So Much For the Dog Dayz.

It was setting up to be a week of divergence for North American benchmarks with Canada’s TSX hitting new all-time-highs throughout the week while our counterparts to South put together a 5-day losing streak that saw major indices retrace......

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On the Edge of Easing

Summer may be drawing closer to its end, but economic data and corporate earnings kept investors fully engaged this week. The buy-the-dip narrative was in full effect as markets bounced following last week’s weaker than expected data......

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Rates to Fall. In Fall?

Summer temperatures are heating up, and so was the stock market until Friday’s US jobs report and new tariff announcements hit the pause button on a 4-month stock market rally......

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All Quiet On The Crazy Train

It was yet another week of gains for North American markets, which have basically been higher every single week since the early April lows......

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Enter Stage Left; Tariffs on Forest Fires.

North American markets spent the week flirting with new all-time-highs on Thursday as investor attention continues to focus around politics to the South......

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What is 678 Days Young?

The summer months are here, school is out, and markets seem to be more relaxed as well. In fact, all major indexes hit an all-time-high in this holiday shortened week. Overall, markets seem to have been energized in recent days with a dose......

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Happy Canada Day!

North American markets were higher on the week with new all-time-highs hit south of the border for the first time since February as we had a de-escalation of the situation in the Middle East and a White House that said......

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The Fed's Balancing Act

North American markets were basically flat on the week, but easily within reach of new all-time-highs. All this despite the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The initial market reaction to the event last Friday......

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TSX; Eh-Okay.

The TSX saw another week of record highs despite ongoing uncertainty over the economic fallout from the trade war. In fact, since the start of November (just before the U.S. election), the TSX has outperformed both the S&P 500 and the EAFE index......

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May Trade Note.

Global economy – slowing, not cratering. While front-running in US imports benefitted economies outside the US in Q1, a pull-forward in consumption ahead of tariffs may be temporarily boosting US growth in Q2......

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