What Actually Drives ETF Liquidity?
25 May 2026
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs)—a basket of securities like stocks or bonds that is traded on a stock exchange like a regular company share—have become a huge part of the market. (Watch our latest Sandstone Speaks for more on ETF flows.) Yet, the majority of investors don’t know what drives their liquidity. Do you?
The Global Quest for Resilience and Leverage
08 May 2026
For most of the twentieth century, the politics of energy was a story about oil. While that story is not yet over, it has become much more complicated. We are currently living through the 4th industrial revolution, with massive AI-driven capital expenditures fueling innovation and competition around the world and across all industries.
Wealth in the Making: Tax-Efficient Strategies for High-Earning Professionals in Their Accumulation Years
05 May 2026
Tax season is officially over. For high-earning young professionals in their 30s and 40s, it's when an uncomfortable question surfaces: how much money was left on the table? You may be incorporated, maxing out your RRSP, and doing all the right things. But without a coordinated approach to how income is earned, sheltered, and eventually extracted, a meaningful portion of accumulated wealth could be quietly lost to tax drag year after year.
The Maple Leap: Igniting Canada’s Investment Engine
22 Apr 2026
The U.S., long the undisputed anchor of the global financial system, has entered a period of political volatility and policy unpredictability that has caused investors around the world to reassess many of their long-held beliefs about the perceived sanctuary of American capital markets.
The Odds Were Never in Your Favour
13 Apr 2026
Ask a young person today to explain the difference between gambling and investing, and many will struggle to answer. Six in ten Canadians participate in some form of gambling, and with mobile sports betting now living in anyone’s back pocket, Canada's gambling landscape is no longer confined to the casino floor. It’s virtually frictionless.
Building the Ecosystem
10 Apr 2026
If you've followed along for any amount of time, you'll know that our CEO and Chief Investment Strategist, Sharon Watkins, talks a lot about the mindset change needed to build our city. Last month, InterGen hosted a private investor event The Starting Line: A Strategy for Early-Stage Investing at Ferrari of Alberta.
How We're Navigating Market Volatility
26 Mar 2026
In periods of heightened market and geopolitical turbulence, investors are often tempted to over-analyze every headline and react to each intraday swing. At SANDSTONE, we take the opposite approach.
The Clean Energy Transition Hits a New Frequency
20 Mar 2026
The global energy transition is no longer driven solely by climate policy. In a multipolar world where nations prioritize protectionism and decentralization of critical infrastructure, energy resilience has become a strategic imperative, even a matter of “national security” if you will.
Discipline During Times of Disruption
13 Mar 2026
The past week may go down as one of the most critically important weeks in recent history, yet equity markets didn’t seem to notice. While the futures market was wildly oscillating, if you were only looking at the energy market indices, you might have missed out on the excitement entirely.
I'm Retired... Now What?
20 Feb 2026
We all know that “health is wealth” and “time is money,” yet when it comes to the years leading up to retirement, many are not prepared for the decades ahead. Much of it comes down to mindset.