Kim Shannon was recently featured in a Globe and Mail article exploring the key indicators investors can watch to help better understand the markets. Kim shared why inflation can be an important indicator for investors, particularly when it moves above 2.5% and 4%, and how higher inflation has historically favoured value investing, commodities and Canadian equities.
No theme in the past decade has captured attention and capital like the proliferation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across everyday life. The AI infrastructure buildout increasingly resembles that of the telecommunications fiber overbuilds of the early 2000s. In that period, the forecasts for growing demand turned out to be correct, yet returns collapsed as excess supply drove down prices and largely commoditized the fiber infrastructure. While AI differs in important respects, similar risks lurk within today’s buildout.
Kim Shannon discusses the overdone enthusiasm that we are seeing in today's market and the potential risks associated with it.
Inflation around the world has been rising anew. Since interest rates bottomed out in the summer of 2020, no major developed market has been able to sustainably return inflation to 2% or less. With 10-year U.S. government bonds now rising above 4.5%, we thought it seemed timely to revisit a familiar chart...
Kim Shannon, CFA, MBA Founder and Co-CIO
Kim Shannon attended the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting this year and was interviewed by CNBC where she discussed her thoughts on Berkshire's direction under new CEO, Greg Abel.
Kim Shannon joins Calgary Connects to discuss Sionna's approach to value investing and risk management within our process.
After more than a decade of growth dominance fueled by abundant liquidity and disinflation, the balance of evidence suggests a swing of the pendulum, from asset-light to asset-heavy businesses. In this emerging regime, value is not simply participating in the cycle, it is positioned to lead it, and Canada has the natural endowments to lead on the world stage.
Kim Shannon, CFA, MBA
Founder and Co-CIO
Our latest update from Portfolio Manager, Aleksy Wojcik, outlines key developments in the Iran/U.S./Israel conflict. In the piece, Aleksy discusses potential impacts on global shipping lanes, energy markets and broader commodity dynamics.