Two weeks ago in London I met with a couple of good friends who work in the financial industry. Over dinner one night, we talked about the upcoming Fed cut and about the state of the global economy. Read More

For much of the past week and a half, I’ve been on the KCI Communications, Inc. cruise down the Danube River in Central Europe. As part of this trip, I had the opportunity to meet US Embassy representatives, economists and fund managers primarily in two cities: Vienna, Austria, and Budapest, Hungary. Read More

Say what you will about the Canadian prime minister--and income trusts and their investors have many unkind words for him and his finance minister--but the guy is playing the game hard. And he’s playing it well. Read More

There are no established rules for central banks and policymakers to improve the economic environment. Policymakers face the great dilemma of having to help Main Street without rewarding the assorted speculators who are now paying the price, as they should be. Read More

As widely anticipated by politics watchers north of the border, Prime Minister Stephen Harper last week extended Canada’s parliamentary vacation by a month, proroguing the current session... Read More

The most remarkable trend to emerge during the most recent quarterly reporting period for Canadian income trusts was the preponderance of “swings to losses” or precipitous declines in net income. Read More

The investing public hasn’t really caught on yet. But the threat of a global credit crunch spurred by US mortgage mayhem is already diminishing rapidly. Read More

Three Canadian income trusts cut their distributions this month. Not surprisingly, two were in the energy patch. Read More

Canadian income trusts weren't wholly sheltered from this summer’s market storms. But compared to more traditional income investments... Read More

Novice income investors look for generous returns in only one flavor: A big dividend yield number. Many spurn the idea of growth as something that’s not worth waiting for. Read More