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Monday, 31 July 2017

The Great Unwind: Not So Great For Canadian Investors

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The Great Unwind of extraordinarily accommodative global monetary policy got underway in earnest in June, 2017. Until then, though the Fed h...
Sunday, 25 June 2017

How Accurate are the Bank of Canada's Inflation Forecasts?

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The Bank of Canada is an inflation-targeting central bank. It sets monetary policy with an objective of returning the inflation rate to the ...
Sunday, 23 April 2017

Toronto House Price Boom: How Will It End?

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Last year it was Vancouver house prices. This year it is the Toronto housing "crisis" that has politicians panicking. In March, th...
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Tuesday, 11 April 2017

What's Happening Inside Canada's Labour Market

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Canadian economists were quite upbeat on the March labour market report. Headlines from the major  banks carried a common theme:  "C...
Monday, 3 April 2017

Trump Trade Evolves: Global ETFs Portfolios for Canadian Investors

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The first quarter of 2017 is in the books, so it's time to review the performance of our global ETF portfolios. The quarter kicked off w...
Friday, 13 January 2017

Canadian Horror Story: Trump's Border Tax

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Toyota Motor said will build a new plant in Baja, Mexico, to build Corolla cars for U.S. NO WAY! Build plant in U.S. or pay big border tax....
Monday, 9 January 2017

Global ETF Portfolios: 2016 Returns for Canadian Investors

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Last year I started my annual review of portfolio returns by saying; “2015 was a lousy year for Canadian investors”. Well, 2016 was a turnar...