This Sunday marks the one year anniversary of the beginning of the US Federal Reserve's rate reduction program in response to the global credit crisis. On August 17, 2007, the Fed delivered their first of seven rate cuts to alleviate pressure on ...
Autumn has come early, frosty and fast to commodity prices. In the first half of the year, with the exception of March, every month of '08 had seen higher prices set by the Commodity Research Bureau's Index. Metals, oil, natural gas, minerals, ...
The Summer Olympics in China commenced today (08/08/08) at 8:08:08pm China Standard Time. There were 15,000 performers at the opening ceremonies and 30,000 fireworks. What a start to the most expensive Olympics on record, with costs estimated to be as high as ...
That's right, the title says it all, this week we're talking about the portfolio. No economics, no monetary reports, and no commodity reflections - just the portfolio. For those of you who read this Update you know our outlook on the economy ...
We present this month's strategy review in a Question and Answer format. We address key questions from our clients on the financial markets and on our investment strategy.
Last week we reviewed QV Investors' corporate governance guidelines. This week we discuss three more governance qualities and capabilities that are of greatest importance to us. They are as follows: