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Weekly Strategy Perspectives: Seeking Sanity in a World Gone Delulu

Aug 29, 2025 - BMO Private Wealth

The Through Line: In what would normally be a quiet march toward a late summer holiday weekend, the (headline) hits just keep coming. Questions abound re Fed independence and data reliability; deployment of troops to U.S. cities and the South......

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Weekly Strategy Perspectives: Guest Feature: U.S. Data Quality - in the Line of Fire

Aug 22, 2025 - BMO Private Wealth

The Through Line: For decades, the depth, breadth and quality of U.S. economic statistics have been applauded around the world. Data integrity is paramount because these numbers form the basis for a wide variety of undertakings – from compensation de...

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Weekly Strategy Perspectives: Animal Spirits on the Prowl

Aug 15, 2025 - BMO Private Wealth

The Through Line: After a long dry spell, a hopeful set of not-so-random events seems to be hinting at renewal in the initial public offering (IPO) and merger and acquisition (M&A) spaces. Head fake – or lasting trend? We parse the signs....

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Global Markets Commentary 2024 in Review: The Year of the Electorate

For investors, 2024 was a stellar year despite fears that politics and geopolitics would wreak havoc on the markets. What better proof that politics don’t belong in your portfolio....

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2025 Canada economic outlook: On the mend

Canada’s economic environment remains as complex as it has been for the past couple of years. However, we're now dealing with a different inflation and interest rate environment....

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2025 Canadian Market Outlook

In his 2025 Market Outlook, BMO Capital Markets’ Chief Investment Strategist Brian Belski expects Canadian equities to build on a surprisingly strong 2024—possibly outperforming U.S stocks....

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President-Elect Donald Trump’s Tariff Threat is Too Big to Dismiss

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose 25% tariffs on all imports from Canada and Mexico on his first day in office – unless both countries deal with border security issues....

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2025 Capital Markets Outlook: Bunches and Punches

In last December’s 2024 Market Outlook Plenty of Progress, Solid Foundations Laid, we discussed a continuing return to normal, an environment where investors are rewarded across the risk spectrum....

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Investment Strategy - November 2024

As the U.S.A will decide if a woman will become president for the first time in history or if Donald Trump will get a second term in office, the contrast between the two candidates could not be starker....

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Equity and Fixed Income Strategy - August 2023

The Bank of Canada (“BoC”) and U.S. Federal Reserve (“Fed”) were at it again, recently raising rates another quarter point. While we think those latest increases were unnecessary given already sharply lower inflation trends, at least we now have......

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Equity and Fixed Income Strategy - July 2023

Sometimes in the world of investments, the best longer-term risk-reward vehicles are found on the road less travelled. Case in point, since the start of 2022, Canadian banks have been very much out of favour with investors....

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