Campbell River is about 250km from Victoria on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. It’s a long walk. If you want to take the most direct route you need to swim more than a kilometre across the Saanich Inlet. Discovery Island is several kilometres off the coast from Victoria. It’s a long swim. Though it’s nothing […]
Economic Overview It was a mixed quarter and economic data reflected that. Developed markets making small gains while emerging markets fell. The US-China trade dispute rumbled on, as did global growth concerns, but central banks remained supportive with the US, Australian and European Central Banks cutting interest rates throughout the quarter. US economic data was […]
They were the subject of much derision at the last federal election. Before you say the Labor party, no. Electric cars. What’s powering them (besides electricity)? Batteries. Charge them up and away you go – hopefully for a few hundred kms. Most of the battery focus has centered on the lithium-ion battery. There’s no need […]
Shareholders aren’t everything. That sounds like a concerning statement to hear if you’re a shareholder. It might be the sort of thing you’d hear said by less than business friendly types. Hippies, socialists, gasp… millennials! Well no. It was essentially the message that came out of the Business Roundtable last month as they released their […]
“The markets haven’t been very good lately,” the investor said with some concern. “Should we be doing something?” Markets were off their highs. Trump was being Trump. August had been one of those months. Off nearly 5% in a week. Sideways for the next three. A slight upward burst at the end, but the media […]