The Bonds Must Be Crazy | June 2021

“Since becoming a central banker, I have learned to mumble with great incoherence. If I seem unduly clear to you, you must have misunderstood what I said.” Alan Greenspan Summer has officially arrived and brought with it a healthy dose of optimism.  The sunshine and...

The Best Time To Buy A Home | May 2021

“The best time to buy a home is always five years ago.” Ray Brown This time last year, the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation predicted that house prices would fall 9 – 18%. They got the magnitude about right, just the direction wrong. Over the past year,...

The Paradox of Experience | April 2021

“Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.” Oscar Wilde Experience is a great teacher and an invaluable commodity.  There is no substitute for it.  Or at least that’s what we tell anyone younger than us. The theory being that the more you see and do,...

The Great Rate Debate | March 2021

“The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.” John Kenneth Galbraith Who would have thought the market spotlight could shift from Gamestop’s Reddit Army to the mundane world of fixed-income?  But with material losses in...

The Fixed Income Bucket List | February 2021

“You can’t always get what you want But if you try sometimes, you just might find You get what you need.” The Rolling Stones Over the past few months, we’ve asked hundreds of investors and allocators a very simple question: what do you want from your fixed income?...

GME GME Never Gets | January 2021

“After all is said and done, the greatest publicity agent in the wide world is the ticker.” Jesse Livermore Amidst the dreariness and boredom of lockdown life, an army of Reddit traders has captured the public’s imagination.  How?  By propelling a floundering...