Stock Investing Guide

This is the third and final instalment of our Thursday bubble series. The first part looked at Canadian housing, while the second looked at gold. This one is a little more, shall we say, contrarian in nature.

These days, I don’t know anyone who will discourage a young person from going to college. (Except me. Plug alert!) Haven’t you heard the studies? You know, the ones that say that college graduates make more than their lesser educated brethren? Or the ones that argue the difference can be as much as a million dollars over a lifetime? If you’re not going off to get some sort of higher education, you’re missing out.

I won’t discourage anyone from attending post secondary if they want to. Higher education is a noble goal, and often one that will directly result in higher wages, since we live in an increasingly specialized world. Often, co

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I’m pretty confident that commodities are now entering the gates of “bubble” territory.

I’ve edited a commodity service since 2003 and it might be in my best interest to suggest otherwise; but I won’t.

Most commodities have now entered what I would coin “the stupid phase” of the cycle. That’s when everyone is bullish, money is pouring in like mad, the China factor justifies every price spurt and ETFs are popping-up like new Facebook subscribers.

Just what defines a “bubble” and should investors be running for cover after an asset has posted marked gains?

A “bubble” is defined as a relatively overvalued asset class that has already posted tremendous gains over a period of time. It’s also always accomp

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