Starting off a new year with something new! I've decided to post here various observations on international trends, market influences, and economic issues that affect - or may affect - my holdings. I'm not a pumper or a basher. I'm not a day trader or a market professional. the only money I make is on my holdings. My portfolio is public, but I do not necessarily hold all of the stocks at any time. They are watch lists that allow me to follow the issues and choose what I invest real cash in. I am mainly focused on Canadian stocks here. I have US interests on the Motley Fool under "Kreeble", if you want to look at what I'm doing over there. I'm not very active in US stocks at this time due to the uncertainty and risk rampant there. I'll post on that later. So, I'll call 'em like I see 'em. I could, occasionally, be wrong, or overlooking something. That's the point of this exercise. Many heads are better than one, most definitely when it comes to making money in the markets.