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Danielle Park
Portfolio Manager and President of Venable Park Investment Counsel (www.venablepark.com) Ms Park is a financial analyst, attorney, finance author and regular guest on North American media. She is also the author of the best-selling myth-busting book "Juggling Dynamite: An insider's wisdom on money management, markets and wealth that lasts," and a popular daily financial blog: www.jugglingdynamite.com
June 6th, 2024 | Eyes Wide Open as Bank of Canada Blinks
Juggling Dynamite - Yesterday, the Bank of Canada (BOC) blinked on inflation fears and responded to weak growth and rising unemployment with the first rate cut in four years and the first since the epic tightening cycle began 27 months ago in March 2022. Markets are pricing in another 50 bps of BOC rate cuts by year-end. Canada […]
June 5th, 2024 | AI Mania Has Hyped Costs and Stock Prices
Juggling Dynamite - The costs of running generative AI are mind-blowing considering energy, training, and materials, while the revenue case is still largely missing. In just one example, Silicon Valley venture capital firm Sequoia estimates that in 2023, the tech industry spent $50 billion on chips from Nvidia to train AI but generated only $3 billion in revenue. […]
June 4th, 2024 | Easing Begins as Unemployment Rises
Juggling Dynamite - We’ve long noted that their actions tend to be contagious once central banks start easing rates in response to disinflation and weakening global demand. This week, the Bank of Canada (BOC) and European Central Bank are expected to follow the Swiss and Swedish central banks in announcing the first 25 basis point (bps) cut since […]
June 3rd, 2024 | EPB Macro: Recession Signal Still Flashing
Juggling Dynamite - Eric Basmajian of EPB Macro offers valuable business cycle insight, and his latest educational video is worth watching. Eric warns that ” a lapse in patience is often a fatal flaw in using a business cycle process.” No truer words… In this video, we look into sequential signals of Business Cycle Recessions. Here is a direct video link.
May 30th, 2024 | Running Bulls Need No Thinking
Juggling Dynamite - For a year now, overnight interest rates have been above 5% in Canada and America, while the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has been falling. This has resulted in the highest real interest rates (overnight rate – CPI) in at least 23 years. While very hard on debtors, it’s favourable for savers and it’s long overdue. […]
May 30th, 2024 | Is Canada Already In Recession?
HoweStreet.com Radio - No thought given to equity investment risk
May 29th, 2024 | Koo Explains Balance Sheet Recessions
Juggling Dynamite - Once the private sector is focused on paying down debt, economic growth is much harder to generate. Not just in China. Richard Koo, Chief Economist at Nomura Research Institute, explains why he thinks Beijing’s stimulus so far is not enough to get the country out of a “balance sheet recession”. Here is a direct video link.
May 28th, 2024 | The Bond King Returns
Juggling Dynamite - For our first-ever in-studio Webcast with Dave, David Rosenberg hosts the “Bond King”, Jeffrey Gundlach, to discuss where the long-awaited recession is, his views on inflation o er the next 1-3 years, and his current thinking on the treasury market. The call, recorded on May 23, 2024, has been made available to the general public. […]
May 27th, 2024 | Analysis-Free Asset Allocation is No Free Lunch
Juggling Dynamite - Michael Green reveals the hidden economic dangers and the risks of passive investing in today’s market. In this episode, Andrew Brill welcomes back Michael Green, Portfolio Manager and Chief Strategist at Simplify Asset Management, for an insightful discussion on the current state of the economy. Discover why market indexes continue to hit new highs despite […]
May 25th, 2024 | Rosenberg: Canada is Probably Already in Recession
Juggling Dynamite - David Rosenberg, founder and president of Rosenberg Research, talks with Financial Post’s Larysa Harapyn about how Canada is probably already in a recession. Here is a direct video link.
May 24th, 2024 | We Pick Our Poison
Juggling Dynamite - It’s a worldview thing: bulls celebrate AI euphoria led by Nvidia (chart below courtesy of Bloomberg), driving record-high stock valuations amid overstated job and GDP growth that get revised lower in retrospect. Realists see all this and everything else within the historical context. With assets priced for perfection, there’s no room for disappointment. The […]
May 23rd, 2024 | Debtasized: How Our Reliance on Credit Leads To Price Inflation
Juggling Dynamite - Easy credit pushed up the price of existence for all by enabling unsustainable demand. Now we have the payback period. The video below from Doug Hoyes and Co is worth watching. I found playing it at 1.25x speed was more comfortable. Debt Free in 30 takes viewers on a journey through credit history, price inflation, […]
May 22nd, 2024 | Danielle on Thoughtful Money
Juggling Dynamite - Danielle was a return guest on Thoughtful Money with Adam Taggart. You can watch a video clip of the segment here.
