Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Fed? | November 2015

“The luck of the third adventure is proverbial.” Elizabeth Barrett Browning After seven years at zero and nine years since the last hike, ‘Lady Janet of Brooklyn’ is poised to move interest rates higher tomorrow. Recent history suggests that the various asset classes ought to tremble with fear. In 2013 when ‘Helicopter Ben’ Bernanke announced […]

Special Announcement | October 2015

We are very excited to welcome our first institutional investor, Kensington Capital Partners. Kensington has made an allocation through their fund of funds, Kensington Hedge Fund 1, which selects the best emerging Canadian hedge fund managers. Kensington elects to focus on emerging managers as “statistical analysis has demonstrated that investments in these younger, hungrier, more nimble […]

The Bulls Strike Back | October 2015

“Adventure. Excitement. A Jedi craves not these things.”Yoda Not so long ago, in a galaxy not far, far away, equity markets shed more than 10% of their value. It was a period of great terror and despair. Investors lived in fear of a slowing global economy and the Empire unleashing their much dreaded weapon, the […]

Every Day is Game Seven | September 2015

“You can observe a lot by just watching”Yogi Berra What you observe depends on what you are watching. Those watching the Blue Jays were treated to a thrilling ride en route to their first American League Championship Series appearance in 22 years. Those watching their investment account balances and the markets in September experienced a […]

One, Two, Three… | August 2015

“Everyone has a plan until they’ve been hit.”Joe Louis Those that have seen Ronda Rousey fight (she won three UFC title defences in a combined total of 64 seconds) or have witnessed the ferocity in her eyes cannot fathom why anyone would be willing to step into the ring with her. We suspect many investors […]