CALGARY — Five consumer trends will have a permanent impact on Canadians’ buying habits and create growth opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises, says a report by the Business Development of Canada.
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In our last editorial we pointed out how the gold stocks had veered off the recovery course. They fell well below the recovery template and fell below their 50-day moving averages. Furthermore, the positive “non-taper” news turned out to be the mother of all bull traps for traders. The market soared on presumably an epic amount of short covering. Yet that only served to be a selling opportunity for traders. That sequence of events only strengthened our view that the sector continues to be headed for a retest which could serve as the mother of all buying opportunities.
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No matter what the Federal Reserve announces Wednesday on tapering, it “can’t change housing demographics,” Toll Brothers CEO Douglas Yearley told CNBC. That’s why he said he won’t even hazard a guess on what the Fed will do.
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All it took was a historic crash that created an epic opportunity: Housing has morphed from a form of shelter to one of the most popular tradable assets, thanks to a huge influx of institutional investors in a mammoth, albeit decreasing, supply of distressed properties. That is why it should come as no surprise the housing market is now nearly as volatile as the stock market.
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July’s housing starts trend continued to grow in the Edmonton CMA going up to 16,804 from 16,354 units in June.
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Eric Bunge, partner at nArchitects, explains why demand for micro-housing is booming across major U.S. cities.
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“Silver has suffered a miserable year so far, bludgeoned by gold’s unprecedented selling anomaly. The exceptional weakness in both metals was greatly exacerbated by futures speculators piling on short-side bets. But with silver shorts hitting record extremes, a super-bullish short squeeze now looms.Any rapid silver rally is likely to spook the highly-leveraged futures traders, sparking a massive stampede to cover.”
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Many successful businesses are run out of house and home – hair salons, jewelry shops, childcare and the like.
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Red Deer is the natural shopping place for Sylvan Lake residents who work in the city, right?
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Home sellers and buyers are finally speaking the same language. The gap seems to have closed between what homeowners want for their homes and what buyers are willing to pay. Homes have been selling quickly, and homebuyers will continue to face competition, even as more homes are expected to hit the market this summer.
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