Tag: economy
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Feeling the Vibe
It seems that every day I learn something new. This past week I learned that the economy doesn’t actually suck, it is just that Canadians got the Vibe wrong. I am not exactly shocked at this, since the current party seems to have a different take on finance, but to tell Canadians that they just…
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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Do you know what tariffs are? I have never had so many conversations about tariffs in my life. All. Damn. Day. Tariff here, tariff there. It seems that Canadians are all clutching their pearls at the latest tariff announcement from DJT. We all knew this would happen, we all saw the campaign, we all lived…
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Piling On
The Canadian economy hasn’t really had much to cheer about lately, and it has left a lot of people wondering: Can It possibly get any worse? Well, about an hour ago, DJT confirmed that it can indeed get worse. About 60 minutes ago Trump announced that one of his first executive orders will be to…
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How Odd??
It seems the older I get the more odd things become. Today was a day that saw Ukraine launch US weapons over into Russia that amped up the geo political risk. Normally on a day like this we would see the US Dollar rocket ( no pun intended ) higher. But, alas, we saw the…
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How the Turntables….
As Michael Scott said in the show The Office ” Well, well, how the turntables…….have turned”. For the last 6 months I have watched people hammer away at the BLS and the US employment reports and the revisions. I have watched as people claim that interest rates should be lower than they are based on…
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Wrong Way Charlie
It seems these days that everything is going the wrong way. Bond yields up, currency down, and a whole host of other things that are working against us. After last weeks bout of volatility surrounding the US election, we all hoped that things might settle down. Were we ever wrong. What started last week continues…
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CC
After the week that was, I think we can all agree that a drink would be in order. For all you know, I am enjoying some CC while I type this. Somehow we all got through the week, but not without a little volatility. Let’s break down where we go from here. Now, I will…
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A game of Twister
Remember the old classic game of twister? Red hand blue, left foot red? A game that a lot of kids spent their childhood playing seems to have faded away. Even though a lot of things come back – like baseball cards, and pogs, the game of Twister has faded off. Sure, you can still find…
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Spare A Dollar?
As I give out the Halloween candy this evening, I can’t help that think that Halloween and the Canadian housing market have a lot in common. Giving away extended ams and insured refinances probably won’t get the kiddos too pumped, but the average homeowner loves it. Of course, we are giving away things that we…
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Take A Pill
To quote Charles Dickens “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the…
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