May Market Insights: From Hegemony to Balance May 13, 2025 The Mar-a-Lago strategy and the future of American power “War is the continuation of politics by other means.” – Carl von Clausewitz (1832) Download this PDF here. In an era of unprecedented geopolitical and economic shifts, the Mar-a-Lago Accord signals
THE ILLUSION OF A REVIVAL OR A PRELUDE TO RECKONING? “I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared.” – Thomas Jefferson Download this PDF here. Now that the Canadian election is over and Mark
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EMBRACING A MULTIPOLAR WORLD: Unlocking a new golden era for investors “The condition of man … is a condition of war of everyone against everyone;” yet, by the mutual agreement of sovereign powers, peace may be obtained, and the benefits of order secured. – Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (1651) Download this
Charting a new course in a shifting world order “A statesman must wait and listen until he hears the steps of God sounding through events; then leap up and grasp the hem of his garment.” – Otto von Bismarck Download this PDF here. Bismarck’s 19th-century declaration about the changing realities
Charting a New Path for Economics and Investing as Trump Returns and Trudeau Steps Down You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed or created a new idea. – Victor Hugo Download this PDF here. The Shifting Political Landscape In today’s
Prorogation Purgatory: What Parliament’s Shutdown Means for Proposed Tax Changes Download this PDF here. On January 6, 2025, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resigned, effective upon selection of a new leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, and requested that Parliament be prorogued. The Governor General consented to the request, terminating
How Bitcoin Became America’s Unlikely Saviour “If you are going to put a legend on the greenbacks, I would suggest that of Peter and Paul, ‘Silver and gold I have none, but such as I have I give to thee.” – Abraham Lincoln [1] Download this PDF here. In our fast-paced
The Best of Times, the Worst of Times “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times…” – Charles Dickens Download this PDF here. As we reflect on the market journey from late 2023 to the present and look ahead to 2025, the resilience and dynamism of
The Illusion of Easy Wealth in Today’s Economy “That ain’t workin’ that’s the way you do it; Money for nothing and your chicks for free.” – Dire Straits Download this PDF here. There are moments in life that leave a lasting impression. For me, two significant memories from the 1985
Are We Trapped in a Cycle of Change That Never Changes? A Forecast for 2025 and Beyond “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” – Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr Download this PDF here. The Mirage of Recovery: How We’re Fooling Ourselves As we emerge from the shadow of
America’s Imperial Twilight or Dawn of a New Golden Age? A Non-Consensus Call for Interest Rates to be “Lower for Longer” “Free trade gives to the foreign producer equal privileges with us. It invites the product of cheap labour to this market to destroy the domestic labour here.” – William
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