May 21st, 2024 | Buy Now Pay Later was Always a Bad Idea
Juggling Dynamite - Buy now, pay later (BNPL) is much worse than layaway plans of yore. Layaway plans allowed people to make installments toward an item and pick it up on the last payment. BNPL allows people to take the item with the promise to pay for it in installments over time. Cash-strapped consumers have been using BNPL […]
May 20th, 2024 | Envisioning Bottom Up Energy Systems
Juggling Dynamite - An extremely important and enlightening discussion. The energy future is bright!! Worth listening. Here’s a direct audio link.
May 17th, 2024 | Danielle on Thoughtful Money
Juggling Dynamite - Danielle was a return guest on Thoughtful Money with Adam Taggart. You can watch a video clip of the segment here. If you haven’t seen the 2022 film Dumb Money, it’s worth a look. Here’s the trailer link. Evidently, the capital wipeout from 2021 through 2023 was not enough to kill the gambling fever, see Is the […]
May 16th, 2024 | Energy Evolution Booming for Economic Reasons
Juggling Dynamite - Despite naysayers who continually miss forests for trees, energy technology is rapidly evolving globally and “S” curve adoption is proceeding apace. With a shrinking population and rising unemployment, China sees the imperative of improving efficiency and lowering operating costs through technology. To this end, the country is leading the world in the production of electric […]
May 16th, 2024 | Where Are We In the Equities Cycle?
HoweStreet.com Radio - EV Battery Recycling already proving to be profitable
May 15th, 2024 | China Ready To Write Down Real Estate Values. Who’s Next?
Juggling Dynamite - Governments worldwide are looking for ways to “ease the real estate crisis” now sweeping much of the developed world. The most popular ideas seek to prop up prices while enabling new buyers to obtain even more credit. After decades of epic malinvestment in real estate, China is at the forefront of the spreading property crisis. […]
May 13th, 2024 | Canada Needs Bold New Focus on Net Income Enhancement
Juggling Dynamite - More malinvestment in propping up asset prices and the status quo is the opposite of what’s needed. The focus has to be on investments and incentives that increase longer-term efficiency and net income (with full cost accounting for the waste and harm created by different business models and revenue streams). Andrew Grantham, senior economist at […]
May 12th, 2024 | Danielle on CBC Weekend Business Panel
Juggling Dynamite - The CBC News Network Weekend Business panel takes a look at the top stories of the week. Here is a direct video link.
May 10th, 2024 | Monetary Easing Tends To Be Contagious and No Quick Fix
Juggling Dynamite - This week, the Swedish central bank followed Switzerland in becoming the second G10 nation to ease base rates in the banking system. Both cited weakening economic activity. The Bank of Canada is expected to follow suit this summer, with 45% of outstanding Canadian mortgages up for renewal this year and next. Most were taken out when […]
May 9th, 2024 | Mind those “defensive” equities
Juggling Dynamite - Danielle DB does a good job of summarizing the latest data, suggesting that a US recession is nigh and corporate revenues and employment are set for a drubbing. From the NYSE site, Caroline Woods and Danielle DiMartino Booth discuss the Fed’s continued fight against inflation, the spending power of U.S. Consumers and how A.I. could […]
May 8th, 2024 | Canada Feeling The Burn of High Debt and Weakening Employment
Juggling Dynamite - The Nanos Pocketbook Index, a component of the broader Bloomberg Nanos Canadian Confidence Index and a measure of how Canadians perceive their personal finances and job security, fell to 50 last week, the same level as the pandemic low in April 2020. Fifty percent of respondents said that their finances had worsened in the past […]
May 7th, 2024 | Rethinkx: Simultaneous Mass Disruptions Now Unfolding
Juggling Dynamite - In the fifteen years between 1907 and 1922, horses went from providing 95% of all private vehicle miles travelled on American roads to less than 20% (see chart below). But since cars travel a far greater distance per year than horse-drawn wagons for a fraction of the cost per mile, the fate of the horse […]