Lisa Kramer

Media Coverage

Opinion Pieces:

Why cryptocurrencies don't belong in Canadians' portfolios, The Globe and Mail, June 23, 2021.
Behavioural science can offer an evidence-based approach to combatting lockdown fatigue, The Globe and Mail, February 15, 2021.
How not to invest during a pandemic, The Globe and Mail, July 31, 2020.
Testing drugs for humans on dogs makes no sense, Financial Times, July 26, 2020. (also available here without a paywall)

Silencing whistle-blowers on farms conceals animal and employee abuse, The Conversation, July 8, 2020.
How irrelevant numbers can influence investors' decisions, The Globe and Mail, December 11, 2019.
Financial professionals just as susceptible to behavioural biases as investors, The Globe and Mail, July 31, 2019.

The future of meat is shifting to plant-based products, The Conversation, June 14, 2019.

The University of Toronto's attempt to address the gender pay gap isn't enough, The Globe and Mail, April 29, 2019.

How investors can save more for retirement by getting to know their future selves, The Globe and Mail, March 27, 2019.

Regulations needed after cryptocurrency CEO takes passwords to his grave, The Conversation, March 3, 2019.

Economics needs to acknowledge its diversity problem, The Globe and Mail, January 15, 2019.

Robo-advisers are shaking up the Canadian investing landscape -- in a good way, The Globe and Mail, December 19, 2018.

Financial markets can suffer from the blues, too, The Globe and Mail, November 13, 2018.

How changing the clocks twice a year harms our health and our economy, The Conversation, November 3, 2018.

Is the push toward zero-fee funds a race to the bottom?, The Globe and Mail, August 27, 2018.

Morals over money: Low-cost options for socially responsible investors, The Globe and Mail, July 9, 2018.

Mutual fund fees are a case of dollars and per cents, The Globe and Mail, May 1, 2018.

It's time to stop testing drugs on animals and start using better, more modern methods, The Globe and Mail, March 26, 2018.

Investing lessons from the cryptocurrency roller coaster, The Globe and Mail, February 5, 2018.

How to avoid cryptocurrency pitfalls, The Globe and Mail, January 30, 2018.

Cryptocurrency's crash is a matter of if, not when, The Globe and Mail, December 8, 2017.

'Clean meat' could be a major revolution for the agricultural sector, The Globe and Mail, November 29, 2017.

Time's up: The economic case against daylight-saving time, The Globe and Mail, November 2, 2017.

Consumer demand will lead to lab-made 'clean meat', Toronto Star, September 3, 2017.

Burger King's New Cryptocurrency is a Whopper of a Shenanigan, The Globe and Mail, August 30, 2017.

Can Robo Advisers Replace Human Financial Advisers?, The Wall Street Journal, February 28, 2016.

Bursting the bitcoin bubble, The Globe and Mail, January 15, 2014.

Samples of Other Media Coverage:

The human trait that causes Canadians to take their CPP benefits early, The Global and Mail, January 23, 2024.
How the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan bet big on cryptocurrency - and lost, TVO, Nov. 17, 2022.
Help clients navigate emotions when making investment decisions, Investment Executive, Oct. 6, 2022.
How does the stock market work?, The Globe and Mail, Oct. 6, 2022.
Coronavirus is hurting small businesses. Here's how to help, Global News, March 18, 2020.
These stocks stand to gain from the coronavirus outbreak, The Globe and Mail, March 4, 2020.
Coronavirus crash: Economists try to make sense of dramatic stock market plunge, CTV News, February 27, 2020.
It's a scary world, but for investors fear can be a dangerous emotion, Maclean's, February 10, 2020.
Impossible Foods gets green light to launch plant-based burger in Canada, Toronto Star, January 17, 2020.
Globe Advisor's Best of 2019: Top 10 thought-provoking opinions, The Globe and Mail, December 24, 2019.
How investors can participate in plant-based profits, The Globe and Mail, December 17, 2019.
Efforts to ditch seasonal time change gaining steam, CTV News, November 1, 2019.
'Some baloney' in assertion Canada's pension fund has highest ethical standards, National Post, October 18, 2018.
Know your tolerance for a market downturn and stay calm when it hits: experts, Financial Post, September 13, 2018.
What a bull market is, and why it matters to everyone, Global News, August 24, 2018.
Trump says markets will crash if he's impeached. Don't count on it., Maclean's, August 24, 2018.
Facebook has lost $100B in value - and its money problems may just be beginning, Global News, March 28, 2018.
Dow Jones sees largest point drop in history - here's what happened, Global News, February 5, 2018.
Time change prompts arguments against it, Radio Canada International, November 6, 2017. (Includes audio interview)
Here's Why Bull Markets Create Bad Habits in Investors, Fortune, February 23, 2017.
The keys to overcoming plan members' behavioural biases, Benefits Canada, December 13, 2016.
How not to be your own worst enemy in the markets, The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2016.
How to keep personal biases from torpedoing your retirement plan, The Globe and Mail, June 9, 2016.
How robo-advisers are changing the way finance gets done, CBC News Business, February 23, 2016.
How Sunshine Affets the Bond Market, Time, June 20, 2015.
The Unseen Driver of Mutual Fund Inflows: What Time the Sun Sets, Bloomberg Business, June 19, 2015.
Behavioural Finance 101, TV interview on The Agenda with Steve Paikin, TVO, June 10, 2015.
The Weird Reason You Should Buy Treasury Bonds Right Now, Time, May 20, 2015
The Biology Behind Our Investment Decisions, LearnVest, August 20, 2014.
How seasonal affective disorder twists our decisions, Fast Company, January 13, 2014.
More choice isn't always better, Advisor.ca, April 27, 2012.
Women capable, just not confident, with finances, Toronto Star, December 3, 2010.
Why we are wired to be lousy investors, Toronto Star, November 29, 2010.