Cannabis legalization and private enterprise in Quebec

Published: 20 June 2017

This summer, the Quebec government will be running consultations into how legalized cannabis will be sold in Quebec. For Ottawa, the aim is that the provinces will regulate sales, hopefully with...

When it comes to short-selling, flair for the dramatic growing in importance

Published: 3 November 2015

“To me it treads on that fine line because, in a way, you create your own insider information,” said Kenneth Lester, a finance professor at McGill University in Montreal and CEO of Lester Asset...

Short seller’s morning tweet seems to sink shares of two Canadian companies

Published: 2 June 2017

After of a sell-off of shares in two Canadian companies was apparently triggered by a short seller’s morning tweet, Desautels professor Ken Lester derided the tweet, saying that “There’s no...

MBA Students awarded second place in the Business for a Better World case competition

Published: 20 January 2017

Congratulations to MBA students, Aman Arora, Timothy Lane, Santiago Monroy, and Jose Nunez Gutierrez, who were awarded second place in the Business for a Better World case competition. The team has...

Paris attacks spark concerns in tourism sector: ‘They are cancelling their trips’

Published: 20 November 2015

Over the weekend after the terrorist attacks in Paris, the email cancellations started to come in at the Travel Network Corp., a company with offices in Toronto in Montreal that offers “bespoke...

MBA students: Head of the (asset) class

Published: 5 November 2012

Academia can be filled with hypotheticals and theoreticals. To make it real, just add money. A growing number of Canadian business schools are implementing investing programs that buy and sell with...

Gardez vos liquidités encore quelques mois

Published: 10 July 2013

Chaque samedi, un financier répond à nos questions. Il donne sa lecture des marchés, offre son point de vue sur la Bourse et lance quelques conseils d'investissement. Cette semaine, Ken Lester, de...

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