Dan Richards
Dan Richards is a 20-year veteran of the investment industry and a faculty member in the MBA program at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. He has served as CEO of a major distribution firm with 3,500 financial advisors and is an expert on sentiment among Canadian investors. He is president of Clientinsights, a company that helps financial advisors communicate with clients.
He also holds a weekly Monday morning conference call for financial advisors at GlobeAdvisor.com
He can be reached at dan@clientinsights.ca
Danger in debt, stagflation
Economist John Cochrane spells out his biggest concerns about the U.S. economy
A little perspective from the IMF's chief economist
Olivier Blanchard says growth - once government intervention ends - is essential for sustained recovery
The Krugman Solution: More stimulus - now
While attending the meeting of the American Economics Association in Atlanta, I sat down for a half hour with Paul Krugman, professor of economics at Princeton, 2008 Nobel Prize winner and someone whose column in The New York Times gives him an influential voice on U.S. economic policy. Here's what he had to say about some of the key issues today:
Turbulent times create opening for new ideas
The dramatic economic disruption that we've seen over the past couple of years has resulted in a rethinking of the prevailing wisdom and an exploration of the underlying assumptions about public policy. A recent trip to Atlanta for the meeting of the American Economics Association gave three perspectives on the lessons of the crisis.
Investors asking tougher questions
In the wake of the market turmoil, skeptical investors are demanding more information from their advisers in different ways
A fundamental rethinking needed on pensions
The traditional "guaranteed pension" in retirement is broken - and we need to create a sustainable system that works for employees and employers alike, says Dan Richards
Let's turn down the panic on the pension problem
Try substantive discourse instead, with a long, hard look at cold facts
To restore trust, look to Warren Buffett
Four secrets of the Oracle of Omaha's ability to inspire confidence
Long term should not be a dirty word
The track record of investors who try to get into and out of the market to take advantage of short-term swings is abysmal
Got a big appetite for risk?
Then bet against America
