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“A bubble is a market cycle that is characterized by the rapid escalation of market value, particularly in the price of assets.  Typically, what creates a bubble is a surge in asset prices driven by exuberant market behavior. During a bubble, assets typically trade at a price  that greatly exceeds the asset’s intrinsic value. Rather, the price does not align with the  fundamentals of the asset.“ This definition is suitable for our discussion; there are three components of a  “bubble.”  The first two, price and valuation, are readily dismissed during the inflation phase. Jer...

New bill would limit government's legal liability for joining injury lawsuits A new bill would limit the legal costs the provincial government could pay for joining injured claimant lawsuits that ultimately fail, and would make discretionary the penalties auto insurers face for not providing information about insurance premiums. Social Sharing

16-year-old Garrett Southers is one of 10 people awarded the Eagle Award each year from the Alabama State Parks. He won the award from his Eagle Project with the Boy Scouts, where he installed five osprey nesting platforms around Lake Guntersville State Park. The idea originally came from Michael Ezell, the naturalist for the park at the time, who suggested either that or re-painting and re-finishing his classroom. Southers liked the osprey idea better and decided to go forward with that project. The osprey around the park had begun nesting in areas where they couldn’t be easily viewed b...

Stock exposure among active managers is nearly at all-time highs. The latest numbers from the NAAIM Investment Exposure survey are out. As a refresher, NAAIM stands for the National Association of Active Investment Managers. These are folks who adjust their investment exposure based upon market risk and their level of bullishness or bearishness. Judging by the latest survey numbers, they are extremely bullish right now. That’s because the average NAAIM manager currently has roughly 113% exposure to U.S. stocks. In other words, the average manager is leveraged long. If that sounds like a lot...