November Market Insights: Wealth In A Capex Supercycle
Fuller’s energy-intelligence fusion, McLuhan’s tool-building refrain, and in search of the Holy Grail “Wealth is the product of energy times intelligence: energy turned into artifacts that advantage human life.” – attributed to Buckminster Fuller Download this PDF here. Wealth is the product of energy times intelligence: energy channeled into artifacts that enhance human life. American […]
October Market Insights: Trump, Carney and the Western Awakening
This simple yet profound truth, that Canada and the United States are bound not merely by treaties but by something closer to a familial bond, demands reaffirmation in today’s shifting landscape. With the postwar order under immense pressure and North America once again tested by the weight of history, recognizing this essential kinship is more than nostalgia, it is a requirement for strategic renewal.
September Market Insights: Bull Markets, Peace Dividends, and the Federal Reserve’s Next War
Bacon’s wisdom, that true prosperity is won by strategic preparation, not by accident, serves as the north star for sophisticated investors navigating the closing months of 2025. As we approach the U.S. Midterm Elections looming in 2026, a remarkable convergence of geopolitics, technology, and policy is setting the stage for a potentially historic bull market.
August Market Insights: The Unreasonable Rally
In a year marked by fiscal surprises and technological upheaval, America stands at a crossroads. The June 2025 budget surplus has upended the old narratives, leaving Wall Street’s perennial skeptics scrambling for new alarms. Yet beneath the noise, a deeper transformation is underway.
July Market Insights: The Six Months Where Everything Changed
Today, that battle rages anew, with the U.S. Federal Reserve at its heart. Martin’s metaphor of the Federal Reserve as a chaperone—removing the punch bowl to curb excess—once defined an era of restraint: intervene only to prevent instability, never to orchestrate outcomes. That era is dead.
June Market Insights: The New Nexus of Power
For decades, the American establishment clung to the gospel of globalization, open markets, cheap goods, and the promise of shared prosperity. Yet beneath the surface, this grand experiment hollowed out the nation’s industrial heartland, eroded economic security, and fuelled a populist backlash that upended politics from Ohio to Washington. The opioid crisis, the decay of small towns, and the anger of those left behind are not mysterious—they are the predictable fallout of an economic order designed by and for elites, insulated from the consequences of their own policies.
May Market Insights: From Hegemony to Balance
In an era of unprecedented geopolitical and economic shifts, the Mar-a-Lago Accord signals a decisive, disruptive strategy by the U.S. to redefine its global influence and economic stability. Moving beyond unipolar dominance, the U.S. aims to reshape the international order through strategic tariffs, security realignments, financial innovations, and institutional reforms—guided by historical lessons and Keynesian principles. This approach seeks to address systemic imbalances—notably the overvaluation of the dollar and unsustainable debt levels—by fostering growth, innovation, reindustrialization, and regional resilience.
Canadian Election Special Market Insights: Carney’s Canada
Now that the Canadian election is over and Mark Carney has won, the hard part begins. The campaign trail is behind him; the spotlight now shifts to the daunting reality of governing a nation under siege from global headwinds and domestic skepticism. Mark Carney, the 24th Prime Minister of Canada, inherits not just the legacy of a decade of Liberal rule but a country whose economic standing and reputation are under intense scrutiny from global capital markets and geopolitical rivals alike.
April Market Insights: Embracing a Multipolar World
The signing of the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 didn’t just end the Thirty Years’ War; it reshaped the global order. It established state sovereignty and balance-of-power principles that have governed international relations for centuries. As Hobbes insightfully noted, while conflict may be inherent in human nature, peace is achievable through mutual agreement among sovereign powers.
March Market Insights: From Trump’s Demands to Canada’s Destiny
Bismarck’s 19th-century declaration about the changing realities of geopolitics resonates today as the global economic order undergoes seismic shifts. For decades, Canada and the U.S. have shared a mutually beneficial trade relationship, underpinned by the post-Second World War framework of free trade agreements and multilateral cooperation.