Enquirica Research

Enquirica Research is pleased to announce the release of a new series of innovative articles on the Canadian alternative investment market.

Enquirica Research is pleased to announce the launch of Enquirica TV. Enquirica TV interviews news makers and entrepreneurs about their perspective on the economy and their sectors.

A study of 124 banking crises by the International Monetary Fund found that supporting insolvent banks hurts the economy.

Research (Aftermath of Financial Crisis, Reinhart and Rogoff, 2008) shows that the average real decline in equity and house prices following a banking crisis is 56% and 35% over 3.4 years and 6 years respectively.

The amount of grain needed to fill the tank of an SUV with ethanol just once can feed one person for an entire year.

The growing use of biofuels appears to have serious consequences for agricultural commodity prices. More than a quarter of the total U.S. grain crop was turned into ethanol to fuel cars in 2009.

It is estimated that up to 40% of US corporate profits were generated by the finance sector prior to the 2008 crisis – largely from speculative activities.

Exempt market securities fall under National Instrument 45-106.

According to recently released research by the C.D. Howe Institute (The Glacier Grinds Closer: How Demographics Will Change Canada’s Fiscal Landscape) demographics shifts in Canada are creating the need for “immediate measures” to contain costs

Under NI 31-103, a new dealer registration category is introduced in all jurisdictions across Canada to regulate the sale of securities in the exempt market — the exempt market dealer (EMD).