Insights

21 October, 2022

Rising Interest Rates: The Medicine That Works

In his Q3 update, Rana Chauhan, Counsel’s Chief Investment Strategist, discusses how inflationary pressures and the associated fallout continue to cast a long shadow over global financial markets. To help get inflation back under control, central banks...

18 October, 2022

The World with Higher Interest Rates

Our outlook for the markets heading into 2023 The most aggressive monetary tightening cycle in decades has shaken global markets this year on concerns that central bank efforts to rein in inflation will end in a recession. Investors have cause to worry:...

26 July, 2022

Appointing an Executor: Who Will You Choose?

When appointing an executor for your estate, the person who first comes to mind won’t necessarily become your final choice....

08 July, 2022

Slamming on the Brakes on Inflation

Persistent inflation pressures have prompted global central banks to accelerate their plans, and we now anticipate the most aggressive and synchronized global tightening cycle since the early 1980s....

28 June, 2022 Estate planning

Estate Planning: Transferring Your Estate

Estate Planning: Transferring Your Estate reviews the final steps of estate planning regarding the actual transfer of your estate to your heirs and beneficiaries....

08 June, 2022

Estate Planning: First Steps

Whether your assets are big or small, everyone can benefit from a formalized estate plan. Developing an estate plan involves preparing and providing instructions on how you would like your estate affairs managed and assets distributed....

26 May, 2022

Market Headwinds Ahead

Twelve months ago, the narrative was that we were heading into another “Roaring 1920s”, with the global economy set to see years of high growth as it emerged from the pandemic. What a difference a year makes; the narrative has now flipped as concerns...

19 May, 2022

Stock Price Volatility Reflects Opinions, Not Facts

We’ve been on a market rollercoaster ride recently, witnessing some of the biggest swings in more than two years. I call this the “Inflation Phantom” rollercoaster....

13 April, 2022