COVID-19 Around the World

 April 30, 2021 |Matt Barasch
Chart of the Week Many of technology’s biggest companies reported earnings this past week. As part of their results, many of them announced large share buybacks as they continue to generate cash at ever increasing levels: While this does not capture the...
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Federal Budget 2021

 April 26, 2021 |Matt Barasch
Economic Update Canada tabled its first Federal budget in two years and the first budget post the COVID-19 outbreak. Below, we would highlight some of the bigger take-aways: Deficit in 20/21 of ~$350 billion, declining to ~$150 billion in 21/22 and then...
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Planes, Trains and Vaccines

 April 16, 2021 |Matt Barasch
Chart of the Week Canada will release its first Federal budget in 2-years next week. We will have some thoughts post the release, but our general view is that it is likely to be heavy on spending with a modest risk of changes to the tax code (we believe...
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COVID-19 Update: Week of April 9th, 2021

 April 09, 2021 |Matt Barasch
A Good Article to Read As with our last missive, we would point you to a recent piece done by RBC Economics that looks at Canada’s place in the global economy and some of the things that Canada should (and, perhaps, must) do to ensure its economic future...
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