What a year 2019 was!
January 17, 2020
A congruence of factors led to low inflation and low interest rates, which in turn allowed for modest economic growth without imbalances.
Every three months, the partners and portfolio managers collaborate on a summary of the state of the economic world as it pertains to your portfolio and our approach. Below, you will find links to our archives.
A congruence of factors led to low inflation and low interest rates, which in turn allowed for modest economic growth without imbalances.
Although the negative interest rate environment (NIRE) is a fact of life currently in Europe and Japan, it has not come to North America for now, or should we say “yet”.
It seems to us that profitless companies seem to be back in vogue.
Following an abysmal 4th quarter of 2018, equity markets rebounded with the biggest quarterly gain since the third quarter of 2009 and the best first
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