Saad Baig

Jeff Bezos: the most senior person at a meeting should speak last (superb leadership advice)

BAM'S RECORD-BREAKING NIGHT: 🔥 Made 36 FTs, most in NBA history 🔥 First Heat player to attempt 40 FG in a game 🔥 Joins Wilt Chamberlain as only players with 20 FG and 25 FT in a game 🔥 Passed Kobe for second-most points in NBA history

Average home prices are up 737% since 1980. The S&P 500 is up 18,894% over the same period.

GTA median condo prices have now round-tripped to pre-covid levels

Condo units are changing hands at prices last seen in 2017, 2018 and 2019 theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/to…

Over the past 5 years: +181%: Silver +175%: Gold +143%: Energy +92%: Industrials +75%: S&P 500 +63%: Nasdaq +40%: Dividends +40%: Consumer Staples +30%: Consumer Discretionary +19%: Bitcoin +2%: Ethereum ——— -13%: Bonds

Berkshire vs. the S&P 500:

Since the start of 2025: S&P 500 +19.5% European stocks +45.3% Emerging markets +50.8% Asian stocks +55.9%

Toronto condo prices are 9% below pre-COVID prices Average Price Feb 2020: $666K Jan 2026: $605K

The Eglinton Crosstown is finally open! This morning I joined @MayorOliviaChow to meet commuters who were excited, hopeful, and ready to ride. This world-class transit line is a big step forward for Toronto and will connect 123,00 commuters across the city every day.

5-year returns to the S&P 500 are getting very close to beating the 5-year returns of bitcoin for the first time since early 2023

BREAKING: Gold has officially overtaken US Treasuries in central bank FX reserves for the first time in at least 20 years. Global official gold holdings at market price are up to $5.0 trillion, surpassing foreign official Treasury holdings of $3.9 trillion. Gold holdings have TRIPLED since Q4 2019, driven by aggressive purchases by central banks and rising prices. Over this period, central banks have added ~4,500 tonnes of gold, including unreported purchases. At the same time, foreign Treasury holdings have remained unchanged. Gold is redefining the global monetary system.

U.S. trading partners are reassessing China in a drive to lessen their longstanding reliance on America on.wsj.com/4k0AKHv

The EU and India will eliminate tariffs on over 90% of goods traded between the two after completing an agreement European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called "the mother of all deals." Read more: bloom.bg/3M7Oh3u 📷️: Prakash Singh/Bloomberg

Toronto real estate returns (price growth plus rental income) have now been flat for almost five years. Over that same period, the TSX has posted a 16% annualized total return. Investors have moved on from Real Estate, Per BMO.

The US Dollar accounted for 65% of global foreign currency reserves in 2001. 25 years later, it now accounts for just 40% of reserves. Do as you wish with this information.

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: federalreserve.gov/newsevents/spe…

GTA House Prices are now down 26% from peak.

Breaking: Canada’s population sees largest decline on record trib.al/9UuR18E

Car-dependent suburban sprawl is the most publicly expensive, publicly subsidized, and publicly consequential form of human habitation in human history. #SuburbanSprawl #CarDependency