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Canso January 2019 Market Observer

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” wrote Charles Dickens. We think it pretty well sums up the financial markets of 2018. Read the full newsletter at the link below.

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Canso December 2018 Corporate Bond Newsletter

With the end of the year drawing closer, our American friends celebrated their Thanksgiving and mourned the passing of George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st President of the US. George “HW” was fondly eulogized as…

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Canso October 2018 Market Observer

We are usually surprised at the lack of surprise of other investors at things we consider ominous. Lately, we have been perplexed and worried about the current market apathy at the steady uptrend in bond…

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Canso September 2018 Corporate Bond Newsletter

What a summer it turned out to be! It was anything but boring as the news kept up a steady pace of upheavals. Read the full newsletter at the link below. Canso January 2019 Market…

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Canso July 2018 Market Observer

As the saying goes, the more things change, the more they stay the same. There is not much change in our investment thinking this quarter, as there has been not much change in the economy…

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Canso June 2018 Corporate Bond Newsletter

“Spicy Italian” politics sure took a bite out of the financial markets last week. After the populists ended up ascendant in the recent Italian election, the proposed coalition government composed of the anti-establishment Five Star…

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Canso April 2018 Market Observer

It is not an easy thing to write this newsletter. We are first and foremost portfolio managers charged with managing our clients’ money, a task we take very seriously. We want our newsletters to inform…

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Canso February 2018 Corporate Bond Newsletter

Despite being roundly disliked by the rest of Canada, Toronto had its moments last year. The Argos and TFC won their respective league championships, the head of the Toronto Transit Commission was appointed to fix…

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Canso January 2018 Market Observer

2017 turned out to be an excellent year for financial assets. The U.S. stock market boomed last year, reflecting the stronger U.S. economy and anticipation of the Republican tax legislation that was passed in December.