More often than not the most accurate forecasts for the weather are “more of the same.”…
Canada’s Business
Things to come
Many years ago H. G. Wells wrote a book, Things To Come, forecasting an ominous future.…
What to do
The greatest problem confronting the investment community is what to do. Investment advisors, if…
A new model
Faith in so many of our major institutions has been shaken tremendously over the past two decades.…
Boosting investment
For the past several years central banks/governments have tried to bolster the economy. Short-term…
Secular stagnation
Recently a distinguished U.S. economist, Alvin Hansen, stated that we in North America will undergo…
A new focus
At long last governments in Canada are beginning a new focus, spending on infrastructure…
A prolonged problem
Economists remain puzzled because the sluggish economy has not recovered more. After all,…
Unmanageable
So far banks in Canada have been well managed and have avoided getting into trouble. However, they…
Payback
It should be obvious that a company’s relationship with its employees must be a vital…
Left out
Those of us who are middle-aged or even older increasingly are being left out of the mindset of…
Behind the times
For some strange reason the banking industry is behind the times in the utilization of modern…
A nightmare
As if the financial community were not already beset by all kinds of problems, just about the last…
Worthless information
A great deal of “information” can be described quite properly as “noise.”…
Becoming blurred
Even though several federal elections have revealed the split between the Conservatives’ and…