Best Forward Observer Radio Podcasts (2025)

Send us a text Interest rates have been on the rise since the end of the first quarter, particularly in the long-end of the curve. From March 31st until time of publication, Canadian long bonds have risen 66 basis points (bps) while their American counterparts are up 44 bps, translating into price declines of 13% and 7%, respectively. Sources: Fool…

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Tac Intel Tuesday: Building an Intel Cell 1:07:37

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Listen to the July 2025 Market Observer 20:59

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Send us a text The theme of our previous April 2025 Market Observer was that only a fool would try to predict what would happen to the financial markets and the global economies after Donald Trump declared his Tariff War on the World. The more expertise you possessed, the less you were probably able to forecast the actual outcome. As they say, it’s…

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Tac Intel Tuesday: Operation Excalibur Practical Exercise 1:00:53

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Tac Intel Tuesday: Source Motivation 51:04

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Tac Intel Tuesday: Riot Intelligence 1:03:56

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Tac Intel Tuesday: Intel Networks 42:35

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Tac Intel Tuesday: Area Study Walkthrough 2.0 33:43

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Tac Intel Tuesday: Intel Collection 101 59:57

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5 Reasons to Shift from Gear to Ground Truth 29:42

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Listen to the April 2025 Corporate Bond Newsletter 20:32

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Send us a textBy Canso Investment Counsel Ltd.

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Listen to the April 2025 Market Observer 20:34

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Listen to the January 2025 Corporate Bond Newsletter 16:14

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Listen to the January 2025 Market Observer 20:05

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Send us a textBy Canso Investment Counsel Ltd.

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Trump takes on Greenland, Canada, & the Panama Canal [Weds, 08 JAN 25] 16:36

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Iran prepares for strikes on nuclear facilities + more [Tues, 07 JAN 25] 20:55

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Listen to the October 2024 Corporate Bond Newsletter 17:07

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Send us a textBy Canso Investment Counsel Ltd.

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Listen to the October 2024 Market Observer 18:31

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Send us a text We were writing about the confused state of political and economic affairs in June and wondered, like the Marvin Gaye song title, “What’s Going On?”. We marvelled at how the financial markets were ignoring any bad news in their haste to move ever upwards in price.By Canso Investment Counsel Ltd.

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The Far Left's Reaction to a Trump Win in November 45:08

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Listen to the July 2024 Corporate Bond Newsletter 16:46

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Send us a text We are starting to see more and more credit opportunities emerging. Even though default rates remain relatively low, the increase in distressed transactions points to increasing stress among highly levered companies as interest rates remain higher for longer.By Canso Investment Counsel Ltd.

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Listen to the July 2024 Market Observer 26:27

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Send us a text "What’s Going On” was the plaintive refrain and title of Marvin Gaye’s 1971 hit song about the controversial Vietnam War and the resulting societal and political upset in the United States. His song of confusion and disappointment seems as relevant to us today. We look with trepidation on the political and social tumult around the wo…

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Disaster Intelligence [Tac Intel Tuesday] 39:22

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Listen to the April 2024 Corporate Bond Newsletter 15:58

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Send us a text Like George W. Bush standing on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln in May 2003, the market appears to have hoisted the “Mission Accomplished” banner on this monetary tightening cycle. Risk premiums have dropped, borrowers have renewed access to capital and the percentage of economists predicting a recession has dropped considerably …

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Listen to the April 2024 Market Observer 25:45

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Send us a text The so-called experts who called for dismal markets in 2023 were nowhere to be found in the 2024 New Year prognostications. Happy days were here again, and nobody wanted to spoil the fortunes from soaring markets that had been handed to investors by saying anything remotely negative this time around.…

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Listen to the January 2024 Corporate Bond Newsletter 17:56

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Send us a text Corporate bond markets raced higher in the fourth quarter as inflation continued to decline, labour market strength showed signs of moderating and Federal Reserve policymakers signaled their rate hiking efforts may be coming to an end.By Canso Investment Counsel Ltd.

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Listen to the January 2024 Market Observer 29:41

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Send us a text Generations of finance students have been taught Efficient Markets theory, but we have always begged to differ. What happened in 2023 to the financial markets and the economy should give anyone pause about how efficient the financial markets really are.By Canso Investment Counsel Ltd.

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Listen to the October 2023 Corporate Bond Newsletter 15:03

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Send us a text It was a cruel summer in the bond market as interest rates climbed swiftly higher. Yields across both Canadian and U.S. government curves jumped, hitting levels not seen since 2007.By Canso Investment Counsel Ltd.