The Weekend Notebook

Mag 7: The Most Expensive Stocks in History...

Powell’s Quandary: Bad and Worse Options...

Substantial acceleration in bank mortgage lending for residential real estate was essential in creating the Canadian housing bubble. Now that the housing bubble is bursting new mortgage lending could slow or even decline....

Not long ago, a privately held company valued at over $1 billion was a rare and remarkable thing—a “unicorn” in the venture capital world....

Riding High — and Heading for Trouble...

The AI boom can be summed up in one ticker: NVIDIA (NVDA), now the world’s most valuable company at $4.3 trillion; commanding a record 8% of the S&P 500....

Canada, under Prime Minister Mark Carney, is taking a beating from U.S. tariffs. But Carney refuses to cave to President Donald Trump’s demands—raising the question: Is confrontation with the U.S. Canada’s only choice?...

Riding High — and Heading for Trouble...

Argentina: Fiscal Fireworks and Another IMF Bailout...

Powell Holds the Line as Trump Turns Up the Heat...