Post thumbnail alt text

Q1/2019 Commentary

2019-04-05, Joe Jugovic

What a difference a few months makes. Following a volatile end to 2018, all major equity markets advanced in the first quarter.

MORE >

Post thumbnail alt text

Retirement Savings Vehicles

2019-02-22, Jason Reed

Explore the similarities and important differences between RRSPs and TFSAs from a tax planning perspective.

MORE >

Post thumbnail alt text

Q4/2018 Commentary

2019-01-04, Joe Jugovic

Global stock markets plunged in the final quarter of the year, resulting in double digit annual losses for equity investors worldwide.

MORE >

Post thumbnail alt text

The Changing Beat In The Background

2018-12-14, Clement Chiang

Sometimes we grow so used to the music playing in the background we forget just how extreme and unprecedented these quantitative easing (QE) programs are. 

MORE >

Post thumbnail alt text

Keeping Emotions In Check

2018-10-26, Steven Kim

Turbulence in the market can cause a range of emotions amongst investors. Fear, frustration and panic are amongst expected reactions.

MORE >

Post thumbnail alt text

Q3/2018 Commentary

2018-10-12, Joe Jugovic

Global markets struggled this quarter, but the U.S. bucked the trend, and posted its largest quarterly gain in nearly five years.

MORE >

Post thumbnail alt text

The Long And Short Of It

2018-08-17, Clement Chiang

With the BoC and the U.S. Federal Reserve well into their rate hiking cycles, investors have fixated on the flattening shape of government yield curves.

MORE >

Post thumbnail alt text

Risk Taking, Past Cycles … And A Silver lining

2018-07-06, Joe Jugovic

Perversely, investors’ propensity to take on risk seems to increase the longer a cycle lasts and the higher past returns have been.

MORE >

Post thumbnail alt text

Go Long (With Aligned Partners)

2018-06-08, Steven Kim

Long-term investors benefit from both compound interest and lower volatility through extended investment horizons. How long is long enough?

MORE >

Post thumbnail alt text

Sovereign Risks

2018-06-01, Jason Reed

Italy’s political drama escalated as the populist coalition failed to form a government, resulting in a bond sell-off.

MORE >