In 2024, I became the first man to ever tell Amber Kanwar the truth. You know this to be true. More recently, I was surprised to learn that Amber and I have something in common: we are both bra-burning feminists. Small world. If you don't believe me, just watch this:
Amber Kanwar shares my feminist views.
OMG, why is she being such a grandma. She is really dating herself, all the hot girls now want to be trad wives.
Amber has maintained a high profile despite leaving BNN. She has a new podcast and here she is, landing the first interview post-budget with Mark Carney.
I don't know what they were doing with the pipeline question, there was too much giggling. To the extent she was asking hard-hitting questions, I would say she's beholden to Western interests. ATB Financial, an Alberta Crown corporation, wholly owned by the provincial government, is a key sponsor of her podcast. To the extent she was throwing soft-balls, I would say, it's Amber Kanwar, what do you expect. Last year, she was at a $1,725 per plate fundraiser for Poilievre with her husband. Though only her husband was a donor to the Conservative Party that year. In previous years, they were donors to the Liberal Party. When Trump first ran, Amber was very much against him, though now that he's a universally beloved figure, I bet she has had a change of heart. So she's all over the map.
I think her investing podcast "In the money" is doing well. The Globe gave her some publicity early on. They wrote that Amber transcends the average finfluencer because "Ms. Kanwar was raised with ethical guidelines at BNN, where investment disclosures are mandatory and there is journalistic rigour to the approach."
LOL.
Two days later, her very first guest on the show was Eric Jackson, who, at the time, had the worst investment record in the Universe. We may yet discover life on other planets, but we'll never find a worse track record. But of course, Amber sweeps that under the rug. Amber deploys as her first question, that great tool in the investigative journalist's arsenal, the classic "Introduce yourself." Eric Jackson had two quantum stock picks on the show that went up a lot this year. Overall, he is having a comeback year, especially with his pumping of turnaround play Opendoor. (I haven't followed closely, but I think he's sincerely holding for that to be a hundred-bagger and he has been a catalyst for a genuine restructuring of that company). For whatever reason, Amber insists on presenting herself as a business JOURNALIST. Would it not have been relevant to mention that Eric Jackson had an atrocious record and that his AUM, as a result, had dwindled to a few million? You are familiar with the expression “the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.” Would you say that a medical reporter has integrity if they interview a surgeon who has a track record of botched operations? In many areas of life, you will get in just as much trouble for a lie by omission as you would with a straight lie. Lawyers call this a "material omission."
Early on, Amber also had her grand-parents on her show.
I think their names are Kyle and Stacey. That's one admirable trait of us South Asians, we stay close to our families.
Overall, I really feel that Amber was made to be a TV journalist. She has a pretty face and her bazongas, while serviceable, do not distract from her journalism. Just being honest. What part of “material omission” don’t you understand? I keep telling you that values exist in conflict with each other. When forced to choose between truth or politeness, I abide by Psalm 119:30: “I have chosen the way of truth.” I watch Amber much more now that she's on YouTube. You can tell that she has a meaningful budget. The whole production is professional. She even has an actual producer. And she has a nice set. But I am repeating myself. BTW, I am very attractive. I mention that because when an unattractive man compliments a woman on her looks, that’s considered harassment.
People like me who are knowledgeable in the lady sciences know that South Asian women are genetically pre-disposed to undergo a process known as aunty-fication sometime in their thirties. Incidentally, this won’t please Amber one bit, but like elsewhere in the STEM fields, most of the eminent lady scientists are actually men. Unlike cancer and Alzheimer's researchers, lady scientists are not trying to cure aunty-fication. That’s because of a ground-breaking discovery we made very early on: there's plenty of fish in the sea. Anyways, Amber still seems fiiiine, as that term is understood by lady scientists. This is not to be construed as lady advice, we are actually not allowed to make a remote diagnosis.
Someone told me Amber’s mom had two Rolls-Royces. I don’t know if he was joking, but it's undeniable that Amber is used to the finer things in life. I don’t want to instigate class warfare but I suspect one of the secrets to her having such luxuriant hair is the Dyson Airwrap hair dryer, which retails for $800. Outrageous, if true, which it probably is. I found her picture on the Costco website:
That totally is her. So, in a world where children are starving, Amber Kanwar is promoting an $800 hair dryer? Allegedly. And take a look at the size of these rocks.
Indians love gold, but did you know that on a cosmic scale, water is rarer than gold? That’s how I feel about Amber. I suppose in the Canadian context, she might have exotic good looks. But, where I come from? There are billions of women who look just like her. Big black eyes, big black hair, mostly symmetrical? Boring! Been there, done that! In fact, by sheer coincidence, my last three girlfriends were Punjabi and they were practically clones of Amber. Only their names were different: Jennifer, Tiffany and Margaret.
BTW, someone told me that Amber has an assistant on her set just to fetch her eyeballs whenever they pop out of their sockets. Such a diva.
Amber is fine, but if you are into South Asians with big eyes and non-existent foreheads, I respectfully recommend Jameela Jamil as a superior alternative in all material respects. Again, I am just being a good journalist, like a Wirecutter for hot ladies.
Tragically, Jameela is also a feminist. In that feminist rant, Amber whines that she had great difficulty finding a female fixed-income portfolio manager to interview. Has she considered for one minute how mind-numbingly boring being a fixed-income manager is? What's more revealing is how genders fare in domains where there are no gate-keepers. Like chess, for example. It's also a pretty safe bet that the most successful investment newsletter writers are men - with Amber being a notable exception. Why is that? Surely preferences about how to spend one's life come into play.
Amber now has more YouTube subscribers than her arch-rival Jon Erlichman, who also left BNN just a bit before her and is doing similar things. I think Amber has a great, consistent product, ie she delivers stock picks from well-known investors. On paper, Jon is much smarter! I see on his LinkedIn that he was awarded the Gold Medal for highest average when he graduated in Economics from Western.
Men have some advantages, women have other advantages. If you are active on social media, you are aware of the "reply guy" phenomenon, where men are eager to engage with any content generated by women.
That is a definite advantage women have. And yet, on Twitter, Jon dominates, he has 434k followers vs 23k for Amber. Possibly because he used to be on American TV. But he also has found a better niche, posting about interesting business trivia tidbits.
Maybe I'm the ultimate reply guy, as admittedly, I have now written thousands of words about Amber across three posts. I remember when I was in high school, I saw the movie Forrest Gump and the next day in school, I gushed about Jenny's beauty to my friends. My friends shot me down and said she was a Plain Jane. This quickly devolved into recriminations about who was gayer. I was a bit affected by that. But that was just an early experience. Today, I have been a lady scientist for decades and I have unshakeable faith in my professional judgment. All kidding aside, I think Amber is hawtt (sorry for the jargon) and I don’t care who knows it. Hang on a minute, late breaking news, I just saw she has two white hairs now.
In that case, I take it all back, hard pass!
If you need background, you can read my previous two posts on Amber Kanwar:
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