Missives and Marginalia - The day after July 1st

July 02, 2021 |Sam McLaughlin
A (sometimes) regular compendium of my current thoughts on markets, the economy, and other random marginalia. Missives & Marginalia July 2nd, 2021 My second COVID vaccine happens on Monday. The process was seamless to book, and seamless to re-book when...
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Missives and Marginalia - Saturday May 15th, 2021

May 15, 2021 |Sam McLaughlin
A (sometimes) regular compendium of my current thoughts on markets, the economy, and other random marginalia I got my first AstraZeneca vaccine shot last week, and maybe it’s the just my new vaccine-derived superpowers talking but I instantly felt a lot...
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Event - Cognitive health: Symptoms, safeguards, and support

January 22, 2021 |Sam McLaughlin
Please join us for… Cognitive health: Symptoms, safeguards, and support A discussion on early signs of dementia and support for caregivers Tuesday, February 2, 2021 9:00 AM PT / 10:00 AM MT / 11:00 AM CT / 12:00 PM ET / 1:00 PM AT / 1:30 PM NT In Recognition...
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Remembrance Day - Missives and Marginalia

November 11, 2020 |Sam McLaughlin
Wealth and Privilege Today is Remembrance Day, and with lockdowns in Manitoba and across the country it will be a strange one. It seems to have been forgotten amid all of the pandemic chaos and the US election craziness, but this is actually the 75th...
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Weekend Update - Missives and Marginalia

November 01, 2020 |Sam McLaughlin
Woah, Cowboy! Steady! This past week is one I think we all would like to forget. Volatility jumped meaningfully higher and stocks sold off in the worst week for global equity markets since the end of March, when the pandemic was in its infancy. The second...
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Lake of the Woods

Missives and Marginalia

September 02, 2020 |Sam McLaughlin
There’s nothing better than a sunrise Sunsets get all the glory, and sure they're often brilliant, but there's something about the shift from darkness to dawn—that slight hint of light, then the breaking of the sun—that always gets my day off to the right...
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Sunday Update - August 16th

August 16, 2020 |Samuel McLaughlin
I’m typing this from the cottage right now as the sky blues above me following the brief hailstorm that just passed through. The mercurial nature of cottage weather is one of my favourite parts of the summer. I spent the past couple of weeks on a light...
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McLaughlin Capital Management

A Cloudy Outlook for Young Job Seekers

June 25, 2020 |The 10-Minute Take
The COVID-19 crisis dealt employees a serious blow, and young people have been hit particularly hard with a nearly 30% unemployment rate. The summer months – crucial for internships, seasonal work, and starting careers – might not be much better, as employers...
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Saturday update: A tentative reopening

May 23, 2020 |Sam McLaughlin

Another week in isolation, another week of my roundup of the things pushing the economic and the financial markets this past week, and the ones to come.

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Sunday morning reading

April 26, 2020 |Sam McLaughlin
So we have passed another week of COVID-19 lockdowns, market turmoils, good- and bad- news on the ongoing fight with viral spread, and the worst mass shooting in Canadian history. I have seen this quote a couple of times this past week, so I think I’m...
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