Recession Risk: When The Central Bank Stops Being Boring
General Economy
Recession Risk: When The Central Bank Stops Being Boring
May 26, 2023 by in General Economy

The Bank of Canada’s monetary policy should be boring. Like a hockey or soccer referee, people shouldn’t notice it. If they do, it usually means a contentious decision has been made. Interest-rate policy and inflation figures shouldn’t be the main topic of discussion around an average family dinner table.

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Keep Calm and Plan For Volatility
General Economy
Keep Calm and Plan For Volatility
January 18, 2023 by in General Economy

Keeping your nerve when you see minus signs on your portfolio statement is not easy. Throw in a global pandemic, the rising cost of living, interest rate hikes, and a news cycle of war and political division, and it’s little wonder many investors want to exit the market and hunker down until the good times return.

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Pandemic Legacy: How Have Investors Been Affected
General Economy
Pandemic Legacy: How Have Investors Been Affected
November 23, 2022 by in General Economy

How the COVID-19 pandemic alters the path of history remains to be seen. Like a retiree looking back over their life, it’s only in hindsight that they can fully process the impact of euphoric highs and devastating lows. The great events of history are similar; they shape people and societies.

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Is the 60-40 strategy dead and buried?
Investment Types
Is the 60-40 strategy dead and buried?
November 3, 2022 by in Investment Types

The 60-40 portfolio strategy is a touchstone for the industry, and shorthand for the tried and trusted method of protecting capital from wild market swings. There are endless variations on this theme, largely dependant on client risk tolerance and time horizon, but the navigational starting point of a “balanced” 60% stocks and 40% bonds mix has endured.Yet, when it comes to the financial markets, investors absorb daily blow-by-blow accounts of price drops, stock bubbles, and geopolitical-induced volatility. This can influence decisions and emotions, and lead to panic selling – and often panic buying – that harms your portfolio.

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Ukraine Invasion: Where do Investors Stand?
General Economy
Ukraine Invasion: Where do Investors Stand?
April 22, 2022 by in General Economy

Vladimir Putin is not the first Russian dictator to send chills down the spine. A trawl through the quotes of his predecessors reveals often terrifying ideological one-liners, including Lenin’s prescient, “Sometimes, history needs a push.”

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