For most of us who are uninitiated in modern computer slang, terms like quants or algorithms are…
Canada’s Business
Effective boards
For a long time directorships on corporate boards have been merely sinecures, rewards to retired…
Teach yourself
In every profession there are people who fail to conduct themselves according to the dictates of…
Long overdue
After some time a boom tends to feed on itself, but momentum can carry it only so far. Pervasive…
Not really dead
According to government press releases, inflation in North America is virtually non-existent, with…
An opportunity
For the past several years Canada was in the forefront of the globe’s major economies. …
Authority and availability
Companies continually are attempting to impart authority and availability. In order to make that…
Popular again
Where to invest is a problem, not just for the average individual but also for our pension fund…
Misplaced enthusiasm
The first Gilded Age in the United States occurred in the late 19th century. Then that nation was…
All but forgotten
The housing industry, which is so important for Canada’s economy, is on a kind of death…
Risk averse
Over the past five years stock markets have soared, approximately doubling, but that was…
The aftermath
The lessons of history have been ignored by governments who have continued to maintain cheap credit…
Millennials’ problems
There clearly is a growing problem among millennials, those born between the years 1985 and 2000.…
The new old trend
Economists often refer to a “reversion to the mean” where trends go back to the…
Secular stagnation
Recently a distinguished U.S. economist, Alvin Hansen, stated that we in North America will undergo…