Why the CAQ’s proposed economic incentives may not be all they cracked up to be

Published: 28 September 2022

“Many of the drivers of the inflation we are seeing today are coming from the supply and production side of the economy,” says Associate Professor of Finance Sebastien Betermier in an interview...

Personal Financial Essentials course teaches key investment concepts concisely

Published: 28 September 2022

Personal finances should be important to everyone, and over the past three years, more than 200,000 people have signed up for McGill’s free Personal Financial Essentials online course. Desautels’...

When a recession is coming, investors need to keep a level head

Published: 28 September 2022

How should investors react to a looming market downturn? Don’t panic, says Prof. Sebastien Betermier, an Associate Professor of Finance at Desautels. This sounds simple enough, but it’s easier said...

Alberta politician who is spreading conspiracy theories could become premier

Published: 16 September 2022

Danielle Smith is running for the leadership of Alberta’s United Conservative Party, and could become Alberta’s next premier. But Smith is campaigning on a platform that includes internet...

Inflation is a major challenge for seniors on fixed incomes

Published: 7 September 2022

When food prices rise, seniors on fixed incomes pay a heavy price. Seniors living on federal pensions have lost $1,600 in purchasing power, according to Pierre Lynch, the president of the...

Countries with high debt and a reliance on imports could face tough times

Published: 25 August 2022

Sri Lanka is facing down a liquidity crisis. It has $50 billion in debt to foreign creditors, but no foreign currency reserves. The country foreign currency was depleted when pandemic-related...

Higher interest rates are already packing a punch

Published: 2 August 2022

Payments on variable rate mortgages have gone up, and house prices have gone down. We are already seeing the impact of higher interest rates, and we are not done yet, according to Prof. Sebastien...

FIRM Labs seeks to make AI tools more accessible to individual investors

Published: 12 July 2022

Artificial intelligence (AI) has changed the way the way that equities are managed – but it has mostly been used by institutions. Prof. Ruslan Goyenko wants to change that. Goyenko is the...

Persistent inflation could contribute to a recession, but there are steps that can take to ease the pain

Published: 6 July 2022

The recovery from the pandemic created strong demand for products and services, but supply remained weak as a result of supply chain disruptions, labour shortages, and the rising cost of food and...

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