Each week, our team publishes a blog and webcast.
On January 7, 2025, the Eaton Fire ignited in California’s Eaton Canyon, rapidly escalating into one of the state’s most catastrophic wildfires. Fueled by hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, the blaze ravaged over 14,000 acres, claimed 17 lives, and obliterated approximately 10,000 structures, including homes, businesses, and schools. In anticipation of these disasters, California established a […]
Canada seems clearly under attack by our southern “neighbours”. While the best-performing stocks over the past decade have mostly been U.S.-based, we’ve bucked the trend and are overweight in Canadian equities. Lately, we’re beginning to observe a home country bias. Maple Leaf Foods, which our clients own, reported a strong quarter earlier this week. Its […]
Exactly one year ago, we published a blog titled “Dial Back on Canadian Telco Exposure.” Between the corporate soap opera at Rogers Communications and BCE’s bloated debt amid sluggish growth, we were bearish on the sector. Telus was the sole exception. (Disclosure: Clients, Jeff Pollock, and Sunni Schneider are shareholders of Telus. No compensation was […]
Each month, we select a handful of questions that were asked by clients or soon-to-be clients. We like to post our answers online because others may have that same question as well. Here are a few of the things we were asked about most recently. Question from Ontario: Do you invest in gold and silver? […]
Many claim to be contrarian investors who “buy low” and “sell high.” But how many actually follow through? Here’s what we did last Monday as prices tumbled after Saturday’s tariff announcement. First, we didn’t sell a single security in our client accounts. Second, we put to work the cash we had raised throughout January. To […]
At $0.69 USD, we believe the Canadian dollar is unlikely to fall much further from its current level. This is a contrarian stance, as many expect the loonie to continue its decline due to more aggressive rate cuts by the Bank of Canada compared to the Federal Reserve. We actively seek contrarian opportunities—investments in ideas […]
In December 2022, sentiment around Suncor could not have been worse. The stock had plummeted by 14% over the previous month. On top of that, the company had suffered five tragic fatalities since 2019, more than all of its oil and gas peers combined. As a result, CEO Mark Little stepped down. To make matters […]
Dissention between Canada and the U.S. is nothing new. We even went to war in 1812 and set fire to the White House. In recent memory, John F. Kennedy publicly mocked Mr. Diefenbaker’s French; Lyndon Johnson grabbed Lester Pearson by his lapel for opposing the Vietnam war; and Richard Nixon was infamously recorded calling our […]
In October, U.S. regulators acted against TD Bank after uncovering that Chinese drug traffickers had bribed employees to launder at least US$653 million. Until TD addresses its anti-money laundering deficiencies to the regulators’ satisfaction, the bank is prohibited from growing its U.S. retail assets beyond US$434 billion, approximately their current level. (Disclosure: While some clients […]
This week was the 86th birthday of our late Honorary Founder, Nuge Schneider. I’m sure that if he were here with us, there would be a big swanky party at some place downtown in Sarasota where he spent his winters. Each Monday, Mr. Schneider would call me right around 9:45am. Sometimes he would ask, “what […]
