Il Gigante, twice discarded due to its flaws and awkward shape, lay like a washed up carcass on a beach - a 19 meter Carrara marble whale. Quarried in 1464, and transported to Florence, Il Gigante (the Giant), stymied the
Good News! What Investors Can Learn from Notre Dame’s Restoration
Notre Dame on fire (image courtesy of FranceToday.com) Notre Dame on Fire — And the Lessons Begin The Queen of Cathedrals has lessons for investors today. She has stood on an island in the Seine largely completed since 1260. Desecrated
Good News! How Investors Can Navigate Uncertainty Like Central Bankers Should
The combination of clear mountain air and expansive night skies in Wyoming's Jackson Hole may be responsible for the clearest account of Central Banking in recent memory. Chairman Powell was unusually forthright when he admitted that the Federal Reserve was,
Good News! The Dog that Didn’t Bark: A Surprising Housing Market in Canada
Canadians have watched in morbid fascination as housing prices march inexorably higher. The real estate sector had already been hot when the Bank of Canaday dropped rates to basically zero following the pandemic - effectively pouring gasoline on the fire.
