Risks and opportunities at the end of an economic cycle

As told by Sébastien Lavoie, chief economist for Laurentian Bank securities, we’re in the eighth inning of the ball game and changes are on the way. He was referring to the approaching close of the current economic cycle. And as in baseball, there will be winners and losers. Higher mortgage rates and household debt will likely spark a rebound in the rental market, the economist explained encouragingly to CORPIQ members at the prestige cocktail conferences in November in Québec City and Montréal.