The Fifth Estate: Canada’s rental crisis

Nearly one in three Canadians rents their home. Rental prices are skyrocketing, leading to the same kinds of bidding wars and disappointments that home buyers are facing. The Fifth Estate examines what’s driving rental prices up and some people out of their homes, including the growing trend of large investment companies buying up rental properties across the country. Here is a direct video link.

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Disinflation/deflation not expansion, growth or inflation

This segment is a worthwhile discussion for those who like more detail on the forces behind asset market moves.

Michael Green, professional gentleman of capital market structure, explains why US Treasury yields are rising, why options for Eurodollar future negative yields are gaining value, and why the balance of probabilities favors monetary/economic disinflation/deflation, not expansion, growth or inflation.  Here is a direct video link.

Since they mention the latent stock market moves in the 2007-09 downturn, here is a chart of the S&P 500 again for reference.

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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.audio clip of the segment here.

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