Forecast 2019: Floating on Air, and Deficit Spending

In the face of falling oil prices and rising interest rates, Canada’s economy remains buoyant. But the growth cycle is nearing an end

Feeling Angry or Fearful? Then Don’t Call Your Stock Broker

The many hidden ways your emotions affect your investment decisions, and how emotional intelligence can make you a savvier investor

Auditor’s Dilemma: “Client Satisfaction” Turns a Discerning Mind to Mush

For any other profession, customer relationship management is a great marketing tactic. For auditors, it makes them identify too readily with a client’s overly aggressive accounting approach

Research Brief: How Long-Term Investors Shape Management Decisions

Closer monitoring and better quality information give some institutional investors out-sized influence on corporate performance

Research Brief: Senior Lenders Are Great, Until They’re Not

As junior lenders, bondholders benefit when big banks monitor loans, but the risk of creditor conflict is eventually priced in

The Gaping Hole in Canada's Labour Force

Bank of Canada's Poloz: Boosting numbers of youth, women, Indigenous people, Canadians with disabilities, and recent immigrants "a prize worth pursuing"

Shopping for a Pretty Picture or An Accurate One?

It's assumed that public companies shopping around for a favourable audit opinion have something to hide. Instead, they may be acting as proper corporate stewards