As we all know, and this pathetic blog documented daily, Covid brought 1% mortgages, urban flight, bidding wars, cocooning, ...

Trump concluded tariff negotiations with Vietnam. 20% across the board tariff, 40% tariff “on any transshipping” — when goods ...

Yesterday, common sense in Alberta. Today, insanity in Ontario. While there may be some kind of balance in Edmonton between ...

Nirvana decidedly Eastern lotus position philosophy. Try Western Valhalla as in: You’re a good Dad Garth showing The Kids ...

“An average growth rate of only around one per cent for the first half of the year as a whole, and weak momentum heading into ...

Individual stocks are a pain in the ass. Cherry picking requires attention. This can lead to burn out and sleepless nights especially when markets take a dump. Anxiety runs high and fear clouds one’s ...

It’s been a decent first half for the equity markets despite all the headline risks and uncertainty (e.g., Trump tariffs, ...

Trump now hates Powell. Rather than pausing rates, he says, they should be slashed. Maybe by a full 2% or more (insane). The president wants explosive economic growth in order to pay for his fat tax ...

Many will argue that central bankers screwed up royally by allowing ‘emergency rates’ to stay in place for the past nine years. The direct correlation between the cost of money and the cost of a house ...

Gains being powered disproportionately by a small number of stocks is, in fact, true for most major indices. In the case of the Russell 3000, these mega-winners only comprise about 10% of the Index.

Currently today, there is some 20% of world oil production under sanction. Take Iranian oil off the equation and it’s 25%. Trade economics had December crude production at 3.3 mil barrels per day.