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Infrastructure investment needed to help counter recession

Posted on October 4, 2019 by Danielle Park

Good discussion here of the weight of recent economic data and the limitations and negative impacts likely from deeper rate cuts and even more QE.  A more productive response is to focus policy on much needed infrastucture investment and to … Continue reading →

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Buyers beware: public offerings surge while insiders cash out

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Danielle Park

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

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Danielle Park

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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