When I left Merrill Lynch in New York back in the spring of 2009 to come back to Toronto and focus more on my family and gain some needed work/home-life balance, I had plenty of opportunities to stay on the… Read the rest
At this time of year, in the lead-up to the High Holidays, I think back to my childhood when I used to sit next to my dear dad in the synagogue. As he stood to say the solemn prayers, I… Read the rest
This was a rough year for everything outside the equity market and I say good riddance to 2021 just as I did to 2020 a year ago this time. But it must be said that at least we have vaccines,… Read the rest
When I’m asked how I got through these past twenty months of the pandemic with my sanity intact, the answer hasn’t changed. Wine. Good wine. And lots of it. But not to the point where it clouds my judgment (though… Read the rest
Recently, I was having a cocktail on the backyard deck with my youngest of three boys, Michael. I had just picked him up from Queen’s University in Kingston where he finished his B.A. with a major in psychology. Michael (I… Read the rest
When I left Merrill Lynch in New York back in the spring of 2009 to come back to Toronto and focus more on my family and gain some needed work/home-life balance, I had plenty of opportunities to stay on the… Read the rest