Juggling Dynamite

This show was a UK/Canadian production of twenty 50-minute episodes over two seasons 2008-2010.   They are now available on YouTube.  Two of my favourites are below: Diana Krall with Elton John, and The Police.  All offer a nice break from COVID-19!

This episode is hosted by Elton John, with guest Diana Krall.  Here is a direct video link.

This episode’s guests: The Police, with Elvis interviewing Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland, separately and together.  Here is a direct video link.

Nouriel is now using my “spend less, save more” phrase to summarize transitioning financial behaviour…just one of the key themes for a slow economic road and ‘delusional’ stock markets at present levels.  There’s no question that his macro grasp is massive.

Nouriel Roubini, an economics professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, says investors are incorrect to assume there will be a V-shaped economic recovery this yearHere is a direct video link.

Famed economist Nouriel Roubini, who predicted the 2008 financial crisis, is calling for a global depression in the middle of the decade: “there is also a risk of an L, what I call a greater depression, that’s my baseline for the rest of the decade, but not this year.” Here is a direct video link.

As we move to re-open the economy, a new normal unfolds for many businesses.

It’s not certain that ‘everyone’s going to be rushing out their door’ to spend in conventional ways, says Frances Donald, chief economist for Manulife Investment Management.  Here is a direct video link.