One watcher warns investors to buckle up because there's a short-term drop ahead. BNN speaks to Mark Leibovit, chief market strategist, VRTrader.com, ranked the No. 1 Intermediate Market Timer in the U.S. for the ten-year period ending December 31, 2008 by TIMER DIGEST magazine. He discusses his outlook for equities, gold and the U.S. dollar.
Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney warned the financial industry that there's "...no doubt that capital requirements are going up." How much of this talk is aimed at Canadian banks, whose capital level are already well above what's required? BNN speaks to Finn Poschmann, director of research, C.D. Howe Institute.
Legendary businessman Charles Bronfman, former co-chair, The Seagram Company, chair of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies Inc., and co-author, "The Art of Giving - Where the Soul Meets a Business Plan," says that people should give money with the same care that they would invest it. He also discusses the need for a crackdown on bad behaviour in the corporate world.
Disney's CEO, Bob Iger, says the movie business is "changing right before our eyes." Will this mean that more predictable hits like "Hannah Montana" will be churned out? BNN speaks to Porter Bibb, managing partner, MediaTech Capital Partners, and Howard Lichtman, president, The Lightning Group, about what this will mean for "The House of Mouse."