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Whale Watching in the Financial Seas
As our regular readers might ascertain from prior pieces like FOMC Gymnastics and a Potential Policy Misstep, Walking a Tightrope with the Fed, and Policy Pivots & the Federal Reserve Reaction Function, it has always been important to consider the Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) and actions of its Federal Open Market Committee (the “FOMC”) when […]
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Fishing on Thin Ice
Society is marching towards artificial general intelligence (AGI), whether we like it or not. The latest milestone towards AGI has been the development
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Developments in Mental Health Economics
In the last decade, there has been growing recognition of the importance of mental health economics, or the study of the economic
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Will Artificial Intelligence Ever Beat the Stock Market?
Society is marching towards artificial general intelligence (AGI), whether we like it or not. The latest milestone towards AGI has been the development of ‘actually useful’ AI chatbots, ChatGPT (Microsoft) and Bard (Google). While in some ways these chatbots may seem trivial, this development is a major milestone that signifies the beginning of an arm’s race that will act […]
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Breaking the Bank
One of the big questions on investors’ minds over the last few weeks is whether the dramatic rise in interest rates is finally starting to take its toll on the economy. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) set off contagion worries in the banking sector and has increased the risk of an economic recession. […]
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Limitations of Economic Evidence in Mental Health Care
In previous editions of Invested, we explored the Economic impact of mental health and illness care, and why the impact is felt in sectors not included in traditional health care. In this edition, we are looking at what limitations exist in the mental health economic evidence and how they impact policy- and decision-makers. While economic evidence provides […]
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Sources of Influence on Mental Health
In the previous issue of Invested, we explored the economic impact that the lack of mental health care has in Canada and around the world. In this issue, we look at examples of external forces that affect a person’s mental health and how funding sectors outside of health care can decrease the overall economic burden. In the […]
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Policy Pivots & the Federal Reserve Reaction Function
Since the onset of the Great Financial Crisis (GFC) in 2008 – and maybe back to the Dot Com bust in 2000 – market participants have become accustomed to easy financial policy and a supportive Federal Reserve (Fed). As discussed in Inflation – Why So Much Focus?, “[s]uccessive Federal Reserve Chairs have now followed Mr. Greenspan, […]
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The Acorn Optimist
Financial markets are always changing. This is not a new idea, but rather an accepted truth about their very nature. Being the sum-total of human consensus, markets capture and distill a great deal of information about a given entity into a single number: the price. As time has progressed and technologies and economies have grown, […]