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Call Forward - The future of the Phone
(POSTED: October, 2007)
At the 1964 World’s Fair in New York AT&T unveiled the Picturephone. Being the world’s largest telecommunications provider at the time, they proclaimed that in the future, people would communicate via round black-and-white video screens. In fact, AT&T was bold enough to predict that the Picturephone would reach 3 million homes and businesses by the mid-80’s and generate in excess of $5 billion (roughly $30 billion in today’s dollars) annually. Like most predictions about the future, this one failed to come to fruition. However, people love to speculate about what the future of telecommunications (and technology in general) holds.
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Thailand - Where Politics is everything
(POSTED: October, 2007)
On a recent fleeting visit to Thailand I tried to jam enough detail into a snapshot of this country’s history and current conditions to offer an outlook for one of Asia’s tamer economic tigers. Compared with my previous visit almost 2 years previously, there was the same bustle – any country with 66 million people crammed into a little over 500,000 sq. kms. portrays bustle – but a lot more security. The combination creates an impression of momentum without direction as people hesitate to linger. The people seem in limbo, waiting for positive political change to reclaim their enthusiasm.
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Investing and the Markets
Are Energy Stocks Still A Good Buy? - March, 2001
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Beetle Basics: The Road to Investment Discipline - October, 2003
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Betting on the Markets: Are you a Gambling Fool? - February, 1997
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Buy and Hold: Still Your Best Strategy - April, 2000
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Cocktail Parties, Casinos and Lotteries - July, 2002
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Diversification: Risk Management by another name. - January, 2007
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Dividends: A Perspective - December, 2002
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Do Derivatives Present A Structural Risk To Markets? - March, 2003
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Equity Index Construction Issue - June, 2003
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Equity Market Strategy - October, 1998
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Eternal Spring Hopes - July, 2000
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Everything you wanted to know about the market, but were afraid to ask - July, 2006
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Financial Security through an Individual Pension Plan - July, 2007
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Fixed Income Market Commentary Another Draw for Corporate Bonds - October, 1998
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Go forth and diversify, but don't forget fixed income - October, 2006
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Hign Returns Are Great, But At What Risk? - July, 2000
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How Should I Measure My Investment Performance? - October, 2004
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How To Achieve Above-Average Returns For Below-Average Risk - April, 1998
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How To Make A Million - March, 2001
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How To Profit From A Stock Market Crash - April, 1998
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Income Trusts Revisited - July, 2004
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Investing With The Wind At Your Back - April, 2002
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It All Goes In Cycles - January, 2004
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Managing Currency Risk In An Investment Portfolio - April, 2002
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Nortel and Cisco - Now What? - December, 2002
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Private Equity: An old Idea whose time has come - again - January, 2007
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Scrambled Eggs And Portfolio Construction - December, 2000
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Should You Contribute to an RRSP? - October, 2001
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Soft Dollars: Hidden Costs In Portfolio Management - October, 2001
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The Bond Market - April, 2000
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Timing The Market: Does Trading Improve Returns? - October, 2001
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Why Toron Believes Income Trusts Are Poor Investments - April, 2002
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Global Perspectives
A Global Snapshot - December, 2000
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Europe's stock markets ignore pervasive gloom - November, 2005
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Global Market Evolution Forces Canadian Investors To Take Heed - July, 2000
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Global Markets Outlook a Crisis of Confidence - October, 1998
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India and China: What's all the fuss about? - April, 2004
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South Africa: Breathtaking beauty, Invigorating spirit, Daunting challenges - March, 2006
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The Case For Global Investing Why You Should Invest Globally - September, 1999
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The U.S. Housing Market - July, 2007
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Toron Makes The National Post Cheap Global Firms A Good Bet - September, 1999
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Macroeconomics
Alan Greenspan Unplugged - November, 2005
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Bettor Beware - April, 1997
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Currency and Interest Rate Outlook a Chill is in the Air - October, 1997
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Currency and Interest Rate Outlook Grey Skies Are Not Going to Clear Up - February, 1997
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Currency and Interest Rate Outlook So, How Was Your Summer? - September, 1999
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Currency and Interest Rate Outlook Spring Flowers, Electoral Showers - April, 1997
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Currency and Interest Rate Outlook Stormy Weather - June, 1998
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Is There Work In The USA? - April, 2004
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On savings rates, statistics and drunks… - April, 2005
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Revisiting Deflation: "Price Check at Cash #4" - October, 2002
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Soft Dollar Arrangements: Cui Bono? - October, 1997
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The Spectre of Deflation The Wheel Comes Round Again - February, 1998
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Unconventional Wisdom - July, 2005
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Why Canada Is 10 Years Behind - June, 2001
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Business, Taxes, Estate Planning
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