<div dir='auto'>Thank you David...provides some hope...<div dir="auto">Tedd</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 3, 2021 9:34 PM, David Walsh via craic <craic@lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:<br type="attribution" /><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'century schoolbook' , serif">My brother Tom is on a Jesuit Investment Committee that recently met with reps from
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who manage the ‘Sustainable Opportunities Global Fund’ that the Jesuits invest in.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'century schoolbook' , serif">Below is their assessment of the current situation.</span></p>
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<p><b>From:</b> Thomas Walsh <thomas@carrotcommon.com>
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<b>Sent:</b> June 23, 2021 3:09 PM<br />
<b>To:</b> David Walsh <david@dwalsh.ca><br />
<b>Subject:</b> Re: meeting with BMO</p>
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<p><span style="color:blue">Hi David,</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'century schoolbook' , serif"></span></p>
<p><span style="color:blue">My takeaway from the BMO meeting is that the new "normal" involves a paradigm shift with governments being comfortable with issuing huge amounts of debt at the expense of future generations. BMO expects this to
continue for at least the next 5 years with continued low interest rates. Technological change is also central to the new "normal" - things won't be as before as the technological sector rolls out new products. T</span>hey<span style="color:blue"> don't
expect high </span>inflation, perhaps<span style="color:blue"> in the 3-6% range, after this year. Bonds are an investment with next to no return as purchasing power is lost, with Germany currently offering 10 year bonds at a -2% negative rate. </span></p>
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<p><span style="color:blue">Returns in Canada can be expected to be between 6 and 9%. They said the USA has the best business investment environment, followed by Canada with the laggard being Europe. BMO says 70% of Canadians own their
homes (with mortgages) and that real estate continues to be one of the better places to invest in. </span></p>
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<p><span style="color:blue">They expect the global trading patterns of supply chains to continue. BMO seems to be taking seriously that their clients want ethical investments and are adding more analysts and expanding this side of their business. </span></p>
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<p><span style="color:blue">Wild cards are climate change and ongoing pandemics.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:blue"> </span><b><span style="color:#38761d">Thomas Walsh<br />
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#38761d">Carrot Common </span><span style="color:#38761d">Property Manager</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:#38761d"> </span></b></p>
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<p><b><span style="color:#38761d">348 Danforth Ave, Suite 211<br />
Toronto, ON M4K 1N8<br />
Mobile: 647-642-3509<br />
Email:</span></b> <a href="mailto:thomas@carrotcommon.com"><b>thomas@carrotcommon.com</b></a></p>
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