Archive for July, 2008
O’Leary talks up his own book
31 July 2008As sure as night following day, business television is chock-a-block with fund managers practicing that time-honoured tradition of talking up their own books. There’s nothing wrong with that, of course, as that’s exactly why they’ve been invited onto the broadcast in the first place: to share their insights and favourite stock tips with the [...]
Bring on the GT-R
30 July 2008I’m excited about the launch of the Nissan GT-R, although perhaps for the wrong reason. For $75k, you’ll be able to challenge almost any factory-equipped car on the road. This is good. Ferrari, for example, rests on its laurels when it comes to speed. And maybe Ferrari won’t care about the [...]
Genuity Research teaches us how to trade the banks
29 July 2008Let’s face it. They are very much part of our lives. So it is with great appreciation that the Genuity Capital Markets equity research bank analyst has decided we all need to understand the basics of how we should trade the Canadian banking group. That is, if you think trading anything is [...]
BCE Place / Brookfield Place / The OxBox?
28 July 2008We moved into the TD Canada Trust Tower at BCE Place in 2005. By 2007, BCE’s naming rights had expired and the company didn’t re-up…not unexpected given the LBO that was underway at the time.
So owner and manager Brookfield Properties proudly slapped their name on the two tower structure, rebranding it “Brookfield Place”. [...]
Bay Street Buzz
26 July 2008This information courtesy of Bill Vlaad, of Vlaad & Co.:
“Paradigm Capital appointed Partner and Investment Banker Ian Joseph as President.
Blackmont Capital’s Calgary based Oil and Gas Research Analyst Menno Hulshof and Associate Tashi Dorji have left for Dundee Securities.
Wellington West Capital Markets’ Energy Research Analyst Malcolm Shaw has left for the buyside joining [...]