Podcasts

May 21, 2019–Airline Consolidation Heats Up as Onex Acquires Westjet For $5 billion. What Makes This Deal Interesting? Air Canada Bids For Air Transat And Puts The Company In Play. Hows Does The Quebec Government Play a Role In The Deal? Chinese Economic Data Slows…

 May 13, 2019 – U.S. China Trade War Escalates As Trump Implements Additional Tariffs. Where Is It Heading? (more…)

 May 6, 2019 – Buffett Backs Occidental in Pursuit of Anadarko Takeover with $10 Billion Investment. How Does This Change the Takeover Battle Dynamics? (more…)

 April 29, 2019– Microsoft Market Cap Touches $1 Trillion As Q1 Results Beat Expectations. What Drove the Increase In Value? Occidental Announces Hostile Bid For Anadarko, Setting Stage For Bidding War With Chevron. What Happens Next? Bank of Canada Holds Rates Steady. What Is…

 April 22, 2019– Zoom and Pinterest rocket higher on their stock market debuts. Is the IPO pop justified? China economic growth stabilizes. Is it smooth sailing from here? Canopy Growth to buy Acreage in $3.4 billion acquisition. What makes this deal unique? Qualcomm shares…

 April 15, 2019 –Disney announces its new Disney+ streaming service. Is this a death knell for Netflix? Uber files for IPO. Should you buy the stock? Saudi Aramco issues $12 billion in bonds amidst $100 billion in demand. What did the market think? Chevron…

 April 8, 2019– Tradeweb goes public. Is it the future of bond trading? Mixed jobs reports in Canada and the U.S. How to interpret the numbers. Tesla first quarter disappoints. Can Musk get it back on track? Andreessen Horowitz converts into a financial advisor.…

 April 2, 2019 – Canadian yield curve inverts. Is this bad for Canadian stocks? LYFT goes public. Now what? Apple expands its services offering. Why are they getting into TV, finance, gaming and news? Schwab slashes financial advisor fee to $30 per month. Is…

 March 25, 2019– U.S. Treasury yield inverts: Is this a bad omen for the stock market? IPOs: A great buy or is It Probably Overpriced? Canadian banks: Is it time to go short? Fed stands pat on rates: Where to from here? Discussion: The…

 March 18, 2019– Barrick & Newmont joint venture: Was Barrick’s hostile bid just a ploy? Oaktree goes BAM. Did Howard Marks just call a market top? Boeing 737 aircraft suffers tragic crash. What are the implications? HEXO acquires Newstrike in $260 million deal. More…