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Canada’s economy is improving: Hey, some good news out of the homeland – the economy has definitely turned a corner.

30-years ago this month, Orenthal James “O.J.” Simpson was found not guilty of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman – despite what seemed to many, to be overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

Let’s start with – the current economic/market situation is weird. The obvious reason for this is – tariff uncertainty and its impact not only on current data, but the direction of future data. That said – we thought it would be worthwhile to take a swing at the current dynamic and do our best to give a sense as to where things are and where they could be headed.

How is it possible that a former Fox News host, who never met a G&T she didn’t like and who was too controversial for Fox News that they had to bench her post the 2020 Election for fear that they would be sued even more than they were sued because of her Election lies (when Fox News says “wait a minute, that’s not true”, you know we have reached a really big whopper), is now the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, who is largely responsible for rooting out public corruption, and this was not even close to the most “banana republic” thing that the U.S. managed to do last week (exhale)?

We are going to start with the convergence of two events that truly changed lives. Let’s begin with the latter event, which occurred 40-years ago last week when Marty McFly got into the DeLorean and traveled 30-years back in the past to 1955.

In homage to the late, great Brian Wilson, let’s look back at the most magical “year” in music history. We put “year” in quotes as the period we will focus on was not a calendar year, but rather a 12-month period that changed music forever.

Using an alliteration to name a bill should be the norm going forward.

With Liberation Day now roughly one-month behind us, we thought it would be worthwhile to check in on where we are at in terms of the U.S. and Canadian economies.

Over the past several months, markets have experienced a significant shock as uncertainty over tariffs and their impact on the global economy have shaken investor confidence. Enjoy our discussion on the evolving situation.

2022 is on a bold (and painful) course that has rarely, if ever, been travelled before.

We look at the best and worst years to be born from an investing perspective. Spoiler alert – 1943 was a gem.

Understanding what taxes and fees that will be owed upon death can be an important step in proper planning. We discuss some of these steps.