David Chapman

Union Securities

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• The Financial Panic of 2008

  Published 05 October 2008 | viewed 9,490 times

  Investors can be forgiven if they have only now realized that what they have been going through in the markets of late is of historic…

• The Nightmare On Wall Street Continues

  Published 28 September 2008 | viewed 5,101 times

  Fear treads unchartered turf - Toronto Star, Business section, September 27, 2008 Last week we were looking for the Maalox. We are now out of…

• Nightmare On Wall Street

  Published 21 September 2008 | viewed 4,961 times

  The events of the past couple of weeks or so are piling up so quickly, our head is spinning. The daily gyrations of the market…

• Gold Will Recover

  Published 12 September 2008 | viewed 5,799 times

  The financial panic and collapse of the first decade of the century continues. We have never seen anything like this and most of us will…

• Oil in a Bubble?

  Published 06 June 2008 | viewed 3,811 times

  We keep hearing that oil is in a bubble. Google "oil in a bubble" and watch scores of articles pop up. There are recent articles…

• Gold Bubble! What Bubble?

  Published 25 April 2008 | viewed 4,008 times

  We keep hearing that gold has been in a bubble and the bubble may have burst. A quick Google punch with "gold" and "bubble" revealed…

• Dow In A Bull Market? Are Bank Stocks A Buy? We Dont Think So!

  Published 11 April 2008 | viewed 3,715 times

  We are reviving the Technical Scoop series. This will replace the WeekEnd Commentary. It will free up a bit of extra time on weekends, which…

• A Gathering Perfect Storm?

  Published 23 February 2007 | viewed 6,725 times

  It has been a while since the last Technical Scoop. But we suppose that is what happens when watching one of the most meandering markets…

• Forecast 2007

  Published 22 December 2006 | viewed 10,879 times

  Offering an annual forecast has to be one of the biggest mug's games on both Wall Street and Bay Street. That doesn't prevent many from…

• Election Over! Market Euphoria Continues

  Published 19 November 2006 | viewed 4,068 times

  We can only guess that Wall Street must be pleased that the Democrats won on November 7 and took over both the House and the…

• To Peak Oil or Not To Peak Oil

  Published 26 September 2006 | viewed 5,727 times

  We have been struck by the number of bearish reports and comments emanating from analysts, fund managers and assorted pundits with regard to oil, gas…

• Vulnerabilities

  Published 30 August 2006 | viewed 5,504 times

  We are now entering the hurricane season. Oh, we don't mean that hurricane season, which has been largely a bust so far. By this time…

• War and Terror and the Whole Damn Thing!

  Published 15 August 2006 | viewed 3,416 times

  They say the first casualty of war is truth. If that is the case then since the so-called War on Terror got underway following the…

• Looking Down the Road

  Published 25 June 2006 | viewed 7,441 times

  Looking down the road is always a good idea if you want to know where you are going and avoid any problems. And you can…

• A Slow Unravelling - Or Will It Turn into a Crash?

  Published 09 June 2006 | viewed 8,447 times

  Investors may be in for a surprise when they open their May investment statements. For the first time in a while the markets had a…

• Is the Bear Back?

  Published 19 May 2006 | viewed 5,838 times

  The sharp drop seen in the market over the past week or so doesn't seem to have phased investors much. Since the drop has gotten…

• The Looming War Against Iran

  Published 06 May 2006 | viewed 7,793 times

  You have to wonder whether US President George Bush and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are both long gold and oil in their brokerage accounts. We…

• GM, Carry Trades and Derivatives

  Published 09 April 2006 | viewed 6,677 times

  As goes General Motors, so goes the Nation. This was a popular saying back when I was lot younger. Not so today. Some 30 years…

• Double Jeopardy Revisited

  Published 26 March 2006 | viewed 6,330 times

  We continue to hold the view that the two biggest risks going forward for global markets are rising global interest rates and an ongoing deterioration…

• Rising Interest Rates, Rising Geopolitical Concerns - Double Jeopardy?

  Published 04 March 2006 | viewed 6,598 times

  Could rising global interest rates and rising geopolitical concerns that could translate into an escalation in the so called War on Terror be the double…