So the markets are up again. Huh. Today’s Globe and Mail ran the headline, “Relieved Investors Lift Stocks Worldwide.” Bolstered by the socialistic maneuver of bank buyouts and debt guarantees on the part of governments worldwide, investors have, seemingly, responded with giddy, capitalist glee, watching ecstatically as the squiggly electronic lines shot straight [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Now That’s One Capricious Market…
Posted in Canada, South Korea, tagged Canada, housing bubble, South Korea, Stephen Harper, Stock Market on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As the Votes are Tallied…
Posted in Canada, tagged Canada, election, Margaret Atwood, Stephen Harper on October 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Canada is voting today and I am viewing the process, passively, from afar (a mail-in ballot was too late in coming), so I will offer as a comment the only thing I know with surety about this election:
I know, conclusively, who Margaret Atwood is NOT voting for!
