Weekly "Focus" and the Academy Awards (1 day early)

Please note that I will be out of the office starting tomorrow, back on Monday, March 18^th. Please don’t hesitate to contact the team for any assistance while I am away.

 

Time for my annual Academy Award predictions, hosted again this Sunday by Jimmy Kimmel. As usual, gold will be on the minds of the nominees as Oscar winners receive 24 oz. gold-plated statuettes. Since last year’s awards, gold prices have rallied to over US $2,100 per oz, a gain of 18% (i). Higher inflation than target and geopolitical concerns likely the reason for the current level. As for who will walk away with the awards:

 

• Best Picture – Oppenheimer, directed by Christopher Nolan. Not my favourite of his films, check out Inception if you have not seen it yet. Two foreign language films worth checking out are Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest, the latter the favourite to win the Oscar for Best International Picture
• Best Director – Christopher Nolan, last nominated in this category for Dunkirk
• Best Actor - Cillian Murphy for Oppenheimer, this is his fifth Christopher Nolan film, previously in two Batman movies, Inception and Dunkirk
• Best Actress – Lily Gladstone for Flowers of the Killer Moon, she will be the first Indigenous actor to win this award
• Best Supporting Actor – Robert Downey Jr., continuing the dominance of the cast and crew of Oppenheimer at this year’s ceremony
• Best Supporting Actress – Da’ Vine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers, a sweet movie highly recommended, directed by Alexander Payne – remember Sideways also starring Paul Giamatti?

 

This week’s "Focus" from our economics team will be available Friday afternoon here 

 

Have a great weekend and enjoy the show,

 

Brad

Senior Portfolio Manager and Senior Investment Advisor