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Weekend Reading: Osama, Harper, and Commodities Edition

By Kevin

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Talk about a lot of events that have happened recently! Osama Bin Laden was killed by a group of Navy SEALs, Canada’s Conservative party won a majority mandate, and gold, silver, and oil have crashed hard, bringing the Canadian dollar down with them. It looks like the long awaited correction (for some) is finally happening.

So, reader, what do you think about the downfall of Osama, and what effect do you think it will have on terrorism around the globe and US foreign relations?

How about the recent election of the Conservative party? How do you feel about a Canada with Harper at the helm of a majority government?

With commodities crashing, are you ready to buy back in on the dip, or do you think this correction still has a ways to go?

Without further ado, here’s some great weekend reading:

Weekend Reading

PF Bloggers
  • Saudi Arabian Oil: Breakeven Price Rising (Beating The Index)
  • A Whale Shark of an Opportunity (101 Centavos)
  • Age 21: A Year of Change and Humility (Hope to Prosper)
  • Do It Yourself Retirement Planning (The Wise Buck)
  • How To Get Rich $10 At A Time (Buy Like Buffett)
  • Money and Relationships: How to Talk About Money Rationally (MomVesting)
  • Moving Day: Hell on Earth (Buck Inspire)
  • Post-Cancer Perspectives and Triumphs (Andrew Hallam)
  • The Growing Wealth Gap: Thank Social Security (MoneyMamba)
  • The Yakezie Carnival: The M&M Edition (Money Talks)
  • Thoughts For Thursday: Great Customer Service (Everyday Tips and Thoughts)
  • WHAT DOES PATIENCE HAVE TO DO WITH INVESTING? (Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance)
  • Why become a DIY Investor? (My Own Advisor)
Economics and other news
  • A Case for Creative Commons (Mises Economics Blog)
  • Evidence suggests that caffeine is a healthful antioxidant (KurzweilAI)
  • Imitative Versus Innovative Economies (Let A Thousand Nations Bloom)
  • Oxytocin, Biophysiology, Evolution, Empathy, and Rights (Mises Economics Blog)
  • Prices, Price Ceilings, and Subsidies (Mises Canada)
  • Privacy Lost: The Amazing Benefits of the Completely Examined Life (PC World)
Videos
Timelapse – The City Limits from Dominic on Vimeo.



Via The Biz of Life.

I am grateful for the thoughtful comments and support from you, my reader; thanks for stopping by!

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Filed Under: Weekend Reading Tagged With: Canada, Do it yourself, Osama Bin Laden, personal finance, United States Navy SEALs

About Kevin

Kevin has left the office, and he is currently fighting the rat race by working on his own business. He enjoys exploring unvisited places around the world and gaining new experiences. He believes that by properly managing our energy and time, we can learn to invest our lives wisely.

Comments

  1. BeatingTheIndex says

    May 6, 2011 at 10:13 am

    I don’t mind commodities crashing Kevin simply because for me oil will end up trading on fundamentals at a sustainable price which is excellent news for my oil stocks!

    • Kevin says

      May 11, 2011 at 10:10 pm

      Now if only the gas prices would catch up…

  2. Everyday Tips says

    May 6, 2011 at 11:22 am

    I am thrilled Osama is dead, and I am sick of some people saying ‘well he didn’t really have much influence anymore’. How does anyone really know how much influence he had? He was living right by a military academy (or whatever you call it in Pakistan). Not to mention he was just pure evil.

    Regarding commodity prices, come on down!!! Don’t know if I will buy on the dip, but I like to see the prices dropping in case I do want to dive in. Of course, I should have bought silver at 17 like I almost did last year, but hindsight is always 20/20.

    Thanks for the link!

    • Kevin says

      May 11, 2011 at 10:26 pm

      It will be interesting to see how this impacts US – Pakistan relations, and I find it interesting that the U.S. performed the proper burial rites… at least as I saw reported. No matter what the circumstantial facts may be we can be glad there’s one less person in the world bent on the murder and destruction of others.

  3. Mary Beth Elderton says

    May 6, 2011 at 11:20 pm

    I think there is something downright wrong about the Osama narrative. Maybe I should use the plural–narratives. Almost every detail of the original story has changed. And why would he be killed, when, if the tales about him were true, he would be a potentially huge source of information? Something just doesn’t add up.

    • Kevin says

      May 11, 2011 at 10:29 pm

      I personally wonder if the job could have been done sooner had the U.S. not gotten bogged down in Iraq so I wonder about the timing as well. I’m not sorry to see him go but at the same time we should understand where these people come from in the first place and what makes them tick, so we can stop adding fuel to the fire.

  4. Buck Inspire says

    May 8, 2011 at 2:10 am

    Thanks for including me. Pure evil has been put down which is good, but we all still have to be careful. Gold, silver, and oil crashing is about time. Sell in May? Looks true at this time. But we all know how things can change in a blink of an eye. Anyone buying on this dip? Looking back it will be obvious, but when you’re in it, easier said than done.

    • Kevin says

      May 11, 2011 at 10:34 pm

      I agree, this also brings some closure to many people in the United States and I hope that families of the victims can find a bit more peace now. The thing about pure evil is that it never believes that it’s evil, it only seems evil to the rest of us. I sometimes think back to WW2 and try to imagine how an entire population could have been swayed by Hitler, but the fact that it’s possible shows we really need to understand how these people form in the first place and how they are able to gain such momentum.

  5. My Own Advisor says

    May 8, 2011 at 10:09 am

    Thanks very much for the mention Kevin!

    I managed to move my site this weekend, check it out:
    http://www.myownadvisor.ca/

    Thanks for the support, have a great weekend,
    Mark

    • Kevin says

      May 11, 2011 at 10:36 pm

      Congrats on the new site Mark! It’s about time! 😛 I’ll go update my sidebar links.

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