Ever hear the saying “hindsight is 20 20″? Its gets used across all aspects of life and especially in the investment world. People have a tendency to simplify the gains to be made from investing after the fact. After a 40% drop in stock value everyone can sit there and say it was obvious that the market was heading towards [...]

A few weeks back the grocery chain Loblaws announced it was cutting prices across the board. As a customer I’m ecstatic because I frequent Loblaws for my grocery needs. What a win situation for me. However with every winner there has to be a loser and who could that be? Unfortunately price cuts lead to price wars and the investor [...]

Some of the hot stocks this past year have been McDonald’s and Wal-mart. Both seemed to buck the trend when everyone else was losing money. Generally speaking revenue is an important figure when performing an analysis on a company like Wal-mart or McDonald’s. However when dealing with retailers there is an equally important figure that gives the revenue figure some [...]

Currency hedging is one of those things people tend to bring up but never really explain. They’ll say vague statements why they are for or against hedging and if you don’t have an understanding of the process then you are left in the dark.
What is currency hedging?
Currency hedging is an attempt to try and minimize the risk associated with currency [...]

A lot of people will be looking at this market crash in the years to come and remember the great buying opportunities, but not me. I remember when this whole mess started, I was holding my Bank of America stock which I bought at a 10% discount and was ready to make out like a bandit. Well I didn’t and [...]