Monday, April 11, 2016

Understanding Negative Interest Rates

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Guest post by Norman Mogil When the central banks of three European countries and the European Central Bank (ECB) itself introduced neg...
Thursday, March 24, 2016

Canada`s Fiscal Policy Shift

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Guest post by Norman Mogil After nearly a decade of fiscal policy taking a back seat to monetary policy, the newly elected Liberal Governm...
Sunday, March 13, 2016

Canada`s Changing Financial Landscape, Part 3: Lifecos and Real Estate

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Guest post by Norman Mogil Lifecos Although innocent bystanders in the 2008 financial crisis, the life insurance companies were most im...
Sunday, March 6, 2016

China's Wealth Management Products, a Q&A

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We've had a number of questions regarding the growth and the risks surrounding China's Wealth Management Products (WMPs). Here is ...

Canada's Changing Financial Landscape: Part 2, Banking

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Guest post by Norman Mogil Canadians generally take pride  that their banks have been able to weather the 2008 storm well and continue to ...
Sunday, February 28, 2016

The Fed could be back in play in 2016

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One or more rate hikes by the Federal Reserve in 2016 remains a real possibility. Why would the Fed consider such a policy action given th...
Saturday, February 20, 2016

Canada`s Changing Financial Landscape, Part 1: the Securities Industry

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Guest post by Norman Mogil The worldwide collapse in commodity prices is now working its way through the financial markets in Canada.  Ca...
Sunday, February 14, 2016

The case for “global quantitative tightening”

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Guest post by Marcello Minenna In January 2016, global foreign reserves (FX) continued their decline after an absolute peak in June 2014...