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- Claw Back Bonuses, But Change Incentive Structure Too
- Larry MacDonald submits: Finally, someone is going after bankers’ bonuses. Hurray, I say. I’ve been pontificating on getting those bonuses back, so it’s nice to see some confirmation we’re not tilting at windmills. by Larry MacDonald
- External links 2008-10-19
- The "DOPE-DUD" Phase For Canadian Banks?
- Larry MacDonald submits: Is it the Canadian banks’ turn to implode? It’s almost unimaginable to pose this question of the worlds’ soundest banking system, but could their stocks be on the verge of collapsing like the U.S. banks did? Up to now, shareholders have consoled themselves with...
- External links 2008-12-17
- Canada's Version of the Credit Crunch
- Larry MacDonald submits: A recent Deloitte study has issued some warnings about the level of indebtedness in Canada. Here are the main points: by Larry MacDonald
- External links 2009-02-03
- Is Berkshire a Long Run Buy?
- Larry MacDonald submits: Many people are saying now is a good time to buy shares in Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A). They are down about half from their peak and are trading below book value. Get in now, say fans. Look what happened when Berkshire took a beating...
- External links 2009-03-11
- Bank ETF Investors: Regionals Are Not too Big to Fail
- Larry MacDonald submits: The 19 largest U.S. banks may now be off the critical list thanks to billions of dollars in government support, stage-managed “stress tests,” and a raft of equity issues floated into the rather suspicious-looking doubling in financial stocks over the past two months. But what...
- External links 2009-05-21
- Risk Budgeting With VIX ETNs
- Larry MacDonald submits: Mark Yamada, President & CEO of P?R Investing Inc., designs portfolios of exchange-traded funds ETFs for investors. In my last post, I reviewed his use of “risk budgeting” to rebalance portfolios with regard to the volatility of stock markets (a technique employed by the...
- External links 2009-08-11
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- Anxious Buy-And-Holders: Fed Knows Better Now
- Larry MacDonald submits: Buy-and-hold and other investors may be getting a tad anxious about the parallels increasingly being drawn between the current financial crisis and the one some 75 years ago that spawned the Great Depression of the 1930s. Indeed, if history repeats, it could be another 25...
- External links 2008-09-17
- Chinese Hegemonic Effect Overtakes U.S.? Not So Fast
- Larry MacDonald submits: “We are in the midst of a sea change in U.S. hegemonic influence in political, financial and economic spheres. American financial, economic and political power has peaked,” writes Sherry Cooper, chief economist with the BMO Financial Group (as quoted in Jeff Sanford’s column). Really? Is...
- External links 2008-08-18
- Dividends Show Differences Between Financials
- Larry MacDonald submits: Isn’t the financial sector supposed to be in dire straits? Maybe they are, but the latest Market Insight publication from AIC Funds says 76% of their largest 25 financial stocks raised dividends in the past year, 20% had no change, and 4% had a decrease....
- External links 2008-08-26
- Another Case For Bonus Clawbacks
- Larry MacDonald submits: Former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain spent over $1 million refurbishing his office and, as the Financial Times of London reported, was mulling over a $10-million bonus for himself while rushing through $3- to $4-billion in bonuses to Merrill Lynch employees that became effective Dec....
- External links 2009-01-22
- It Pays To Have Friends (On The Board)
- Larry MacDonald submits: Two recent studies find boards of directors may meet statutory definitions for independence by having the requisite number of members with no financial or familial ties to the chief executive, yet de facto lack independence thanks to the absence of criteria covering the appointment of...
- External links 2008-08-15
- The Risk Of A Run On The Banking System
- Larry MacDonald submits: “The risk of a full scale run on U.S. banks … is all too real,” states Nandu Narayanan in his July commentary. Narayanan has a PhD in finance from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a hedge fund manager whose fund, CI Global Opportunities...
- External links 2008-08-28
- Does White Collar Crime Pay in Canada?
- Larry MacDonald submits: Earl Jones, the Montreal financial consultant suspected of running a Ponzi scheme, is now in police custody and scheduled to appear in court July 28. It will be interesting to see what sentence the Canadian judicial system hands down. There seems to be a general...
- External links 2009-07-28
- Rosenberg Sees an L-Shaped Recovery
- Larry MacDonald submits: There are still some bearish commentators who have not changed their tune. David Rosenberg, Chief Economist & Strategist with Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc. is one. He is calling for an L-shaped recovery because he doesn’t think U.S. consumers will resume spending like they usually...
- External links 2009-08-20
- Depressing Summer Reading
- Larry MacDonald submits: Plenty of gloomy books have appeared on the current financial crisis and various aspects thereof. I found 13 of them as listed below a few weeks ago while digging around for some summer reading. I was tempted to read several of them — but as...
- External links 2008-07-31
- What's Behind Buffett's Call to Buy?
- Larry MacDonald submits: Buffett is 78. Why is he switching to 100% stocks from 100% government bonds in his personal account? As financial planners and advisers say repeatedly, stocks are for the long run. Only young people should have everything in stocks; someone close to 80 years old...
- External links 2008-11-22
- Considering the Widespread Suppression of Free Markets
- Larry MacDonald submits: Hurray for President Obama insisting on more restructuring in the auto sector. It gives me a little more optimism that the U.S., Canada and other developed economies may eventually produce a sustainable solution to this epic financial and economic crisis. by Larry MacDonald
- External links 2009-03-30
- Hedge Funds Raise Cash To Repay, Not Reinvest
- Larry MacDonald submits: Some analysts say a big-picture trend presently unfolding involves hedge funds and other players unwinding bets on commodities/foreign currencies and plowing the proceeds into U.S. financial and other stocks. They are doing this for valuation reasons and as a haven against weakening economies overseas. by...
- External links 2008-09-14
- Is BCE's Dividend Safe?
- Larry MacDonald submits: A thread on the Financial Webring discussion forum asks “How safe is BCE’s Dividend?” One poster said the dividend on the common stock, now yielding 6.4%, was getting too “yummy” and possibly signaling trouble ahead. Another referenced a Globe and Mail article highlighting increased rivalry...
- External links 2009-06-28
- NOVA Chemicals Announces Retirement of Executive A. Terence Poole
- PITTSBURGH -- NOVA Chemicals Corporation (NYSE:NCX)(TSX:NCX) today announced that A. Terence Terry Poole, Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development, has elected to retire, effective June 30, 2006. Poole has been with NOVA Chemicals and predecessor companies since 1988. Larry MacDonald, Chief Financial Officer of NOVA Chemicals, will assume...
- Research articles 2006-05-22
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