Author Archives: Danielle Park

Buyers beware: public offerings surge while insiders cash out

The latest data from TrimTabs shows classic late cycle behaviour with companies pounding out new security offerings to the public at the same time that their executives liquidated their personal holdings at the highest level of any September in the … Continue reading

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Late cycle credit risks loom large for Canada’s stock market

Canada’s TSX stock index (which most Canadian funds and managers are designed to track up and down) peaked in September of the 1990 to 2000 expansion cycle. Then it crashed 50% over the next two years, recovered into June 2008, … Continue reading

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High-end realty supply weighing on prices

The third quarter saw a 14% drop in Manhattan property sales.  Some of the weakness is attributed to a fall in foreign buyers and a new “mansion tax” on apartments over $2m which came into effect July 1st and pulled … Continue reading

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