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George Athanassakos is a contributing writer for The Globe and Mail. He is a professor of finance and holds the Ben Graham Chair in Value Investing at the Ivey Business School, University of Western Ontario

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May 16, 2023

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland arrive to deliver the federal budget in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland arrive to deliver the federal budget in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

opinion

Ottawa, we have a problem: Is Canada’s economy heading toward disaster?

George Athanassakos

3 min read

April 20, 2023

A fishing boat passes the West Pubnico Point Wind Farm in Lower West Pubnico, N.S. on Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. The operation includes 17 Vestas V-80 turbines which produce 30.6 megawatts of electricity, enough to power more than 9,000 homes. There are more than 300 commercial wind turbines generating electricity in the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

A fishing boat passes the West Pubnico Point Wind Farm in Lower West Pubnico, N.S. on Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. The operation includes 17 Vestas V-80 turbines which produce 30.6 megawatts of electricity, enough to power more than 9,000 homes. There are more than 300 commercial wind turbines generating electricity in the province. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

opinion

ESG investing: The good, the bad and the ugly, or just the bad and the ugly?

George Athanassakos

4 min read

March 28, 2023

Bona Poli, 85, askes the robot Nao to tell her a story during a focus group in Carpi, Italy, on March 6, 2023. The Western world’s oldest population is facing a crisis of caregivers. Some are looking for a little helping, plastic, hand. (Alessandro Grassani/The New York Times)

Bona Poli, 85, askes the robot Nao to tell her a story during a focus group in Carpi, Italy, on March 6, 2023. The Western world’s oldest population is facing a crisis of caregivers. Some are looking for a little helping, plastic, hand. (Alessandro Grassani/The New York Times)

opinion

Anomalies abound in today’s economy. Can artificial intelligence know what’s going on?

George Athanassakos

4 min read

March 16, 2023

FILE PHOTO: Customers wait in line outside a branch of the Silicon Valley Bank in Wellesley, Massachusetts, U.S., March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

FILE PHOTO: Customers wait in line outside a branch of the Silicon Valley Bank in Wellesley, Massachusetts, U.S., March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

opinion

Who’s to blame for this banking and markets mess? The addiction to debt that started with the baby boomers

George Athanassakos

4 min read

February 9, 2023

opinion

Why Nasdaq stocks saw a supercharged ‘January effect’ this year

George Athanassakos

4 min read

January 24, 2023

A currency trader walks by the screens at a foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday ahead of updates on U.S. employment amid fears of a possible global recession. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A currency trader walks by the screens at a foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday ahead of updates on U.S. employment amid fears of a possible global recession. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

opinion

Stock market returns over the next 30 years will be nothing to write home about

George Athanassakos

6 min read

January 5, 2023

An index screen at the TMX Market Centre in downtown Toronto is photographed on Friday, November 11, 2022. Investors had few places to hide this year as Canada's main stock index tumbled after hitting an all-time high in the spring and bond markets took a beating as central bankers raised interest rates as they waged their fight against inflation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin

An index screen at the TMX Market Centre in downtown Toronto is photographed on Friday, November 11, 2022. Investors had few places to hide this year as Canada's main stock index tumbled after hitting an all-time high in the spring and bond markets took a beating as central bankers raised interest rates as they waged their fight against inflation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin

opinion

The secret behind the outperformance of value stocks

George Athanassakos

4 min read

January 3, 2023

A trader reacts on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the closing bell on December 30, 2022 in New York. - Wall Street stocks marked a gloomy end to 2022, slumping to close lower in their worst annual showing in years. Surging inflation and steep interest rate hikes to cool demand have battered markets and investor sentiment this year, on top of global shocks like Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

A trader reacts on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the closing bell on December 30, 2022 in New York. - Wall Street stocks marked a gloomy end to 2022, slumping to close lower in their worst annual showing in years. Surging inflation and steep interest rate hikes to cool demand have battered markets and investor sentiment this year, on top of global shocks like Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

Don’t count on the ‘January Effect’ to save markets in 2023

George Athanassakos

4 min read

December 1, 2022

Women are still underrepresented in corporate boardrooms across Canada, but organizations could be doing more to close the gap.

Women are still underrepresented in corporate boardrooms across Canada, but organizations could be doing more to close the gap.

opinion

When it comes to corporate governance, one size does not fit all

George Athanassakos and Lawrence A. Cunningham

3 min read

October 26, 2022

Urbana Corp. has invested in an array of diverse industries including the Canadian Stock Exchange, financial services companies, and private companies, which has allowed it to produce strong returns regardless of market conditions.

Urbana Corp. has invested in an array of diverse industries including the Canadian Stock Exchange, financial services companies, and private companies, which has allowed it to produce strong returns regardless of market conditions.

