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Surviving Hard Times Amid the Current Economic Storm

Surviving Hard Times Amid the Current Economic Storm
The Toronto Stock Exchange building on Bay Street, in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Chris Young
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Economic indicators are flashing red these days. Interest rates have risen from lows that were thought to be impossible for generations. In the United States, short-term interest rates have gone up to the point where one year’s rates are higher than longer-term bond yields. This is because market participants expect future rates to drop and the economy to go into a downturn.

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Tom Czitron
Tom Czitron
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Tom Czitron is an investment strategist and global macro analyst with more than four decades of institutional experience managing large mutual funds and pension fund assets. He has held senior portfolio management and CIO roles at major Canadian investment firms and now works with family offices and high-net-worth investors seeking independent, institutional-quality investment oversight.
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