Weekly "Focus" and the Super Bowl of Commercials

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Minuk's Musings and a Squirrel

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Weekly Strategy Perspectives: The Fundamentals are Fine

The Through Line: Although the year is still in its infancy, markets have already been confronted with several volatility-inducing macro surprises. Determining if or how the developments will bend the fundamental arc of industry or economic......

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Tariff Pause: What’s Next? Economics and Markets Impact

Lingering risk of trade tariffs being introduced by the U.S. and Canadian governments has injected uncertainty into the economic and investment outlook, though there may be long-term opportunities despite financial market......

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Global Markets Commentary: Off to a good start – until it wasn’t

January’s positive start to the year is now in jeopardy after the U.S. launched a trade war. Tariffs on China are going ahead, but Canada and Mexico have been given a temporary reprieve. The level of uncertainty remains elevated and headlines......

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Proposed capital gains inclusion rate changes – Implementation deferred until 2026

As outlined in our recent publication, Federal Government Prorogues Parliament – Tax Implications, the prorogation of Federal Parliament on January 6, 2025 brought to an end all proceedings before Parliament.  This includes the draft legislative......

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Trade war impact: First pass

On February 1, U.S. President Trump signed an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on all non-energy imports from Canada and a 10% tariff on energy imports (effective February 4). In separate executive orders, a 25% tariff was levied on all imports...

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Investment Management - The Tariff Man Strikes Again

The Through Line: Over the weekend, it was announced that U.S. President Donald Trump intended to institute a blanket 25% tariff on all goods imported from Mexico and a similar 25% on all imports from Canada except energy which will be levied at 10%....

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Brian Belski, BMO Capital Markets’ Chief Investment Strategist, spoke to CNBC about why investors should focus on fundamentals and avoid acting out of fear despite market uncertainty. “We don’t know exactly what’s going to happ...

Brian Belski, BMO Capital Markets’ Chief Investment Strategist, spoke to CNBC about why investors should focus on fundamentals and avoid acting out of fear despite market uncertainty. “We don’t know exactly what’s going to happen with respect to the tariffs. You have too much guessing, too much uncertainty, too many models, too many people trying to make the big call on the market.” Full discussion here: http://spr.ly/6049Fwd0D

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