Back to Reality

September 07, 2021 |Dann Cushing

Ah, Labour Day – it finally arrived, with its usual promise of a new season and a return to more regular routines. Reopening has been occurring at a different cadence in different geographies, but...

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As You Were

June 01, 2021 |Dann Cushing

Financial markets have seen some solid fireworks in 2021: an extreme recovery in the economy, the largest bond market correction in a generation,...

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Runner’s High

May 03, 2021 |Dann Cushing

Many of the world’s largest companies reported earnings this past week, and they were absolutely stellar. Three prime examples:...

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Gut Check

November 02, 2020 |Dann Cushing

After a pretty elated start to the month, equity markets pulled back sharply in the latter half of October. What had...

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Surfacing

October 04, 2020 |Dann Cushing

Can you hear that? It is the cacophony of US election drama growing loud enough that...

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What’s in your wallet?

June 01, 2020 |Dann Cushing

Starting on a bit more of a personal note than usual, have you noticed your credit card bill lately? With a high degree of confidence,...

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Be Careful What You Wish For

January 14, 2020 |Dann Cushing

Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it, as the saying goes. The last quarter of 2019 chased away recession fears...

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Waiting for Godot

November 18, 2019 |Dann Cushing

In the empty space that follows a deluge of new information, the behaviour of financial markets can often be quite telling....

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Size Matters

October 15, 2019 |Dann Cushing

In the last update, we proposed the following key question for financial markets: ...

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Action, reaction

September 16, 2019 |Dann Cushing

It was a busy couple of weeks for pundits. Amidst the now normal, daily changes in trade policy, this summer’s one way decline in interest rates abruptly reversed. The reaction...

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