Investment Executive – Stagflation is here to stay, regardless of tariffs

2025-03-11Media
By: Kevin Press  March 11, 2025 The Canadian economy has entered a period of stagflation that will impact market returns in the years ahead, says Stephen Johnston, director of Omnigence Asset Management in Calgary. Regardless of whether U.S. President Donald Trump makes good on his threats to impose tariffs on Canadian imports, portfolio managers will have to adapt [...]

Wall Street Journal – Auto & Transport Roundup: Market Talk

2025-01-30Media
"The Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec are particularly susceptible to U.S. ambitions to reindustrialize," says Omnigence Asset Management’s director Stephen Johnston. He told the WSJ that particularly aerospace, automotive and heavy machinery fit the finished goods market where much is ultimately destined to the U.S. This makes the two provinces more exposed to Trump’s [...]

Financial Post – ‘This too shall pass’: Investing strategies in the time of Trump

2025-01-30Media
"The Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec are particularly susceptible to U.S. ambitions to reindustrialize," says Omnigence Asset Management’s director Stephen Johnston. He told the WSJ that particularly aerospace, automotive and heavy machinery fit the finished goods market where much is ultimately destined to the U.S. This makes the two provinces more exposed to Trump’s [...]

Which Canadian industries will thrive amid U.S. tariffs?

2025-01-16Media
Naveen Day Following her visit with U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump at his Florida resort, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Albertans should expect the incoming president to follow through on his plan to implement blanket tariffs on Canadian exports.  She says this could prompt the province to fall into deficit and threaten Canada’s national unity. But there are ways Canadians [...]