The u.s. dollar seems to be floating in mid-air, subject to some anti-gravity laws unknown to physicists and economists alike. But many still think the greenback is headed for the dumps. Even the venerable International Monetary Fund recently said in a report that the US$ is considerably overvalued.What should you tell your clients? Long-term investors […]
Many adults find the games kids play in more than 40% of North America’s basements incomprehensible and noisy. But those kids, in fact, are fueling the development of a major new industry. The video-game industry likes to compare U.S. sales of games, which stood at US$7.3 billion at the end of 2003 (sales in Canada […]
Jean st-gelais, a soft-spoken man of 45, does not intend to rock any boats in his new job as chairman of the Canadian Securities Administrators. Two words seem to sum up the two-year term he has just begun: continuity and harmony. And, if the situation calls for it, a third word could be added: teeth.Quebec […]