Now that the summer holiday season has come to a close, it has become obvious that all of us are…
Canada’s Business
Confounded
For those of us who are middle aged, or even older, the price of “things,” various…
Union problem
Over the past few years unions in Canada have had little success in organizing non-union companies,…
Cyclical recovery, secular decline
The most surprising event of the North America business recovery is the robust auto market. It is…
Assistance needed
At the moment we should be celebrating the resurgence of our farming industry. That development…
Quants
For most of us who are uninitiated in modern computer slang, terms like quants or algorithms are…
Always busy
Most of us believe that if we were to become wealthy, we would have much more leisure time. Those…
Home truths
We are admonished almost chronically to cross the border for investing. That is one of those…
Short-termism
Nowadays businesses here seem beset by short-termism, focusing their attention on immediate…
Meeting mania
Nowadays businesses are beset by a meeting mania. Getting together with colleagues seems to be a…
Financial engineering
As if there was not enough manipulation going on in financial markets, corporations now…
The greatest risk
There are many threats that potentially could derail our economy, everything from weak commodity…
Over enthusiam
One of the most surprising and puzzling economic trends is the unparalleled strength of the U.S.…
Think. analyze
Almost all families want their youngsters to have a post-secondary education. While their…
Preposterous extremes
As Christmas nears, children have every reason to worry about Grinches. What if Dr. Seuss stories…