Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCollection time ⏰ — The Twitter and Musk feud is nearing its climax. US inflation numbers are bad. And the Feds haven’t been able to get their loans back.
Episode 1
Join us for a live recording of The Peak Daily at the Bet on Canada Summit on November 8th. Buy tickets here: https://readthepeak.com/events/bet-on-c…
4 years ago
Climate coalition 🌨 — Modern-day slavery is a huge problem. The bond market is suffering. And there’s concern over Canada’s new climate laws.
Episode 1
In 2021, 50 million people across the globe were in some form of modern slavery, including 28 million working under forced labour conditions, per a n…
4 years ago
Stress test 🏠 — Canada’s unemployment rate is up. Google is in hot water. And Canadians want to revise the stress test.
Episode 1
Canada’s unemployment rate is up for the first time in seven months, which means that high interest rates have (done what they do best and) thrown co…
4 years, 1 month ago
Her Majesty 👑 — Canada has a new inflation support plan. The super yacht industry is booming. Corporations are pulling back.
Episode 1
The federal government announced a new three-pronged plan to introduce temporary relief measures aimed at helping low-income Canadians beat back infl…
4 years, 1 month ago
Basis points ⬆️ — The Bank of Canada announced a 0.75% rate hike. New iPhones. And markets are going haywire.
Episode 1
As expected, the BoC delivered another oversized rate hike, bumping the overnight interest rates up to 3.25% from 2.50% (or 75 basis points, if you’r…
4 years, 1 month ago
Nordstream none 👩🔧 — The European Commission is considering fixing energy prices. Canada is falling behind on EVs. And we’re not hitting our climate targets.
Episode 1
Record-high natural gas prices are climbing higher, sending inflation soaring across the region. According to the European Commission (EC), fixing pr…
4 years, 1 month ago
Pumpkin spice 🍂 — G7 put a cap on Russian oil prices. Starbucks has a new CEO. And Chengdu is in lockdown.
Episode 1
G7 nations have agreed to impose a cap on the price of Russian oil imports, despite Russian threats to cut off cold turkey any country that tries to …
4 years, 1 month ago
Toxic 🧪 — The US is blocking Nvidia from selling chips to China. Disney is launching a version of Prime. And some dollar store products were found to be toxic.
Episode 1
The US is blocking chipmaker Nvidia from selling some of its advanced products to China, according to the company’s latest filing with the Securities…
4 years, 1 month ago
Slow gaming 🎰 — Canada’s economy is slowing. iGaming is off to a slow start. And Truth Social is in hot water.
Episode 1
After a solid two-year run, the Canadian economy might be finally slowing down, growing at an annualzed rate of 3.3% in the second quarter (missing t…
4 years, 1 month ago
IP Sale 🏷 — Blackberry is selling IP. Canadian housing prices are taking a big hit. And there’s new Twitter drama.
Episode 1
BlackBerry’s deal to sell 37,175 of its patents fell apart after the buyer landed US$90M short of the $600M agreed-upon payment, per The Globe and Ma…
4 years, 1 month ago