Fresh ideas – an EV that breaks the mold?
01/23/2020 10:31 AMElectrified cars are approaching mainstream acceptance and adoption, be they a hybrid or a full fledged Electric Vehicle (EV). There is widespread concern about the continued burning of fossil fuels, and electrification can resolve a lot of that if the electric power...
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Greta At Davos Lecturing Business and Government Leaders on Their Climate Failures
01/23/2020 7:21 AMNo it wasn't a Monte Python skit - but it could have been given Greta's message is to dismantle the "colonial, racist, patriarchal systems of oppression that have created and fueled" climate change. Still they...
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Recession Arithmetic: What Would It Take?
01/22/2020 11:24 AMDavid Rosenberg explores Recession Arithmetic in today’s Breakfast With Dave. I add a few charts of my own to discuss. Rosenberg notes “Private fixed investment has declined two quarters in a row as of 2019 Q3. Since 1980, this has only happened twice outside of a...
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How The Continued Rise Of Nationalism Will Hit Real Estate Capital Flows And Values
01/22/2020 10:01 AMBecause most people employed in real estate today have only ever worked in a globalised world, it can be hard to imagine how it could be any other way. But the prevailing mood around the world is increasingly opposed to globalisation, with political and economic...
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Some Key News on Interest Rates
01/22/2020 7:21 AMIt should be making headlines but it isn't. In a nutshell, the only thing between us and a big jump in interest rates is the Federal Reserve's multi-billion dollar action but few people seem to...
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Billions Of Dollars Are Flooding Into The Flying Taxi Space
01/21/2020 10:44 AMIn the 1940s, Henry Ford regaled us with this little fantastical gem: “Mark my words – a combination aeroplane and motor car is coming…You may smile. But it will come.” Eight decades later, and Ford is vindicated. Toyota just made a nearly $400-million bet on flying...
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The Lucrative New Tech Hijacking Your Privacy
01/21/2020 10:41 AMWe’ve come a long way from being able to superimpose Trump’s hair on our own heads. We’ve also come a long way from wearing masks and sunglasses in public for reasons of fashion or healthcare. Now, it’s about dodging facial recognition. Protesters in Hong Kong are...
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UN Admits To Being Clueless About First Nation’s Pipeline Support
01/21/2020 7:16 AMOne of the great myths perpetrated by American and Canadian pipeline opponents along with their political allies is that all First Nations oppose pipeline projects. Many bought it, but it was unequivocally...
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It’s a Micro-Cap Bull Market
01/20/2020 2:47 PMNo One’s Saying It But We Will. Will Canadian Micro-Cap Stocks Rebound? If you’re a professional money manager or an investor, markets have provided staggering opportunities to create wealth with almost all markets melting higher. Last year in 2019, the S&P 500 was up...
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Commodity Tracker: 7 charts to watch this week
01/20/2020 11:11 AMWhat’s happening? In 2020, each EU member country will need to meet specific national renewable energy targets set by the European Commission. One route is to blend more biofuels into road fuels, with more countries adopting E10 gasoline, which contains up to 10%...
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