Articles
The 60-40 Is Not Dead, It Just Needs CPR
Moreover, underwhelming risk-adjusted returns in recent years brings the question to light: if the 60-40 is a strategy of the past, what is the strategy of the future? No answer is correct, as no one can predict what will happen tomorrow, let alone 5, 10, or 20 years down the line. There are many interesting strategies that investors new and old alike are implementing - with the highest returns likely coming from a mix between many of them.
Compliance or Defiance: Auditors’ Role in Corporate Governance
Auditors aid in building confidence and trust in our financial markets. Their vetting of companies brings validity and integrity to the information millions trust daily when making critical, potentially life-changing decisions within their investments and finances. Decisions which on a lower scale, can determine the fate of a college fund, down payment for a home, or financial independence.
Falling Markets - Is A Recession Near or Over Feared?
Widespread concerns about a recession could be amplifying existing bearish market characteristics through a self-fulfilling prophecy and social stigma. This article considers both arguments, adding impartiality and context to the glaring news headlines in the public eye.
High Times Ahead: A Case for the North American Cannabis Industry
The North American cannabis industry is poised to become one of the fastest-growing and lucrative markets in our economy.
The Sun is Setting on the American Empire
What we can learn from the successes and failures of the U.S. conquest
Queen’s Women Investors
QBR sits down with QWI co-founders Helen Wong and Tina Huang to learn about their ambitions and hopes for the club going into its second year
Increasing Interest Rates
Canada’s economic recovery plan involving increasing interest rates is likely to create potential hurdles for consumers reaping the benefits of smaller interest payments.
NFTs & the Blockchain
The breakthrough of non-fungible tokens within the crypto investing landscape, while new and material, holds serious questions over the viability of the products and their purchases.
Algorithmic Bias in Hiring
The advent of technology within hiring practices provides efficiencies and cost savings at the expense of proper decision-making and care for sensitivities that cannot be detected by algorithms.
The Death of Privacy
Increased proliferation of facial recognition technology in society is altering what it means to uphold privacy.