Monthly Archives: June 2022

Hypothetical returns designed to disappoint

It is important to understand that advertised investment returns typically assume that all interest and dividends are reinvested with no withdrawals for fees or spending–ever. In this way, as charted below and here, the notional annual compound return of Canada’s … Continue reading

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Taking shelter and looking forward

As the air deservedly comes out of asset bubbles globally, companies and households need to focus on weathering the financing crunch/bear market/recession and looking forward to opportunities that will arise from it. Excellent companies and products are routinely horrible investments … Continue reading

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Danielle’s biweekly market update

Danielle was a guest with Jim Goddard on Talk Digital Network, talking about recent developments in the world economy and markets. You can listen to an audio clip of the segment here. As shown below, highly-indebted, income-insecure, cash-light US consumers … Continue reading

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