SENSIBLE OPTIMISM This week has been a wild ride for stock investors, or financial advisors, or even governments whose income is affected by oil revenue! What’s an investor to do these days? We even hear stories of people who are saying, “it can’t be done in today’s...
‘TIS THE SEASON OF … PAUSE This week the Bank of Canada did what many people are already doing: pausing. But here’s our monthly update for the action-takers! Whether it’s consumers, businesses, or lenders, it seems everyone is just taking a moment. Luckily, we’re...
GENERATION GAPS Our tradition with FFF, is that the first Friday of the month is for an update on the basic economic and social fundamentals that drive real estate. We’re veering off course today, and simply focusing on how communication is at the centre of every real...
THE ONLY EASY DAY WAS YESTERDAY High performing Seals can teach us so many great life lessons! There is a book called No Easy Day, by Mark Owen and Kevin Maurer. The more we chat with other real estate investors in 2023, the more we find people who are living a...
WATCHING DOLLARS Even in super-polite Canada, these days almost everyone is talking about money. Groceries, gas, rent, interest rates, and the stock market are all fair game as casual conversation. Saving money is suddenly cool again! But it looks like there will be...
MAKE SURE WHAT YOU’RE COMPARING MAKES SENSE “Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable.” – Mark Twain 2023 is shaping up to be yet another strange year for statistics. If 2020 was the year of “unprecedented,” and 2021 was the year of “supply chain...
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