Mark Pearlstein Wealth Management of RBC Dominion Securities Inc.
5140 Yonge Street, Suite 1100 M2N 6L7 Toronto, ON, Canada

The mysterious 'mini-SPAC' that owns a $100 million deli. Right now, in the special purpose acquisition company space, the truth can be stranger than fiction.

The question you should always ask yourself isn't what should I buy? Rather, what should I buy or sell?

Why the 17% Bitcoin sell off last Saturday? Whether you are a Hodler or crypto skeptic (or mainstream investor), understanding the secret sauce of super borrowing power leverage is crucial.

Coinbase is new and exciting! Speculative too, of course. Two important questions to consider: 1) What happens to Bitcoin which Coinbase trades - is banned by the U.S. government? For example, the Gold Reserve Act of 1934 decreed Americans couldn't hold gold except as jewelry and collectors coins It was repealed in 1974. 2) What if the Fed issues its own crypto-currency in U.S. digital dollars in a if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em strategy to protect its dollar franchise? Although Coinbase was directly listed, Wall Street has a long history of selling people what they want, not what they need.

What is "flavour of the month" when it comes to investments and is it worth a taste?

Looking forward and back a year into COVID

"There is nothing as disturbing to one's wellbeing and judgement as to see a friend get rich. Charles Kindleberger, author of Manias, Panics and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises.

This month S&P 500 is up 2.5%. GameStop? Up 1000% premarket. Perhaps the "gamification" of the stock market via commission-free trading apps has finally brought democracy to the investing public. Looks like the regulators who are charged with keeping fair and orderly securities trading may need to take a closer look at this.

Seth Klarman, manages $30 billion, and is the author of Margin of Safety; Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor, voices his concerns about the causes of the current frothy markets. He says "The Fed has broken the stock market."

Will Bitcoin become more mainstream? No question its speculative, but how does its recent price rise compare to other bubbles going back 40 years?

For some people in the US, stimulus cheques that went out after Christmas went into Bitcoin. Again, for some, YOLO when it comes to the trifecta of ‘free money’, conspicuous consumption and speculation.

2020 is done...Some streaming choices for tonight. And here's hoping for a better 2021!