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Market Outlook Q4 – It’s a Marathon not a Sprint
It’s a Marathon Not a Sprint
As 2023 dawned, the consensus of economist forecasts pointed to an elevated risk of recession sometime during the year. After all, central bank interest rates had risen dramatically from virtually zero in early 2022 to 4.25% in Canada and 4.5% in the U.S. by the end of 2022. Consumer price inflation peaked in June 2022 […]
Move Fast and Break Things
Mark Zuckerberg, founder, and CEO of Facebook, coined the phrase “move fast and break things” and made it a rally call to his employees to act with urgency and remove barriers that come in the way of innovation. Some have interpreted the phrase as a push to disrupt the status quo through innovation. While the […]
Banking System Stabilizing; Interest Rate Peak is Here
The Story of Silicon Valley Bank
As we have been watching the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and, to a lesser extent, Signature Bank drama unfold, we wanted to provide our clients with an update on the situation and what impact it may have on our portfolios. As the old saying goes: “There are decades when nothing happens, and there are weeks […]
Goodbye Inflation! Hello Recession?
Goodbye Inflation!…Hello Recession?
The pandemic-induced chaos that started in 2020 continues to impact the global economy, albeit the ripples are getting smaller. With the worst of the healthcare crisis behind us, 2022 witnessed a broad economic reopening where the mismatch in supply and demand triggered generationally high inflation. Central banks worldwide responded with an unprecedented wave of […]