If you count yourself among the fans of Ben Felix’s terrific YouTube channel and Rational Reminder podcast that he co-hosts with Dan Bortolotti and Cameron Passmore, you’re probably aware that the chief investment officer and portfolio manager at PWL Capital received a cancer diagnosis early this year. He was open about his experience throughout.

“I’m all clear,” Felix said on this week’s edition of the Canadian Advisor.cast. “It was kind of the best-case scenario, given that I had cancer. It was resolved quickly.”

Like a lot of people, Felix said that work served as a welcome distraction. “It was helpful,” he said. “It was a good outlet to focus my energy instead of sitting there worrying about how sick I was.”

It has been a year to remember. Felix joined us to take a look back at 2025 — what got covered too much (U.S. President Donald Trump and his tariff obsession), too little (Canadian stocks), equity valuations and “ETF slop.”

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