Reflecting on 2017 & Preparing for 2018
As the old year winds down and a new year begins, we take this opportunity to reflect on the investing year behind and the investing year ahead. The Viewstone Investment…
Investing is about Behaviour
Twenty years ago, an economist gave a speech. This is nothing earth shattering, as economists give a lot of speeches. What is remarkable though is that within that speech, two…
2017 Canada’s Budget
The Liberal government announced changes in their Budget on March 22, 2017 that effect your personal finances.
When Plans Come to Fruition
I knew today would come. I knew it, I thought about it, I planned for it, and yet I find I am still not ready to admit that this day…
July 2014 Market Commentary
Rethinking the New Normal for Interest Rates and Fixed Income Investing Everyone loves a fairy tale and so allow me to begin this commentary by telling you a story: Once…
January 2014 – Executive Summary – 2013 in Review and our Outlook for 2014
If you drive a vehicle, you know that there are so many things going on at any one time. You have to be looking ahead through the windshield, looking towards…
January 2014 – 2013 in Review and our Outlook for 2014
I have had the “pleasure” of teaching not one, but four teenagers how to drive. Needless to say, they are finding out that driving is not so simple a task…
September 2013 – Time for a Fall Check-Up
Many of our friends (and clients) are 60 + years old (including one of us) and it seems to us that without exception, we are headed this Fall for the…
August 2013 – Education, Debt and Government Grants
Quite often in discussions with clients, the topic of education comes up. Conversations typically cover three primary questions: Will my child go to school beyond High School? If so, where…
July 2013 – Market Commentary – You Say Taper, I say Tapir
“What the heck is this Tapir everyone is talking about, and why should I care?” This was a question posed by a guest at a wedding I recently attended in…
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