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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Canada's central bank downplays the risks of a financial crisis

Published by Hilliard MacBeth on Nov 25, 2022

Canada’s private sector debt problem keeps growing larger. With private sector debt at about 230 percent of GDP, Canada has no room for error. And rising interest rates could force large numbers of mortgage borrowers into default, which could create a... Read more
Canada faces a huge challenge with emission reductions

Published by Hilliard MacBeth on Nov 10, 2022

Canada is about to hit the wall over CO2 emissions. Canada’s commitment to reduce by 290 million tonnes annually looks increasingly difficult to achieve. Canada is second only to Saudi Arabia in emissions of metric tons of CO2 per person, due to Canada’s... Read more