The Global Quest for Resilience and Leverage
08 May 2026For 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 2026Tax 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 2026The 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 2026Ask 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 2026If 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 2026In 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.