I admired Jody Wilson-Raybould and her stand on principle regarding SNC-Lavalin and its legal problems. Not because I think Trudeau and the rest of Cabinet did much wrong, though! It should be clear that in …
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September 23, 2019
A nice piece in the Globe today about Canada’s rentier economy: We have to think about what most people rely on nowadays to support themselves and secure their futures. And the answer is assets – …
September 20, 2019
The recent US repo-market disruption continues to attract attention: The Federal Reserve plans to pour cash into the U.S. banking system through early October in a bid to avert another market disruption, but analysts see …
September 19, 2019
HIMIPref™ Preferred IndicesThese values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ IndicesValues are provisional and are finalized monthly Index MeanCurrentYield(at bid) MedianYTW MedianAverageTradingValue MedianMod Dur(YTW) Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value Ratchet 0.00 % 0.00 …
September 18, 2019
So, the Fed cut by a quarter: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in July indicates that the labor market remains strong and that economic activity has been rising at a moderate …
September 17, 2019
Nerves? The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday injected billions into the financial system in an effort to calm money markets that have been roiled since Monday, as lending dwindled partly due to huge payments for …
September 16, 2019
Over the weekend, global markets received another lesson in why market timing doesn’t work: Oil ended nearly 15 per cent higher on Monday, with Brent logging its biggest jump in over 30 years and a …
September 13, 2019
And now it’s time to start preparing PrefLetter! HIMIPref™ Preferred IndicesThese values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ IndicesValues are provisional and are finalized monthly Index MeanCurrentYield(at bid) MedianYTW MedianAverageTradingValue MedianMod Dur(YTW) Issues …
September 12, 2019
HIMIPref™ Preferred IndicesThese values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ IndicesValues are provisional and are finalized monthly Index MeanCurrentYield(at bid) MedianYTW MedianAverageTradingValue MedianMod Dur(YTW) Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value Ratchet 0.00 % 0.00 …
September 11, 2019
It appears that anybody who doesn’t like the idea of negative interest rates is an enemy of the people: U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on the “boneheads” at the Federal Reserve to push …