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A How-To Bond Investment Guide For Beginners

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Why buy bonds and, if you want to, how do you do it? We re not talking about Canada Savings Bonds, which pay approximately zilch, but about negotiable bonds that can pay enough to put dinner on the table and, for adept investors, a good deal more. Think that s impossible with two-year Government of […] Read more
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Six Qualities Of Successful Farmers

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Over my 41 years of working with farmers in Western Canada, I have noticed common qualities of successful farmers I have met over the years. From what I have seen, four categories more or less make up a decent person. They include decent mental, physical, financial and spiritual health. But I think we can expand […] Read more
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The Case Of The Disappearing N

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Certain aspects of achieving crop yield goals are like building a foundation on a new house. Soil testing and soil test nitrogen (N) levels are two major yield goal foundation components. Without this information, it is very difficult to consistently hit desired yield goals. This analogy reminds of my first paid job in ag (off […] Read more
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A Look Back: Stocks One Year Ago

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I believe that most stocks are going to trade sideways for years to come. I suspect the U.S. administration studied the mood of the American public and hopes that if it can keep the value of their investments up, that Americans will keep spending money. A few years ago Americans were quite busy spending money […] Read more
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Best Returns May Be In The Back Yard

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The bond market has come to a fundamental divide. Canadian and American short term bonds pay so little and, in turn, money market funds and bank accounts too little, that off-farm fixed income investing has to be rethought. After all, getting a pittance on your cash is hardly a way to make a living. We […] Read more
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Diary Of A Surprising Canola Crop

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City slickers will never understand what it means to play poker with Mother Nature and be lucky enough the win the odd hand. That s the story of 2011 for this canola crop. As always, the full story of a crop really begins with the crop that is harvested the year previously. 2010 October 1:Combined […] Read more
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Three Tips For Buying Winter Feed

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When we started farming, buying hay was what hobby people did. Real farmers, producers that make their living on the farm, had enough land to pasture and winter feed their livestock. The droughts and floods of the last five years along with an upsurge of sustenance farmers (people that farm to feed themselves) have changed […] Read more
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Understanding And Acting On Tops And Bottoms

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The stock market offers us many ways to make money. The most common one is buy and hold, although many would like to buy low and sell high. Many investors feel the buy and hold strategy doesn’t work anymore but few know how to buy low and sell high. To do that, we likely need […] Read more

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