 It is very difficult to get a true gauge of the economy, the media is full of pundits and economists who create a dizzying amount of idle speculation. Getting down to brass tax is critical. When evaluating a business as a potential investment I often find myself in similar circumstances- too much information. To get past the noise I find the best thing to do is to focus on the fundamentals. In looking at the overall economy I think a similar approach can be taken.
The Vancouver port is one of the largest on the western sea board. If you are exporting odds are the product went through this port. If you are importing odds are it came through. If we want to evaluate the overall health of the economy looking how the inbound and how outbound shipments have varied is at the very least an interesting prospect and perhaps can also provide some insight into the overall health of the economy.
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Is the stock market crash over, Has the market rebounded, are we safe to jump back in?
Well lets look at the current state of affairs. Unemployment rates are mounting all around the world and show no signs of rebounding. Companies both big and small are laying staff off and are revising financial estimates down for the coming year. Banks are still on life support. I just don’t see the good news.
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