Wellington-Altus Wins National Recognition!
We are proud to announce that Wellington-Altus has been recognized as Best Independent Agent 2025 by SPi Canada!
October Market Insights: Trump, Carney and the Western Awakening
A new era for Canada is about to begin.
“I read in a newspaper that I was to be received with all the honors customarily rendered to a foreign ruler. I am grateful for the honors; but something within me rebelled at that word ‘foreign’. I say this because when I have been in Canada, I have never heard a Canadian refer to an American as a ‘foreigner’. He is just an ‘American’. And, in the same way, in the United States, Canadians are not ‘foreigners’, they are ‘Canadians’. That simple little distinction illustrates to me better than anything else the relationship between our two countries.”
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
The Great Depression of the 1930s was more than an economic collapse; it was an ideological crucible. As capitalism faltered, socialism surged, promising salvation through state control.
Today, that battle rages anew, with the U.S. Federal Reserve at its heart.
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 fueled 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.
Wellington-Altus Named Top-Rated Investment Dealer in Canada
We’ve done it again—our sixth year being ranked as the top-rated investment dealer in Canada by Investment Executive’s 2025 Brokerage Report Card!
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.
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.
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. Fast forward to today: the global order that emerged after the Second World War is crumbling. We are entering a multipolar era one fraught with complexities, contradictions, and opportunities.