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The Performer: Canadian musician and producer Daniel Lanois
Examine any list of the past quarter–century’s best rock albums and you’ll find Daniel Lanois’s fingerprints. A native of Hull, Que., and an acclaimed musician in his own right, he’s also one of music’s most sought–after producers. He’s been behind the sound board for the likes of Peter Gabriel, Bob Dylan and Neil Young, and worked on six albums for U2,...
Investing Guide 2011: Global markets – Many happy returns
Over the past decade, investors would have been wise to stick to Canadian stocks. The S&P/TSX composite index saw a 10–year annualized return of 4.4%, while the MSCI EAFE — an index that measures equity market performance of developed countries outside North America — shrank 1.3%. But the good times can’t last forever, especially when the United States, our biggest trading partner,...
Investing Guide 2011: After the gold rush
In a normal economic climate, most people would not turn to former Tonight Show sidekick Ed McMahon and ’90s rapper MC Hammer for investment advice. But, in a Super Bowl commercial two years ago, there they were, talking about the high price of gold and how viewers should liquidate the contents of their jewelry boxes to make money off the commodity’s rising value. The ad for Cash4Gold,...
Bryan Borzykowski is a Toronto-based writer and editor working mainly for business publications. He writes for the New York Times, Canadian Business magazine, Globe and Mail, Bloomberg Businessweek Custom Publishing, Toronto Star, MoneySense and more. Bryan's the editor of Review magazine and is a senior editor with Connected for Business magazine. He's also a contributing writer with Hello! Canada and was once a weekly music columnist for Metro News. He's been nominated for several National Magazine Awards and he's co-authored