Good News! Why the US Market Outpaces Canada – and What to Do About It
The Chrysler 440 cubic inch motor was the largest of its big block engines. Debuting in 1966, this 7.2 litre behemoth featured pistons that were almost 5" in diameter. Gear heads will debate whether it, the Ford 427 or the
"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
Good News! Protecting Investments Across Centuries
Herod the Great had a vision. A port twice the size of Athen's - with mighty and massive seawalls rising out of the deep Mediterranean water on the coast of Judea. He would reshape not only the land - but
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! 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
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! Einstein’s Error: Lessons from Science for Investors
In the castle of the Enlightenment, the door between faith and science had stood open since the middle ages. Philosophers oiled the rusted hinges of the massive portal, led by Scottish Philosopher David Hume, who argued in 1779 that creation
