Good News! Understanding Fiscal Dominance and Market Impact
Baroque opera killed the medieval lute. "Too quiet!" was the complaint. Happily, it didn't stay dead - rather it was resurrected, Frankenstein-like and re-named the theorbo. Theor - what? Imagine a giraffe and a ukulele had a baby and you
Good News! Canada’s Economic Crisis and Pension Fund Exoduses
The point of impact of the German torpedo was on the starboard side, amidships just below the bridge. The explosion occurred at 2:10 pm on May7, 1915. Eighteen minutes after the explosion, the RMS Lusitania slipped below the waves at
France's striker Antoine Griezmann lofted the free kick into Croatia's penalty box. Players of both teams jumped to defend or to head in the free kick. One player rose higher than the others, heading the ball just over the head
"Whump!" In the distance, the deep but discernible sound of the shell exiting the four foot diameter mortar barrel reverberates under the dark sky. Almost immediately, a red trail like a meteor streaks into the smokey sky. Spectators hush, eyes
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
