Publications

As the tax filing deadline approaches, below are some reminders to help ensure you’re prepared to file your personal income tax return, and that you maximize your tax savings. It’s important that you have all required tax documents before you prepare...

Everyone knows that markets can rise and fall, but that doesn’t make the ups and downs any easier to stomach. Your first instinct when markets drop might be to reach for an antacid and look for ways to cut your losses, but while that could provide so...

Brent Joyce, Chief Investment Strategist, BMO Private Investment Counsel, discusses the importance of Canadians staying level-headed and focused on the bigger picture throughout this year’s U.S. election....

The long-promised U.S. recession is not even close to materializing. Case in point, and as noted by the excellent BMO Economics team, “Q4 GDP data showed yet another year of solid activity, while price pressures eased (which strengthens the case for...

The clouds hovering over much of the global macroeconomic landscape appear to be clearing, suggesting a return to normal could lie ahead. But when it comes to investing, normal always brings a “normal” level of uncertainty. ...

Between rising geopolitical tensions in Europe and Asia, the growing threat of climate change and the coming elections that will see almost half of the global population heading to the polls, it’s understandable that some investors are on edge....

No one gets married with the expectation of one day filing for divorce, but it happens to somewhere between 38% and 48% of Canadian marriages....

We are already seeing some optimistic signals. First, far from deteriorating, our recession probability model has shown improvement with the odds of a recession ticking down to about 40%....

When we look back on 2023, the tragedies in Ukraine and the Middle East will sadly stand out in our memories. For capital markets, banks at all levels (regional, global and central) drove a volatile year....

Farming in Canada is one of the oldest industries and still continues to play an integral economic role, domestically and beyond....