Own the Canadian banks, don’t let them own you. Plus, the Sunday Reads.

It was another stellar quarterly earnings season for the Canadian banks. They mostly beat estimates sending stock prices considerably higher for the week. You just can’t keep the big bad bank oligopolies down. As the Canadian economy hobbles, the banks seem to find a way to generate more revenue and more profits. Keep in mind most of the banks have considerable operations in the U.S., the last bastion of unleashed capitalism and entrepreneurialism in the developed world. Ironically, the U.S. is in the proce ...