George Leong, B.Comm. Confidential

The jury is still out on consumer spending this year and its impact on the retail sector and GDP. Read More...

Why you really need to have some gold and silver exposure in your portfolio. Read More...

With January wrapping up, Sasha Cekerevac is looking at some of the sectors in the market to see their relative performance. This time it’s precious metals—gold and silver in particula Read More...

U.S. GDP numbers released Friday, a key indicator of economic growth, confirm what I have been saying for weeks…the U.S. economic growth is slowing, not growing. Read More...

The economic news isn’t yet strong enough for share prices to make a big advancement. Good corporate earnings were the catalyst for a strong January, but the stock market’s next cataly Read More...

If the agenda is to lower the value of the U.S. dollar in order to revive job creation, then what will be the benefit in this market for investors to take advantage of? Read More...

In 2010, the stock market knew 2011 would be a great year for corporate earnings, hence stock prices moved higher in anticipation of higher corporate earnings. Read More...

In 2010, the stock market knew 2011 would be a great year for corporate earnings, hence stock prices moved higher in anticipation of higher corporate earnings. Read More...

In 2010, the stock market knew 2011 would be a great year for corporate earnings, hence stock prices moved higher in anticipation of higher corporate earnings. Read More...

We have learned that the Federal Reserve is about to leave interest rates at historically low levels for an unprecedented period of time. Read More...

The U.S. national debt broke above $15.0 trillion and is worsening. President said very little about the mounting national debt levels at his State of the Union address on Tuesday, but you cannot simp Read More...

Stock market portfolio should not just diversify among different industries, but also with different time horizons for investment. Read More...

Gold mining stocks and precious metals stocks did not perform very well last year (compared to recent years), but that doesn’t mean there is no value in them. Read More...

he unemployment rate is up, GDP growth is down, and the world economy doesn’t seem to be able to recover. In this market, what area has been doing very well? The high-end art market. Read More...

The American savings rate is now back to 2007 levels, the early stages of the economic crisis. It’s now looking like the dream of retirement will elude most people in this country. Read More...