Global Insight 2026

December 15, 2025 |Elizabeth (Libby) Hunter
As end of 2025 fast approaches, it makes sense to start turning our attention toward what 2026 may have in store for us. In his most recent report (see HERE), Eric Lascelles, Chief Economist at RBC Global Asset Management, does a great job of honing in...
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Age-Defying Relationships to Money

November 25, 2025 |Elizabeth (Libby) Hunter
Amy Poehler said something recently that made me laugh out loud: “The Boomers are all about money. Gen X is like, ‘Is it all about the money?’ Millennials are like, ‘Where is the money?’ And Gen Z is like, ‘What is money?’” Despite all of the “likes”...
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Where Is The Bridge Too Far?

September 23, 2025 |Elizabeth (Libby) Hunter
The stock market has a way of surprising even its most seasoned veterans, including myself. News feeds are full of headlines about a US president and his obsequious lackeys crossing lines daily - constitutional and moral alike – yet the market shrugs...
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Never Count Out Canada

August 29, 2025 |Elizabeth (Libby) Hunter
As I sit at my desk on this Friday afternoon heading into the long weekend, I can’t help but smile when I look at the graphic below. What you see there is the 1-year chart comparison between the S&P/TSX60 (Canada - upper blue line); and the red line -...
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Lessons Learned From Warren Buffett

June 02, 2025 |Elizabeth (Libby) Hunter
Warren Buffett, perhaps the most well-known investor of them all, will be retiring as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway at the end of this year (he’ll then be 95). This news has me thinking about some of the valuable lessons I’ve learned over the past 25+ years...
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Is It Time to Buy?

April 22, 2025 |Elizabeth (Libby) Hunter
At a doctor’s appointment this morning, knowing what I do for a living, he half-asked, half-stated, “Isn’t it time to buy?”. I laughed and said, “Well, I’m not your Advisor but the simple answer is no, not yet.” My normal behaviour when not working is...
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When The Going Gets Tough

April 10, 2025 |Elizabeth (Libby) Hunter
The tough have indeed had to “get going” as we contend with these daily, wild swings in the stock market, certainly in March, but even more so since the beginning of April. The relief rally we saw on April 9th appears to have been short-lived as most...
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Implied Volatility Amplifies Investor Fatigue

February 25, 2025 |Elizabeth (Libby) Hunter
We’ve all come to agree that if you invest your hard-earned dollars in the stock market, it’s understood there’s an element of risk and uncertainty that goes along with it. The reason most of us accept this is that we know from past experience, over a...
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When is Enough, Enough?

December 05, 2024 |Elizabeth (Libby) Hunter
We began 2024 with no real idea as to when interest rates would start declining. Even after the first cut in June, the uncertainty created a scenario where markets remained somewhat range-bound (but still positive). Then came August and it was as though...
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Winds of Change

September 10, 2024 |Elizabeth (Libby) Hunter
Not unlike what we witnessed at the beginning of August, September began with more volatility across the board. Notwithstanding the whiplash (which I suspect is here to stay - especially as the US election rhetoric heats up), we are all experiencing a...
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