Articles
ETHIC$: Morals and Values with a Bottom Line
Companies argue for an internal existence of a 'triple bottom line': a framework that postulates businesses to factor all three of planet, people, and profit in its operations. However, examining corporate track record surrounding corporate social responsibility leads to doubts of how sincere these values are.
Embracing the Absurd: The Dangers of Marketing Desperation
Firms must now compete with countless others for viewers’ attention; carefully crafting advertisements to meet their customers’ exact needs. In such a tempest of corporate messaging, some companies are resorting to stranger and more outlandish tactics to break through the noise.
The Good, the Bad, and the Baby Formula Shortage
Why care? With the impact on our personal lives not becoming apparent until catastrophe strikes, analyzing the strategy behind firms’ M&A decisions allows us to better predict and prepare for shifts in the corporate world.
Selling to Yourself: Liquidity Farming Via Continuation Funds
As the search for liquidity beats on and de-risking opportunities are limited in prevailing financial turmoil, the secondaries market for institutional capital is patiently waiting in the gates—as they know they have backed a winning horse in continuation funds as the special-purpose vehicle of the future.
The 60-40 Is Not Dead, It Just Needs CPR
Moreover, underwhelming risk-adjusted returns in recent years brings the question to light: if the 60-40 is a strategy of the past, what is the strategy of the future? No answer is correct, as no one can predict what will happen tomorrow, let alone 5, 10, or 20 years down the line. There are many interesting strategies that investors new and old alike are implementing - with the highest returns likely coming from a mix between many of them.
Compliance or Defiance: Auditors’ Role in Corporate Governance
Auditors aid in building confidence and trust in our financial markets. Their vetting of companies brings validity and integrity to the information millions trust daily when making critical, potentially life-changing decisions within their investments and finances. Decisions which on a lower scale, can determine the fate of a college fund, down payment for a home, or financial independence.
Falling Markets - Is A Recession Near or Over Feared?
Widespread concerns about a recession could be amplifying existing bearish market characteristics through a self-fulfilling prophecy and social stigma. This article considers both arguments, adding impartiality and context to the glaring news headlines in the public eye.
High Times Ahead: A Case for the North American Cannabis Industry
The North American cannabis industry is poised to become one of the fastest-growing and lucrative markets in our economy.
The Sun is Setting on the American Empire
What we can learn from the successes and failures of the U.S. conquest
Queen’s Women Investors
QBR sits down with QWI co-founders Helen Wong and Tina Huang to learn about their ambitions and hopes for the club going into its second year