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Consider hedging against rate hikes, farmers advised

By GFM Network News July 11, 2018

CNS Canada — The Bank of Canada has raised its benchmark interest rate to 1.5 per cent, marking the fourth time it has raised rates since last summer. The increase from 1.25 per cent is the base rate retail banks pay for short-term loans, but consumer rates for mortgages, lines of credit and other loans […] Read more

General, Markets, Weather

Farmland values rise, but interest rates curb market

By GFM Network News April 23, 2018

CNS Canada — Prices of Canadian farmland were seen rising in 2017, with most sales happening in the first half of 2017 before interest rate increases and the drought in Western Canada hit. That’s according to the annual Farmland Values Report released Monday by Farm Credit Canada (FCC), based on 90 per cent of farmland […] Read more

Off-farm investing is intended to spread risk and produce alternative income. Investing spare cash  from farm profits in an agricultural commodity is not really diversifying.

Columns, Guarding Wealth

Investing: taking risks in the new economy

Old economy, new economy. Finding safe off-farm investments in a perilous world

By Andrew Allentuck August 4, 2017

It is the question closest to the hearts and digestions of most investors: How long can the good times last? The tech-heavy NASDAQ Composite index was up 26.3 per cent for the 12-month period ending June 7, 2017. Canada’s S&P/TSX Composite Index rose a modest 7.7 per cent in the same period, restrained by flagging […] Read more

Columns

90 years of Saskatchewan farmland prices

Saskatchewan land prices have been on the move since 1968. What’s next?

By Les Henry February 3, 2017

Readers have been asking for an update on farmland prices but I was having trouble accessing the required data. Thanks to Terry Bedard of Saskatchewan Agriculture for sending me recent average price data. This data is just for Saskatchewan. Alberta land prices are changed by many factors that are not related to what is grown […] Read more

Columns, Guarding Wealth

Guarding Wealth: Changes ahead for 2017

Rising interest rates and the Trump Effect  bring uncertainties in the New Year

By Andrew Allentuck February 1, 2017

If investing were easy, we’d all be rich. Today, capital markets have many new uncertainties. Top of the list: the Trump Effect. That is, what the new President may do after his inauguration on January 20. Also worrisome is where Europe is going if other members of the EU follow the United Kingdom out of […] Read more

Columns, Guarding Wealth

Guarding Wealth: Canadian interest rates to rise

But don’t hold your breath — any big rate moves are at least 18 months ahead

By Andrew Allentuck December 30, 2016

To quote the most recent winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, Bob Dylan, “the times, they are a-changin’.” In capital markets, the U.S. Federal Reserve Board is likely to raise the interest rate it charges banks to borrow money overnight to maintain reserves — a key indicator for all other interest rates in the economy. This increase […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

Currency analysts watch for interest rate decision

By GFM Network News January 19, 2016

CNS Canada — The likelihood of the Bank of Canada cutting interest rates on Wednesday is already priced into the loonie, according to one analyst — but if the bank instead decides to hold rates steady, the beleaguered currency could move higher. The Canadian dollar was trading around US69 cents (US$1=C$1.45) near midday Tuesday, which […] Read more

Columns, Guarding Wealth

Low interest rates: opportunity and peril

Low interest rates are tempting, but in the long run, debt always comes with a risk

By Andrew Allentuck October 20, 2015

Almost every Canadian farm family has four financial goals: buy a home, pay off farm and home debt, educate the kids and build up retirement savings. Satisfying all is a problem of balancing each. Very low interest rates for the last five years have made it easier to pay off debts and buy a home, […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Cheaper crude clouds Canada’s economic fortunes

By Lisa Guenther, GFM Network News March 11, 2015

While dropping oil prices have boosted the U.S. economy, how the price slump will affect the outlook north of the border remains a question mark from where Canada’s largest lender sits. “In Canada, it’s a little bit less clear-cut. And the reason is our energy sector is much larger as a share of the overall […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola spikes as loonie falls

By GFM Network News January 21, 2015

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts finished higher for the week ended Wednesday, tracking the U.S. soy complex for much of the period but ultimately shooting higher due to the Canadian dollar’s sudden free-fall. The weaker currency helped improve domestic crush margins and also made canola more attractive to exporters pricing in U.S. […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle rally, hogs rise

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U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat, corn end lower on broad commodities slump

Tag Archives Bank of Canada

Consider hedging against rate hikes, farmers advised

Farmland values rise, but interest rates curb market

Investing: taking risks in the new economy

90 years of Saskatchewan farmland prices

Guarding Wealth: Changes ahead for 2017

Guarding Wealth: Canadian interest rates to rise

Currency analysts watch for interest rate decision

Low interest rates: opportunity and peril

Cheaper crude clouds Canada’s economic fortunes

ICE weekly outlook: Canola spikes as loonie falls

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