Mar 22

The Curse

It’s that time of year again. Thirty five thousand people descended on Toronto to take part in the largest mining…

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Feb 23

In Memory of David Coffin

David Coffin passed away unexpectedly on February 15th, 2012 at the young age of 56.…

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Nov 25

Europe’s Red Tape Blues

Plus ça Change.....  Another month, another Euro area country in the hot seat... Italy already had issues thanks to the…

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Oct 18

Realpolitik

Go Angela! More mayhem, debt downgrades and a bank failure in Europe finally concentrated the minds of EU politicians, something…

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Aug 12

Dumb and Dumber

Europeans came up with a Band-Aid for the Greek crisis, and the markets applauded. Markets were buoyed by the fact…

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Jul 18

You’re Next

The latter part of this editorial contains comments on resources stocks and metals. Notwithstanding those comments, the current situation in…

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Jun 27

What’s the Endgame for the Arab Spring?

The many “typical” issues with downside potential that markets have been dealing are still some ways away from sufficient resolution…

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May 30

Nasty Weather

US equity markets had continued to benefit from export driven bottom line growth, but are now sagging on hesitancy about…

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Apr 22

Metals Market Equations Are No Longer Simple

World events continue to signal support for hard assets, but caution is still advised. News in the copper space is…

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Mar 9

The Uncertainty of Crowds

With Libyans having joined the movement to overturn aging autocracies the Arab street action has moved into a geopolitically more…

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Jan 26

Follow Through – Part 1 (Economies and Equities)

As usual, most of the first Journal issue of the year is given over to that annual exercise in masochism…

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Dec 31

The Best of Times….

David Coffin & Eric Coffin, HRA Advisories Copper has now traded to at all-time highs in notional terms. On an…

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