Jeff Rubin
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Jeff Rubin is a Canadian economist
and author. He is a former chief economist
at CIBC World Markets
.
Rubin graduated from McGill University
with a Masters in Economics after completing his Economics B.A. at University of Toronto
. He began his career as an economist at the Ontario Government Treasury Department where he was responsible for projecting future interest rates. He moved on to the brokerage firm Wood Gundy which was taken over by CIBC and became first CIBC Wood Gundy
and then CIBC World Markets
. He has accurately predicted fluctuations in interest rates and the value of the Canadian dollar. In the early 1990s he came to prominence projecting a major decline in the Ontario real estate market. He was one of the first economists to accurately predict soaring oil prices back in 2000 and is now a popular commentator on oil depletion
and its economic repercussions. Jeff writes a blog published every Wednesday for The Globe and Mail
newspaper. The blog is also published in the Huffington Post. He is an avid fisherman known for exotic trips to northern Canada (B.C. and Yukon) who frequently uses fishing analogies and references to his own fishing experiences, in his writings.
Rubin had worked at CIBC World Markets and its predecessors since 1988, and served as chief economist from 1992 to 2009, when he resigned.
He authored the Canadian Business Book of the Year award winning best selling 2009 book Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller: Oil and the End of Globalization. The book was also published with U.S. and U.K editions plus editions in French, Spanish, German and Portuguese. A second Canadian edition was published in 2010.
Economist
An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
and author. He is a former chief economist
Chief economist
The Chief Economist is a single position job class having primary responsibility for the development, coordination, and production of economic and financial analysis...
at CIBC World Markets
CIBC World Markets
CIBC World Markets is the investment banking subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. The firm operates as an investment bank both in the domestic and international equity and debt capital markets...
.
Rubin graduated from McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
with a Masters in Economics after completing his Economics B.A. at University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
. He began his career as an economist at the Ontario Government Treasury Department where he was responsible for projecting future interest rates. He moved on to the brokerage firm Wood Gundy which was taken over by CIBC and became first CIBC Wood Gundy
CIBC Wood Gundy
CIBC Wood Gundy is the is the Canadian retail brokerage division of CIBC World Markets, a division of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.CIBC Wood Gundy maintains a network of 1,400 brokers working in over 100 branches across Canada...
and then CIBC World Markets
CIBC World Markets
CIBC World Markets is the investment banking subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. The firm operates as an investment bank both in the domestic and international equity and debt capital markets...
. He has accurately predicted fluctuations in interest rates and the value of the Canadian dollar. In the early 1990s he came to prominence projecting a major decline in the Ontario real estate market. He was one of the first economists to accurately predict soaring oil prices back in 2000 and is now a popular commentator on oil depletion
Oil depletion
Oil depletion occurs in the second half of the production curve of an oil well, oil field, or the average of total world oil production. The Hubbert peak theory makes predictions of production rates based on prior discovery rates and anticipated production rates. Hubbert curves predict that the...
and its economic repercussions. Jeff writes a blog published every Wednesday for The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail
The Globe and Mail is a nationally distributed Canadian newspaper, based in Toronto and printed in six cities across the country. With a weekly readership of approximately 1 million, it is Canada's largest-circulation national newspaper and second-largest daily newspaper after the Toronto Star...
newspaper. The blog is also published in the Huffington Post. He is an avid fisherman known for exotic trips to northern Canada (B.C. and Yukon) who frequently uses fishing analogies and references to his own fishing experiences, in his writings.
Rubin had worked at CIBC World Markets and its predecessors since 1988, and served as chief economist from 1992 to 2009, when he resigned.
He authored the Canadian Business Book of the Year award winning best selling 2009 book Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller: Oil and the End of Globalization. The book was also published with U.S. and U.K editions plus editions in French, Spanish, German and Portuguese. A second Canadian edition was published in 2010.