Weekly Strategy Perspectives: Still Nauseously Optimistic
BMO Private Wealth - Feb 20, 2026
The last 12 months have sprayed a firehose of change at investors, consumers and businesses alike.
“There is nothing permanent except change.”
– Heraclitus
The Through Line: The last 12 months have sprayed a firehose of change at investors, consumers and businesses alike. We’ve been asked to absorb major shifts in macro policy (trade, immigration, employment, regulation, taxation) while at the same time rapidly advancing technology is forcing us to rethink even our most basic daily activities. So much transformation on simultaneous fronts can be intensely disorienting. Or, given the right mind set, it can also be intensely exhilarating – laying the groundwork for growth and opportunity.
To read the full report, click here.
BMO Private Wealth is a brand name for a business group consisting of Bank of Montreal and certain of its affiliates in providing private wealth management products and services. Not all products and services are offered by all legal entities within BMO Private Wealth. Banking services are offered through Bank of Montreal. Investment management, wealth planning, tax planning, philanthropy planning services are offered through BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. and BMO Private Investment Counsel Inc. If you are already a client of BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., please contact your Investment Advisor for more information. Estate, trust, and custodial services are offered through BMO Trust Company. BMO Private Wealth legal entities do not offer tax advice. BMO Trust Company and BMO Bank of Montreal are Members of CDIC.
® Registered trademark of Bank of Montreal, used under license.