Phantasmix Stock Blog

This is from the UK:

And this is from the US:

a bit outdated

In Canada, we will probably have the same but with a bit of a delay.

I squint just thinking about another potential “double dip” in the economy. Lots of people around me are getting that glint of hope in their eyes again, work is starting to pick up. Would hate to see these “green shoots” destroyed by the second wave of mortgage defaults.

Interesting chart, S&P 500 versus Gold spot price.
In terms of gold, S&P is at Fall 2008 levels!

Click to enlarge

And here’s the same relationship but with Gold in terms of S&P:

One of those things that are useless for short-term trading but interesting to look at – the big picture.

$SPX is candles, U.S. dollar is the black line. Not always perfectly correlated, but clearly that’s the game for now.

Questrade offers 80% loan value on gold bullion in non-registered accounts. You can buy gold on credit and borrow on the bullion already in your margin account.

More info @ Questrade

Every time they run out of something at the grocery stores the price is always higher after re-stocking, without exception. Be it 20 or 40 cents, but it’s always higher.

And I noticed things go out of stock a lot faster (credit issues? other reasons for stocking less?), which means the prices go up quite often. It’s been happening for at least 18 months now.

Food inflation is rampant, despite the fact that the Canadian dollar is doing really well.