Author Archives: Danielle Park

Ok, time for a refresher on financial basics 101:  The vast majority of finance and advice/management firms are designed to collect the highest fees on capital allocated to the highest-risk asset classes and products; hence the business model is to … Continue reading →

As we suspected it would, the Bank of Canada paused this morning in its rate-hiking aspirations, leaving the overnight rate at 1.75%, while noting in their press release slowing global demand, sharply lower oil prices, negative business investment, along with … Continue reading →

US 5 and 2-year and 5 and 3-year Treasury yield spreads moved negative yesterday for the first time since 2007, with the 10 and 2-year spread a minuscule .13 this morning. See Treasuries extend gains, after section of the yield-curve … Continue reading →