BMO Nesbitt Burns Global Markets Commentary: New Shocks, Underlying Positive Trends Still Intact

February brought many developments to capital markets. For well-diversified investors, it was another strong month: global stock markets outside the U.S. rose – some sharply – and bonds also rallied....

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Special Market Update: Iran Update

Capital markets have a long history of looking past geopolitical events. An initial (and often sharp) risk-off reaction is typically followed by recovery as investors return to focusing on fundamentals....

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Weekly Strategy Perspectives: What Could Go Right? Reunderwriting the Bull Case

Markets started the week on a shaky note with tariffs and a potential AI/jobs apocalypse dominating the story line....

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Weekly Strategy Perspectives: Still Nauseously Optimistic

The last 12 months have sprayed a firehose of change at investors, consumers and businesses alike....

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Weekly Strategy Perspectives: And the Story Line is…

We’re barely two-thirds of the way into Q4 2025 earnings report season, yet a bevy of market-moving revelations have already surfaced. Traders acted quickly to adjust individual stock/sector prices for potentially revised realities, prompting more......

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Weekly Strategy Perspectives: Nuggets versus Noise

 Let’s be honest – there aren’t enough adjectives to describe how wild and wooly the headlines have been in the past 12 months....

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Why the economy in 2026 will be more resilient than many think

After a year of seemingly constant market and economic uncertainty, investors might assume we’ll see more of the same this year....

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BMO Nesbitt Burns Global Markets Commentary: January 2026 or 2025 Redux

We generally equate January with a fresh start, but instead the major themes from 2025 carried forward....

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Weekly Strategy Perspectives: Bonds Really DO Have More Fun

For many of us, stock markets are where the fun is (because they’re growth obsessed and chock full of interesting stories). Bonds, on the other hand, can be tough to wrap our heads and hearts around....

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Weekly Strategy Perspectives: Risky Business

The Through Line: After an extended period of relative calm, volatility has reasserted itself into capital markets. Fluctuating asset prices are nerve wracking – especially when they happen suddenly or with great velocity. Yet price volatility by its...

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Peter FinneganA brief summary of the Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security Estimates
By Peter Finnegan, Portfolio Manager

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Doug PorterCommentary from Our Chief Economist
Douglas Porter
Chief Economist, BMO Capital Markets

 
Douglas Porter has over 30 years of experience analyzing global economies and financial markets. As Chief Economist at BMO Financial Group, he oversees the macroeconomic and financial market forecasts and co-authors the firm’s weekly flagship publication, Focus. As a respected commentator on economic and financial trends, he is regularly quoted in the national press and often interviewed on radio and television. 

For Doug’s latest views on the economy, read his commentary Talking Points.