Investor beware – financial markets are laden with conflicts of interest

4 min read

September 27, 2022

SEE WIRE STORIES-ENVIR-Earth-Day....(CPT161-April 19)--In the last 25 years, activists have been pleading for the rise of a new "conservative generation" to care for the fragile environment. On April 22, millions of Americans will celebrate Earth Day 's silver anniversary with parades and protests, calling attention to the good, the bad, and the ugly. An image of the planet Earth as photographed from the Apollo 17 spacecraft during the final lunar landing mission in NASA's Apollo pro gram in 1972. (CP{ PHOTO)1995(NASA)tjc

SEE WIRE STORIES-ENVIR-Earth-Day....(CPT161-April 19)--In the last 25 years, activists have been pleading for the rise of a new "conservative generation" to care for the fragile environment. On April 22, millions of Americans will celebrate Earth Day 's silver anniversary with parades and protests, calling attention to the good, the bad, and the ugly. An image of the planet Earth as photographed from the Apollo 17 spacecraft during the final lunar landing mission in NASA's Apollo pro gram in 1972. (CP{ PHOTO)1995(NASA)tjc

opinion

We’re heading into a much different world. Investors in stocks, bonds and real estate aren’t going to like it

George Athanassakos

3 min read

September 13, 2022

A young woman is surrounded by monitors & their reflections displaying scrolling text & data.

A young woman is surrounded by monitors & their reflections displaying scrolling text & data.

The parallels between success in value investing and a well-balanced life

4 min read

August 3, 2022

How job postings can indicate when a stock is overvalued

3 min read

July 19, 2022

An oil well service rig and storage tanks are seen surrounded by farm land near Cremona, Alta., Tuesday, July 5, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

An oil well service rig and storage tanks are seen surrounded by farm land near Cremona, Alta., Tuesday, July 5, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

opinion

Will soaring oil and gas prices be the unmaking of high prices?

George Athanassakos

3 min read

June 27, 2022

A currency trader watches computer monitors at a foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 24, 2022. Shares were higher in Asia on Friday, tracking gains on Wall Street, where the market is headed for its first weekly gain after three weeks of punishing losses. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A currency trader watches computer monitors at a foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 24, 2022. Shares were higher in Asia on Friday, tracking gains on Wall Street, where the market is headed for its first weekly gain after three weeks of punishing losses. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

opinion

Why the outlook for stocks, bonds and real estate markets has rarely looked this bleak

George Athanassakos

4 min read

May 26, 2022

FILE - Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks following the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb., May 5, 2019. Buffett's company on Monday, May 16, 2022, revealed all the investment moves it made in the first quarter, when it spent more than $51 billion on stocks. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

FILE - Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks following the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb., May 5, 2019. Buffett's company on Monday, May 16, 2022, revealed all the investment moves it made in the first quarter, when it spent more than $51 billion on stocks. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

This stock pick of students learning investing offers value that would satisfy even Warren Buffett

4 min read

April 19, 2022

FILE PHOTO: A production line employee works at the AMES Companies shovel manufacturing factory in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, U.S. on June 29, 2017. Picture taken on June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Tim Aeppel/File Photo

FILE PHOTO: A production line employee works at the AMES Companies shovel manufacturing factory in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, U.S. on June 29, 2017. Picture taken on June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Tim Aeppel/File Photo

opinion

We’re witnessing the last gasps of globalization, setting the stage for years of market misery

George Athanassakos

4 min read

March 9, 2022

FILE PHOTO: A Wall Street sign is pictured outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York, October 28, 2013. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo

FILE PHOTO: A Wall Street sign is pictured outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York, October 28, 2013. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo

opinion

Buying the dip? Beware - this time it’s not going to end well

George Athanassakos

4 min read

February 10, 2022

Pedestrians walk past the New York Stock Exchange, Jan. 24, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a weak start on Wall Street Monday, Jan. 31, 2022 keeping the S&P 500 index on track to end January with its worst monthly loss since March 2020, when pandemic shutdowns started to seize up the economy. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, file)

Pedestrians walk past the New York Stock Exchange, Jan. 24, 2022, in New York. Stocks are off to a weak start on Wall Street Monday, Jan. 31, 2022 keeping the S&P 500 index on track to end January with its worst monthly loss since March 2020, when pandemic shutdowns started to seize up the economy. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, file)

opinion

Yes, rising interest rates impact stock prices, but it’s not as simple as many think

George Athanassakos

4 min read

January 24, 2022

The January Effect strategy can work because opportunities almost always arise when artificial conditions like a tax deadline are imposed on investors. But it’s not enough to just buy stocks that have sold off sharply in December because that burst of selling can just as easily be a sign of a company in trouble as a temporary opportunity.

The January Effect strategy can work because opportunities almost always arise when artificial conditions like a tax deadline are imposed on investors. But it’s not enough to just buy stocks that have sold off sharply in December because that burst of selling can just as easily be a sign of a company in trouble as a temporary opportunity.

opinion

So much for the ‘January Effect.’ What a weak start to 2022 may mean for the rest of this year

George Athanassakos

4 min read