Tag Archives: ETF

The FOLLY of Risk Management

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Mal Spooner

Every closet economist knows that risk is the most difficult concept to put a number to. Most modelling relies on various (historic or predicted) estimates of volatility, but volatility is a very funny thing. We often forget, especially during economic … Continue reading →

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Global Markets, Commodities? – Disaster of Biblical Proportions?

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Mal Spooner

There’s no shortage of examples in recent months (last few years actually) that everything ‘financial’ has gone topsy turvy. The flurry of gold companies introducing dividends is a case in point. After all, interest rates in North America are so … Continue reading →

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MARKET CORRECTION — The day after you buy stocks!

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Mal Spooner

FORECAST – Sunny with Chance of Showers I was asked to speak at the Alternative Investment Conference in Calgary over the weekend. As you know, I don’t believe in predictions (for reasons covered at length in my new book); I … Continue reading →