Supersonic flight involves a great irony - in order to go faster, engineers have to slow down the air entering the engines. Counter-intuitive right? Take my favourite plane of all time, the venerable SR-71 Blackbird.
Good News! What Moby Dick Can Teach Investors About the Green Energy Transition
Hermann Melville's Moby Dick which was published in 1851 - five years after the peak of the US Whaling Industry and eight years before the first oil well in America was drilled - immortalized the whaling industry. Can you believe
Good News! Why Math Explains Physics but Not the Economy
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Eugene Wigner understood the complexities of math but was baffled by its 'unreasonable' effectiveness in explaining natural phenomena like motion and electricity. Why would calculus and geometry, created solely in the human mind, so effectively explain the
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! What Volcanoes and Climate Tech Mean for Investors
In 1815, Mount Tambora, in modern day Indonesia, erupted spectacularly, sending about 10 cubic miles of rock and dust into the atmosphere. Heard from over 2,600 miles away, the largest ever volcanic eruption in the past 13,000 years spewed ash
Good News! Canada’s Economic Growth Struggles and the Need for Global Investment
As a December baby, I was always the smallest among my school friends. Nobody picked me first for hockey or for football. I’m not complaining though, my size motivated me to work harder – and that trait has stuck. Sharing
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.
Good News! Lion Tamer: Tackling Debt and Global Financial Challenges
Meet Uri and Irene, a young couple wrestling with a mountain of debt. They owe $308,000 on their home, with $60,000 needing urgent refinancing at an alarmingly higher interest rate than they are currently paying. Add a hefty $20,000 for
Good News! What Defense Stocks Reveal About War, Risk & Investment Opportunities
Even those who hadn't been shot could barely walk. The summer sun baked the battlefield with 87 degree temperatures. Dressed in thick wool uniforms, 12,000 exhausted and dehydrated infantry troops advanced in Pickett's Charge only to be cut down by
