Wealth Insights
Wealth Insights - Summer 2024
"Trading the Fountain of Youth"With our increasing longevity, we seem to be trading our focus on the 'fountain of youth' for the 'fountain of usefulness,' where having purpose outweighs a desire for youthfulness. In a recent survey, 83 percent of those ages 65 and older say it's more important to be "useful than youthful" in their retirement years.
Wealth Insights - Spring 2024
"The Rising Tide of Optimism"
Think kids these days are getting too much screen time? There's another demographic struggling to put down their phones: Baby Boomers. As one 83-year-old put it: "I'm so attached to this thing. If I leave the house and forget (it), I'll go back."
Wealth Insights - Winter 2024
"Brighter Days Ahead"As we look ahead to a new year, the sense of uncertainty many of us feel today may not be entirely new. While Canadian consumer sentiment recently turned negative, and the number of times “uncertainty” appears in the Canadian press reached its highest level since the pandemic, consider that we’ve been here before.
Wealth Insights - Fall 2023
"The Power of Time"
When ChatGPT reached 100 million active users in just two months, it highlighted the accelerating pace at which technology is transforming the world. Consider that it took the
social media platform Instagram 2.5 years to reach the same user base and the internet 7 years to acquire 50 million users.
Wealth Insights - Summer 2023
"Will you live to 150?""It may seem implausible, but some researchers believe that the first person to live to 150 has already been born..."
Wealth Insights - Spring 2023
“Change is inevitable...”
The world of investing has never been a stranger to change.
Wealth Insights - Winter 2023
For 2023: A Dose of Optimism
Wealth Insights - Fall 2022
"No Shortcuts to Success"When a leading courier company optimized its delivery routes decades ago, many drivers felt it extended their trips. It favoured right-hand turns at all times, so the most direct route to a destination was almost never taken. Yet, the approach improved efficiency and reduced fuel usage.
Wealth Insights - Summer 2022
These days, investors have needed a significant amount of conviction. After last year’s largely uninterrupted rise in equity markets, 2022 has seen a rapid reversal in direction and sentiment.
Wealth Insights - Spring 2022
As the current headlines continue to test our resolve, we are reminded that equity investing is never a smooth road.
Wealth Insights - Winter 2022
Lessons in Endurance