"No warning can save people determined to grow suddenly rich" - Lord Overstone
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Gold •715 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% |
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Platinum •10 mins | 1,672.70 | -34.60 | -2.03% |
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WTI Crude •11 mins | 75.84 | -0.01 | -0.01% |
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Gasoline •22 mins | 2.972 | -0.023 | -0.77% |
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Ethanol •715 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% |
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Silver •715 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
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Silver • 715 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | |
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Copper • 715 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | |
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Brent Crude • 11 mins | 79.56 | -0.29 | -0.36% | |
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Natural Gas • 12 mins | 3.213 | -0.020 | -0.62% | |
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Heating Oil • 18 mins | 3.139 | +0.012 | +0.38% |
Ian Campbell
Contributor since: 01 Apr 2011
Biography
Through his www.BusinessTransitionSimplified.com website and his Business Transition & Valuation Review newsletter Ian R. Campbell shares his perspectives on business transition, business valuation and world economic and financial markets influences on those two topics. A recognized business valuation and transition authority, he founded Toronto based Campbell Valuation Partners Limited (1976). He currently is working to bring his business valuation and transition experience to both business owners and their advisors in our new economic, business and financial markets normal.
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Christine Lagarde On The U.S. 'Fiscal Cliff'
I suggest you read an article published last Friday by The Telegraph which reports on remarks made and concerns expressed by International Monetary Fund Managing…
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A Different Way to Say the Same Thing About Spain
If you read this Newsletter you know I believe the next few weeks will prove to be very difficult for Spain as: the results of…
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Spain to Increase Retirement Age and Freeze Pensions?
An article reported Friday that: Spain is likely to raise the retirement age to 67 (from 65) and freeze pensions in order to save about…
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Greek Debt Report May Be Delayed For U.S. Political Reasons
On Friday Reuters: quoted a senior European Union official as saying: "The Obama administration doesn't want anything on a macroeconomic scale that is going to…
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Portuguese Protests Against Austerity
Portugal in 2011 was, measured by GDP, the 10th largest Eurozone economy (of 17 countries), and the 42nd largest economy in the world. Portugal's population…
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Should Country Specific Trade Surpluses and Deficits Be Seen as Positive, Neutral, or Negative?
Why read: Because I believe that where a country runs continuous net trade deficits and increasing net cumulative trade deficits that is a bad thing…
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Investment Bankers 'Short Term' Performance Oriented
The Telegraph reported that in a recent survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit: 84% of investment bankers said their focus was on short-term performance targets;…
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Politicians and Journalists Least Trusted
Why read: Because in the current turbulent economic times it may prove to be one of the most important things you need to think about…
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How Negative Might U.S. QE3 Announced September 13 Really Be?
In a must-read and think-about article Liam Halligan, Chief Economist at Prosperity Capital Management, expresses his views on the U.S. quantitative easing measures introduced on…
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Ray Dalio (Bridgewater Associates) on Deleveraging (and other things)
Why read: Ray Dalio is one of the world's most successful money manager. He is a 'plain talker' and I think very good thinker. Commentary:…
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Possible Importance of Results of Wednesday, September 12 Netherland’s General Election Result
Why read: Because last week the Netherlands held its fifth general election in ten years, and the outcome may weight on what happens in the…
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Fed Chair Introduces New Quantitative Easing - Can It Succeed?
By the time you read this you will have been over-exposed to the news that yesterday Fed Chair Bernanke announced further U.S. 'quantitative easing' without…
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Consider What Game Spain May Be Playing
That Spain will request - likely in weeks and not months - financial aid from its eurozone partners seems a certainty. Why Spain is playing…
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Canadian Auto Workers - Is It Really 'Business as Usual'?
In a more repetitive vein than I like, I have said a number of times in this Newsletter that I believe: you can't take things…
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Germans Voice Concerns Over ECB's Outright Monetary Transactions Program
In what has to be no big surprise, German politicians and citizenry vocally protested - and some are said to be threatening legal action -…
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Coming Changes to Canada's GDP Measurements
Governments, Central Banks, economists, stock analysts, investors, traders, the world financial markets and a lot of others make important decisions every day that are partially…
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Roubini Sees 'Perfect World Economic Storm' - Why Is This New 'News'?
Nouriel Roubini, speaking September 7, is reported as predicting we face years of world economic 'gloom' irrespective of what is decided by political leaders in…
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Importance of Increased Third-Party Canadian Oil Sands Activity?
Readers no doubt are well aware of the interest by China and others in Western Canada's oil sands. Consider whether you agree that the pace…
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SEC Study Concludes On U.S. Retail Investor
And then there was the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission study that concluded "U.S. retail investors lack basic financial literacy ... have a weak grasp…
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Are German Parliamentarians Dutch Burghers or are they Germans?
Why read: Because things can happen very quickly, and it may be that 'push' finally may be coming to 'shove' in the Eurozone. Commentary: Even…
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