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April 27, 2021 | Don’t Touch The Golden Goose Steve Saretsky Steve Saretsky is a Vancouver residential Realtor and author behind one of Vancouver’s most popular real estate blogs, Vancity Condo Guide. Steve is widely considered a thought leader in the industry with regular appearances on BNN, CBC, CKNW, CTV and as a contributor to BC Business Magazine. Steve provides advisory services to banks, hedge funds, developers, and various types of investors. Leading up to the Federal budget announ...

It has frequently been said that people are not filling vacancies due to enhanced unemployment benefits. A study by Yale economists in July 2020 found no evidence of extended unemployment benefits reducing employment . Still, it is troublesome that the US economy is experiencing a labour shortage problem so early into its recovery. This won’t be inflationary while jobless claims are still elevated. But once social restrictions are permanently eased, the labour market recovery could tighten qu...

February 24, 2021 Traders are getting a little nervous again as yields rise. The fear is that higher interest rates will increase borrowing costs and prices, which could cool the economy too early in the recovery. At this point, we want to remain conservative, but there aren’t enough fundamental changes to adjust our outlook. Over the last 9-10 months, when traders start to fret about rising yields, the Federal Reserve has been willing to step in with new reassurances or additi...

Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) didn't beat all of Wall Street's expectations, but it avoided a coronavirus knock out last Wednesday.

December 23, 2020 The major stock indexes had a rocky start to the week because news came out that there was a new strain of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The news of more lockdowns and travel restrictions sent oil and equities lower at the open Monday morning. There could be more bad news on the way regarding these new coronavirus variants. As CNBC wrote yesterday: The new coronavirus strain that was first detected in the United Kingdom could already be circulating...