Reading List

The 2020s have been quite the decade so far. If I told you in December of 2019 that the new decade would bring a global pandemic, inflation above 7%, and a war in Europe threatening global stability -- all within…

Climate change has been in the headlines for the last few decades, but today we are seeing a near consensus, both on its reality and the need to address it in an urgent manner. In 1995, a small group came…

I hope you are enjoying the “dog days” of summer (late summer in the Northern Hemisphere). Why are they called the dog days? For the Greeks and Romans, the dog days occurred around the time Sirius (the brightest star in…

Semi-conductor shortage, third wave, vaccine tourism, lumber prices, Dogecoin, cottage madness, Elon Musk hosting SNL. These are some things you probably didn’t expect to see in the headlines in 2021. The pandemic continues to wreak havoc around the world and…

As I sit down to craft the latest reading list, I reflect on the change of pace we continue to see in the world with each passing day. Digital adoption has taken a quantum leap at both the personal and…

While the pandemic has taken away many of life’s enjoyable aspects, it has forced us to slow down, reflect and think about who we are, as individuals and as a society. This is a unique and defining moment and has…

Sometimes, when we sit down to compile our quarterly reading list, it can be a challenge to remember the significant political and economic events that occurred in the past three months. The second quarter of 2020 was most decidedly not…

It’s 2020 - the beginning of not only a new year, but a new decade. The last decade was a tumultuous one geopolitically, but a successful one for investors. And much better than the previous decade which featured both the…