Canada’s really the most fiscally conservative G20 member right now.  Ironic, eh?  Flaherty and Harper don’t want any more government intervention in the markets right now.
Canada has the world’s best and most safe banking system currently.  Corporations here aren’t going bankrupt and can still issue medium-term [...]

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