Tom Czitron

Tom Czitron is a former portfolio manager with more than four decades of investment experience, particularly in fixed income and asset mix strategy. He is a former lead manager of Royal Bank’s main bond fund.

Immigration, Population Growth: Nuances Amid Hyper-Polarization

Commentary Immigration has been an important and divisive issue in most Western societies for years now. Complicating this ...

Viewpoints June 3, 2023
Questioning Inflation Figures as US Consumer Price Index Drops to 4.9%

Commentary Numbers recently released indicate that the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the most commonly used indicator of inflationary ...

Viewpoints May 29, 2023
Commercial Real Estate Faces Perfect Storm: The Demise of Downtown Office Buildings

Commentary In the mid-1970s I was a struggling business and economics student. I paid for my tuition and ...

Viewpoints March 25, 2023
Despite Turmoil in the Global Banking System, Canadian Banks Are in Relatively Good Shape

Commentary The world economy has seemingly entered its first widespread financial crisis since 2008, despite initial assurances by ...

Viewpoints March 19, 2023
The Risks and Lure of Online Gambling for Young Men

Commentary Any resident of Ontario who spends time watching YouTube videos, at least the ones I watch, would ...

Viewpoints March 10, 2023
Like the NEP Before It, the ‘Just Transition’ Initiative Is Another Attack on Canada’s Oil and Gas Industry

Commentary In 1980, I was struggling MBA student. The University of Toronto exposed me to the radical, for ...

Viewpoints March 3, 2023
Demographic Collapse: The Unforeseen Consequences of Modern Dating Culture

Commentary We tend to overuse the term “existential crisis." Politicians and self-described cultural leaders in the mainstream media ...

Viewpoints February 20, 2023
Surviving Hard Times Amid the Current Economic Storm

Commentary Economic indicators are flashing red these days. Interest rates have risen from lows that were thought to ...

Viewpoints February 10, 2023
The Long-Term Negative Effects of ESG Will Be Catastrophic

Commentary Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) has been a hotly debated topic over the last few years. The seemingly ...

Viewpoints February 4, 2023