Hubert Marleau, Market Economist, Palos Management
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About Hubert Marleau
Co-founder of Palos Capital Corporation and Palos Management Inc., Hubert Marleau has been a board member for more than 100 publicly traded companies. He’s currently Market Economist at Palos Management.
In the past, Mr. Marleau held the position of Chairman, President and Managing Director of Palos Capital Corp., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Marleau Lemire Securities, Governor of the Vancouver and Montreal Stock Exchange, Chairman of the Listing Committee of the Toronto Stock Exchange, Senior Vice President of Nesbitt Thomson & Co., and Senior Executive Vice President of Levesque Beaubien Inc..
He received an Honours Graduate Degree in economics from the University of Ottawa and is now the Chairman of the Marleau Lecture Series on Economic and Monetary policy.
Founded in 2001, Palos Management is a boutique financial management firm that offers a variety of investment products and solutions.
It’s Not Over Yet
by Hubert Marleau, Market Economist, Palos Management Last week I wrote: “History offers a reassuring outlook. Since 1950,…
October 26, 2026
Aging Gracefully
by Hubert Marleau, Market Economist, Palos Management Last week I wrote: “What is most important is that the…
October 18, 2026
Faster Decisions, No Compromise: Inside BMO Insurance’s SmartDecision
BMO Insurance's Katarina Nikolic, on how SmartDecision delivers market leading real-time underwriting decisions up to $5-million, which eliminates delays and uncertainty in the decision-making process.
Hubert Marleau: In Profits We Trust
by Hubert Marleau, Market Economist, Palos Management Last week I wrote: “I’m still maintaining my year-end 7925 target…
October 12, 2026
Slower Growth Is Coming
by Hubert Marleau, Market Economist, Palos Management Last week I wrote: “Stocks have the habit of climbing a…
October 5, 2026
The Conviction Gap: What Most Advisor Portfolios Are Missing at the Core
Most advisor portfolios mistake active weight for manager conviction. Franklin Templeton's five-factor core equity suite fixes that, starting with a proprietary conviction signal that extracts what managers actually believe.
Investors are Watching Oil, Geopolitics and AI, but Mostly Growth
by Hubert Marleau, Market Economist, Palos Management Last week I wrote: “For sure, the market has been wacky…
September 28, 2026
The Fed Spoke Loud and Clear
by Hubert Marleau, Market Economist, Palos Management Last week I wrote: “Investors are never bearish at the top…
September 21, 2026
The September Chill
by Hubert Marleau, Market Economist, Palos Management Last week I wrote: “Currently, the year-over-year increase in the money…
September 13, 2026
The Soupe Du Jour is U.S. Bonds Yields
by Hubert Marleau, Market Economist, Palos Management Last week I wrote: “There is way too much unjustifiable pessimism…
September 7, 2026
Hubert Marleau: A Critical Week
by Hubert Marleau, Market Economist, Palos Management Last week I wrote: “Thirty years ago, the then Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan…
August 30, 2026
The Fed Will Not Hike and Bond Prices Have Landed
by Hubert Marleau, Market Economist, Palos Management Last week I wrote: “There are several cross-currents at play like…
August 23, 2026
The Misery Index Eases Pressure on the Fed
by Hubert Marleau, Market Economist, Palos Management Last week I wrote: “As predicted, the summer lull for stocks…
August 13, 2026
AI, Productivity and Full Employment Are Fueling the Next Market Melt-Up
by Hubert Marleau, Market Economist, Palos Management Last week I wrote: “The summer swoon ended. A negative reaction…
August 9, 2026
The Fed Did Not Walk the Talk
by Hubert Marleau, Market Economist, Palos Management Last week I wrote that: “The week ended July 24 was…
August 2, 2026
Black Gold Gets Crude Awakening
by Hubert Marleau, Market Economist, Palos Management Last week I wrote that: “the stock market was heading into…
July 26, 2026
A Weird Cocktail
by Hubert Marleau, Market Economist, Palos Management Last week I wrote that: “Despite these brutal exchanges between the…
July 19, 2026