From Alexander Green, Chief Investment Strategist, Oxford Club:

This week, my Investment U colleagues are talking about “off-kilter” investments. These are assets that most U.S. investors either under-own or don’t own at all.

For instance, David Fessler likes rural real estate, and Adam Sharp recommends “ground floor” stakes in young startups.

But I’m casting my eye north to our biggest trading partner: Canada.

Canada is the world’s second-largest country by area and the 10th-greatest in per capita income. It also ranks higher than us on the Fraser Institute’s Index of Economic Freedom.

However, widening spreads between corporate and government bonds – and a stumbling stock market – are signaling a recession there.

Could that be a good thing? It is if you like buying low.

The Toronto Stock Exchange is in bear market territory, down more than 20% from its September 2014 highs. In fact, the resource-rich benchmark is one…