Author Archives: Danielle Park

All gas, no brakes

For more than a decade, the hottest asset class on Wall Street was private credit and private equity funds, where assets held by the funds rarely changed hands and ‘estimated’ values were steadily marked higher by the managers. Now, an … Continue reading

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Bouncing into April?

Yesterday marked the best stock market bounce at the end of a quarter since September 2008. Far from an all-clear sign, bounces like that are most common during bear markets (shown below, courtesy of Bespoke). Mean reversion has made some … Continue reading

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Oil-shock meets asset price deflation

Canada’s economy has generated no economic growth in five months and no job growth in eight months. Meanwhile, the household wealth effect is in reverse, with home sale prices nationally down 20% over the past 4 years and the stock … Continue reading

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