Hilliard’s Weekend Notebook


Thoughts, views and opinions as current events unfold: With topics taken from current market events and my latest book — When the Bubble Bursts: Surviving the Canadian Real Estate Crash (Dundurn: March 2015)  and my first book Investment Traps and How to Avoid Them (1999) — this short piece will give you unique and valuable insights filtered by my thirty-six years’ experience as an investment professional.
 

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Things to be grateful for in 2020

Published by Hilliard MacBeth on Dec 24, 2020

While 2020 has been a very difficult year for all of us, I have learned that taking the time to make a gratitude list is always helpful. Many years ago, I was complaining about things that I felt were not going my way and an older and wiser person said... Read more
A Canadian hydrogen strategy could be a winner

Published by Hilliard MacBeth on Dec 18, 2020

Canada’s new clean energy plan was unveiled on December 11, 2020. The Hydrogen Strategy for Canada came out this week. Every region of Canada has the potential to produce hydrogen, from several different sources. Will hydrogen play a key role in saving... Read more
Canada needs an electric vehicle option

Published by Hilliard MacBeth on Dec 11, 2020

Canada risks falling behind in the race to build electric vehicles. Decades of reliance on the Big Three U.S. automakers means that Canada may not have any significant electric vehicle manufacturing capacity when most new vehicles will be electric powered... Read more
Robinhood traders recreate the 1999 market

Published by Hilliard MacBeth on Dec 04, 2020

The popular stock-trading application for new investors, Robinhood Markets Inc, was valued at about $11 billion in August. Launched in 2013, the app allows investors to trade stocks in small amounts for zero commission. Robinhood has captured substantial... Read more