Description: This article explores the market volatility of 2008, and addresses the following question: “was the market behaving inefficiently as appeared to be the case in 2008, or was there something truly rational going on, which for most people was hard to see?”

Description: Gold has been one of the worst performing investment assets of the last two decades due to the steady to low inflation. In the future, if the US economic environment takes a turn for the worst or inflation reemerges, gold will once again be a high performing investment.

Description: This 2001 article warns against the risks of investing in an IPO, particularly in light of recent history.

Description: Full version of Risks and Rewards Newsletter, July 2003, Issue No. 42.

Description: This article explores whether geopolitical risk still matters in an investment portfolio and how this scenario can change as time progresses. It discusses the impact of global central bank monetary policy on investment performance and risk.

Description: What The Markets Should Reflect From The Victory In Iraq - A Candian’s Perspective

Description: Feature article discussing the too big to fail principle and whether or not strong competition is ideal in terms of the banking industry.

Description: The article contemplates whether there is heightened sensitivity towards how investment activity is portrayed and described.

Description: This article discusses world economic and financial trends and how people can be fooled into thinking nothing can go wrong.

Description: The article makes reference to how the intervention by government agencies and institutions into the financial marketplace are creating distortions. This artificial tampering into market mechanisms will likely result in major financial dislocations down the road as natural economic forces (coined by the term "invisible hand") eventually are allowed to come into play.