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Brownridge, Alan; Hirsch, Veronika; Reed, Donald, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1996), 18 Jan 1996, 315-330     Veronika Hirsch. "Timing is everything." Turning bullish after the 1995 Quebec referendum and the possibility of another one by late 1997. The speaker's predictions that the TSE 300 Index will reach 6000 sometime this year and that gold will break out of its narrow reading range and reach $492.50 before ...

Ellis, Charles D., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1988), 7 Apr 1988, 319-325     Remarks on the nature and tasks of the investment professional. Investment management. Ways of beating the market. What investment policy is and who is responsible for it. How to be a superior client. Selecting a manager. A test.

Jarislowsky, Stephen, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1988), 28 Apr 1988, 352-359     Shareholder democracy and the concept of fairness. How things have changed for shareholders. The ethics of the business community. The speaker's background and what institutional investors do. The law in Canada and how it is inadequate. Some progress made. What institutional investors want and in what they believe. The need ...

Cheesbrough, Gordon F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1999), 8 Apr 1999, 459-469     Managing change. The speaker's decision to make the move to Altamira. Changes in the entire investment management industry. Transforming an entrepreneurial company from its original ownership structure into a team-based corporate structure without diminishing the unique qualities and spirit that drove Altamira's past success. How this was done. Pluses and ...

Arnold, John; McHugh, Michael T., CFA; Wellum, Johnathan M., CFA, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 10 Jan 2002, 303-319     John Arnold: 2002 a modest year for equity markets. 2002 a low inflation year globally driven by low fuel prices. Productivity. Major theme for 2002 is buy European equities. The growing Federal European Union and that will mean. The US market. Bull and bear markets. Equities and dividends. A more ...

Trupin, Laurent, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2006), 14 Apr 2005, 331-338     The French paradox. Welcoming foreign direct investments. Some facts and figures. France on the move and what that means, particularly in terms of economics. A major relaxation of the 35-hour work week. Legal restrictions on collective dismissals. France's R&D tax system. Sectors in common between France and Ontario. Ways in ...

Rudd, David and Seco, Professor Luis, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1999), 22 Oct 1998, 181-190     David Rudd: How to insulate ourselves from market risk. Some background information about Refco Futures. Some details about Futures. A review of recent events. Where an investor can go if concerned about exposure to economic growth. The importance of the year 2001. Strategies and skills. Urging the audience to learn ...

Thomas, Anne-Marie, C.F.A.; Embry, John; Eigen, Bill, C.F.A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1999), 14 Jan 1999, 309-329     Anne-Marie Thomas: The volatility of 1998, returned with a vengeance in the form of Brazil. The stage set for the market battle of 1999: the U.S. consumer vs. the global economic slowdown. The bullish long-term fixed income outlook at Altamira. Some predictions. Expectations regarding higher rates in the short-term, shaped ...

Goldring, W.; Landry, M.; Zechner, J., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1995), 12 Jan 1995, 575-591     Warren Goldring An interest-rate forecast for Canada in 1995. A definition of investing from Ben Graham. The inflation factor. Global investing. The forecast. Michael Landry Looking at the world differently than in the past. Changes and confusion. Global competition. Interest rates and inflation. Some strong markets in Europe. A look ...

Deacon, John S., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1968), 25 Jan 1968, 272-284     The equity market in Canada. Improving the communications system for stock markets in Canada. Assessing our capital market generally. Other stock markets and what is happening with them. The growing importance of institutional investors in the market-place. Competition emerging between various types of institutional investors. What banks, trust companies, and ...

Wilson, David, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1998), 20 Nov 1997, 181-190     Some insights into the financial markets. The speaker's witness to many fascinating and dramatic changes in financial markets over the last 28 years. The explosive growth of the global capital market in the last decade. Some figures. The lack of boundaries now for global capital flow. The surprisingly limited participation ...

Cheng, Ben; Kellett, John; Schmeer, Mark, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2004), 9 Jan 2003, 237-252     Ben Cheng His invitation to speak about the economy, interest rates, and where income markets are going in 2003. The portfolios that this speaker manages, and decisions he makes to shape portfolios. The interest-rate forecast and crucial role that it plays in managing funds. The market we have to look ...

Sturm, Frederick; Filippini, Anne-Mette de Place; Quinn, Mike, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2005), 8 Jan 2004, 157-174     Frederick Sturm A very bold prediction. The long term, with illustrative examples. Looking back at the Dow Joens cycle. What is going to drive the market. Another prediction. Why the speaker believes that in the next two to three years from now stocks will be lower than today. What a ...

Bruneau, Mark, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2002), 21 Mar 2002, 434-446     The apparent tension between self-criticism and smugness from an outside perspective, a look at the issues we face, probing their root causes, and suggest ideas to "turbocharge" our innovation, productivity and prosperity. First, a confession to be one of the brains in the drain - some personal history by the ...

Waldman, Jeffrey; Sterling, William; Joseph, Ian, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2001), 11 Jan 2001, 203-218     Jeffrey Waldman: The fixed income market. A recap of some fixed-income highlights from last year. Our current level of interest rates in historical perspective. Two themes that will dominate bond markets over the coming years. An outlook for this year. A potential movie sequel to watch for in the year ...

Barisheff, Nick ; hornous, Daniel E., CFA; Rubin, Jeffrey G., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2006), 6 Jan 2005, 193-212     Daniel E. Chornous The Outlook for Gold in 2005. Varying opinions on price per ounce for 2005. Reasons for the rise since 2001. The nature of gold as money. Paper currencies. What a 10% investment in gold means in terms of one's portfolio. Gold as wealth preservation and hedging benefits ...

Fell, Anthony S.; Rosenberg, David A.; Nagy, Miklos, CFA, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2007), 5 Jan 2006, 231-250     Anthony S. Fell. Focus on two market segments: the outlook for commodity prices in general and secondly gold prices. Focus on the longer term - five years to a decade or more. Why a long view is essential in commodities. Some facts. A positive view based on several fundamentals - ...

Schultz, Robert, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1996), 15 Feb 1996, 369-379     Two issues the speaker will address: "the concentration of banks' power in our financial system and; means of levelling the playing field between bank and non-bank players." Expectations of the 1997 white paper from the Department of Finance in Ottawa on the regulation of financial services in Canada. How it ...

Pyle, Andrew; Rubin, Jeffrey G.; Lewis, George, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2008), 4 Jan 2007, 237-253     George Lewis RBC's view of the global equity markets. Some differences and agreements and assumptions with the speaker's co-panelists. A few words about the RBC Investment Strategy Committee. Who is on the Committee; what they recommend. Recommendations from the past; this view to remain intact. Some details of expectations. Why ...

Lowassa, The Rt. Hon. Edward N., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 2008), 30 Nov 2006, 156-163     A repeated appeal to governments in rich countries like Canada, to business and collateral governments, to work together to ensure that Africa's abundant natural resources not only contribute to their country's economic development but also that such rich resources should produce blessings not curses. Negotiations with mining companies to review ...