Business Wealth

As a finalist in the 2019 Women’s Business Network of Ottawa Business Woman of the Year- Organization category, and chief advancement officer for the Carleton University Foundation, Jennifer Conley knows what it takes to run a great organization.

When it comes to the markets, conventional wisdom has taken quite a beating during the pandemic. When the initial wave of COVID-19 infections sent stocks plunging last February, many analysts saw a long, difficult bear market ahead, fearing the pandemic would cause deep damage and lasting changes to the economy.

Every so often, I come across an article that I just can’t ignore. Articles in which the ‘Pearls of Wisdom’ are so flagrantly baseless, I must call foul and point them out.

If you’re feeling anxious about the U.S. presidential election, you’re not alone.

You’re probably familiar with the concerns that contributed to the drop in REIT prices as the economy locked down in March. One important worry has been the trend to work from home. The other has been the difficulties of bricks-and-mortar retail.

The financial advice industry has always been a place of change, and yet certain old practices hang around for decades. Our guest today, Dennis Moseley Williams, is all about moving things forward for the good of the client and the advisor.

There was some good news recently for the cause of investor protection when all but one of Canada’s 13 securities regulators announced they’ll ban deferred sales charges (DSC) on mutual fund sales.

I came across an interesting article recently about the Norwegian Oil Fund, the largest sovereign wealth fund on the planet. The Norwegians certainly showed admirable foresight in setting up the fund after oil was discovered in the North Sea in 1969, according to the article, which summarizes a talk given by Anton Mork, an economics professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

The dot.com bubble seems pretty far away, especially given how much has gone on since 9/11, the financial crisis, the election of Donald Trump to name just a few of momentous events. Nevertheless, there is much to learn for today’s investors from the late 90s mania that sent Internet stocks rocketing to the stratosphere.

Last month, the CEOs of 181 U.S. corporations released a statement committing to a vision of business that is bigger than the single-minded pursuit of profit.