Ryan Sims insights, thoughts, and analysis

Tag: bonds

  • 1994

    It was 30 years ago, 1994. 30 years seems like a long time, doesn’t it? Pre internet mass adoption, pre cell phone, and pre apps. Some might think I made a typo and meant to type 1984, but it is 1994 I really want to point out. It should come as no surprise that Canada…

  • Round Up

    Lots going on in the mortgage finance world this week. Let’s take a brief look at some things that fall off the beaten path. How Stressful: Today was supposed to be the day that OFSI removed the stress test from switches at maturity. Of course, in true government department fashion, no clear rules have been…

  • The Unknown Unknown

    There are 2 types of things that get used to make predictions in finance: The known unknown, and the unknown unknown. A known unknown would be something like GDP, employment reports, inflation numbers etc. We all know when the inflation report will come out, but we aren’t sure what it will be. We know it…