On this occasion of the renewed parity of the loonie with the US greenback, I want to publicly thank Ben Bernanke for the wonderful job he is doing as Chairman of the Federal Reserve.  Thank you for making it clear to the world that you want the US dollar to become worthless through low interest rates and quantitative easing.  I’ve been shorting the US dollar in favor of Canadian stocks in the oil and gas and gold mining sectors.  Here is new Ferengi rule of acquisition:  “Never let quantitative easing get in the way of profits.”