As the rollercoaster ride of 2021 nears an end, let’s take a look back at the key events that shaped the year. While COVID-19 continued to have repercussions at home and overseas, humanity gave us plenty of highlights over the past 12 months that (thankfully) had nothing to do with pandemics, variants, borders or vaccines. […]

Overseas supply chain issues and congested online delivery systems could make it harder for Santa to deliver his gifts on time this year. Never fear: that doesn’t have to be a negative.  It could actually be the very excuse we need to make Christmas 2021 more about meaning and less about the material. As we […]

The Big Picture Up until near the end of November, most of the market chatter was about the persistence of inflation – or otherwise. Central banks – in particular, the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) – were insistent that inflation was likely to be above target levels only for a short time. The start of […]