Capital Topics

Jan 22 2025 71 ep. 32 mins 5
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Hosted by James Parkyn and François Doyon La Rochelle of PWL Capital.

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Episode #71: 2024 Capital Markets Year in Review: Another spectacular year!

Jan 22 2025 21 mins  
In this Episode, James Parkyn & François Doyon La Rochelle reviews the global capital markets performances for 2024. They will be pulling performance data points from our market statistics page, a document you can find on our website Capital Topics, a valuable tool to follow today’s discussion and to review and assess the performance of your portfolios.

Episode #70: Can a Crystal Ball Really Make You Rich?

Dec 18 2024 14 mins  
In this Episode, James Parkyn & François Doyon La Rochelle will be covering a recent study by Victor Haghani and James White from Elm Partner Management in the U.S. The study's title is “When Having a Crystal Ball Isn’t Enough to Make You Rich.” Having that crystal ball to predict markets is every investor’s dream. But is having that crystal ball enough to make us rich?

Episode #69: 2024 Year- End Tax Planning

Nov 20 2024 23 mins  
In this Episode, James Parkyn & François Doyon La Rochelle will be reviewing Year-End Tax Planning strategies highlighting the 2024 Federal Budget proposed changes on Capital Gains Tax.

Episode #68: Proof That Investor Behavior Has a Negative Impact on Their Performance

Oct 23 2024 16 mins  
In this Episode, James Parkyn & François Doyon La Rochelle will be reviewing the Morningstar U.S Mind the Gap 2024 report. This report highlights how investor mistiming the market had an impact on their performance.

Episode #67: Why owning individual stocks in a portfolio has a high probability of a negative outcome

Sep 18 2024 12 mins  
In this Episode, James Parkyn & François Doyon La Rochelle will be reviewing a paper published in July 2024 by professor Hendrik Bessembinder titles “Which U.S. Stocks Generated the Highest Long-Term Returns?”. His findings in this research paper make the case that owning individual stocks in a portfolio has a high probability of a negative outcome.

Episode #66: 2024 Mid-Year Capital Markets Review

Jul 31 2024 20 mins  
In this Episode, James Parkyn & François Doyon La Rochelle will be reviewing the performance of capital markets for the first half of 2024. It is a subject they cover twice yearly to help their listeners better understand and evaluate their portfolios’ performance.

Episode #65: How to Invest When Markets Are Making New All-Time Highs and the Review of the UBS Global Investment Returns Yearbook 2024

Jul 03 2024 35 mins  
In this Episode, James Parkyn & François Doyon La Rochelle start by discussing what investors should be doing when markets are making new all-time highs. For their second topic, they review the 25th edition of the UBS Global Investment Returns Yearbook 2024 Summary Edition.

Episode #64: The Latest on the Magnificent Seven Stocks and Warren Buffet’s Annual Letter for Shareholders.

Jun 05 2024 30 mins  
In this Episode, James Parkyn & François Doyon La Rochelle start by giving an update on the performance of the Magnificent Seven stocks and how they have done year-to-date in 2024. Warren Buffett’s Annual Letter to Shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway.

Episode #63: Update on the Results of Active vs Passive Management for 2023 & Review of the 2024 Federal Budget and the New Rules That Affect Investors

May 08 2024 32 mins  
In this Episode, James Parkyn & François Doyon La Rochelle start by giving an update on the results of active vs passive management for 2023. They then review the 2024 Federal Budget and the New Rules that affect Investors.

Episode #62: The Parkyn – Doyon La Rochelle eBook Guide to the New Retirement

Apr 10 2024 27 mins  
In this Episode, James Parkyn & François Doyon La Rochelle present James’ latest eBook called “The New Retirement”