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Financial writer and product strategist. Views are my own.

Toronto
Joined January 2010
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I think I'm laughing, um, right? Alphaville on "Anthonpic's mother of all risk factors". ft.com/content/4564e6a5-69e9…
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We're hiring! As a Communications and Marketing Specialist, you will help edit newsletters, develop external marketing efforts, manage social media accounts and develop content marketing across the Veritas Group of Companies. linkedin.com/jobs/view/44194…
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This is a good read for financial journalists and all who appreciate financial journalism. They won't make them like this guy anymore. ft.com/content/2d92cb41-9381…
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The US housing bubble burst in 2007 and then went a bit quiet, before coming back in full swing when Lehman Brothers collapsed in Sept. 2008. This US regional bank crisis doesn't feel over yet, either. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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Castle in France going for about half or so what a 3 bedroom in TO goes for. I know, maintenance, taxes, etc etc but still…
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Fraud and money laundering are more significant problems in Canadian #realestate than many people know. We'll have @scoopercooper and @BenRabidoux discuss it at our Veritas 10th Annual Great Canadian Real Estate Conference on Oct 6. veritascorp.com/events/housi… 1/6
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And what happens if this happens? "Seventy-five basis points next move, and possibly another 75, so they'll get rates up to 2.75 to three per cent by September." bnnbloomberg.ca/brace-yourse…
Replying to @nasmadotali
You know this already but be patient This is a cycle unlike 2017 when foreign buyers taxes and rule changes drove down prices temporarily and in some areas prices leveled quickly only a year This is mortgage rate based and therefore may turn out to be more like 1990
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Sometimes I think I've seen it all, but apparently not: youtu.be/av3k_lcGm9g
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And HT to the FT with perhaps one of the best headlines I've seen, in well, a long, long time. ft.com/content/82818a7f-1642…
What a great story. I visited Moscow as a student back then and remember the McD's lineups. There were very few other restaurants. We ate a lot of borscht and bread in the Moscow State school cafeteria, and Snickers bars you bought from street vendors as you got off the subway.
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Does anyone else remember 2001-2002-2003 when the sentiment was so bad for tech stocks that they traded at a discount to net cash on the balance sheet?
oh what fun it is to be a tech investor right now - Shopify at its lowest since March 2020. It has lost >C$200 billion in market cap since November - Dye & Durham. Last year, management offered C$50.50 to take private; board said no. Now C$18 - Topicus down ~50% since Nov
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A lot of work goes into our model portfolio of top picks called the V-list. Pre/CEO @ASclipoti and Head of Research Darryl McCoubrey discuss the performance and approach of our V-List here: Why We Favour Energy: V-List Performance Overview Feb. 2022 veritascorp.com/RESEARCH/our… 1/5
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