Mike’s Musings

Hello, The market is up for the third straight day and seems to be paying less attention to all the political noise and more attention to the strong quarterly earnings posted over the last couple of weeks. I’m keeping it short this week as it is a sunny...

The Wilkie family was on vacation in Havana, Cuba last week. With the recent updates to the embargo, I wanted to see Cuba before any significant changes took place. Canadians have been the primary visitors to Cuba with 1.6 million visits per year. However...

Hello, I trust everyone is enjoying the summer. It is going to get a little toasty this week but I will take it over the rain any day. Speaking of toasty, this week I want to share my observations about the time we spent in Italy where the temperature...

Although the forest fires in Central BC rage on, the clearer air across our region has provided a great deal of relief. Unfortunately, many areas of the BC Interior may be dealing with high winds and thundershowers this coming weekend, so that certainly...

Wow, did we ever have a lot of rain over the last week. I heard on the radio that warm air currents coming up from the south are bringing in lots of moist air and creating a pineapple express. The words “pineapple express” conjure up images of warm and...

Instead of volatile markets we are experiencing a volatile planet. The flooding in Houston, the earthquake in Mexico, landslides in Columbia, Bali’s volcano eruption and the wild fires in California all represent an unescapable call from Mother Nature...

My 11 year old son had “Pajama Day” at school last week. Thinking that this is a normal occurrence for everyone, he came home and asked me why we don’t do “Pajama Day” at my office. I did not want to crush his enthusiasm by advising him that “Pajama Day”...