Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

The last full trading week of 2019 was generally negative for Canada in terms of economic data. Except for November CPI, which was in line with market expectations, the data released in the past few...

Canadian home prices have been growing at a break-neck speed, and incomes aren’t even close to keeping up. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) numbers show Canada...

Bonds sell off on hopes of increased growth next year Markets barely affected by impeachment chatter, as Senate widely expected not to vote to remove. Key EventsFollowing a mixed Asian session,...

Trade resolution remains elusive, weighing on markets Sterling rebounded from a third day selloff Oil pulls back from a three-month high Key EventsStocks have been struggling to keep the...

Yesterday's Wall Street exuberance carries through to Asia trade but U.S. futures, Europe reversePound sells off for a second day on No-Deal Brexit fearsKey EventsEuropean shares, as well as U.S....

Today’s graphic, using data from Journal of Commerce, highlights the companies behind the United States’ import-export numbers. In Western countries, people often assume that their top...

SPX futures advance to new all-time highDec. 15 tariffs avoided; half September's duties scrappedOil remains flat as commodity traders await actual proof of dealKey Events U.S. futures contracts,...

When former European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi uttered his famous “whatever it takes” to defend the euro declaration, what mattered was not only the words he used, or...

The U.S. and China have typically had a long-standing trade relationship going back decades. The table below from HowMuch.net shows the top imports and exports between the U.S. and China, pulled from...

U.S. stocks are slightly softer after softer PPI and jobless claims data suggest some weakness is creeping into the U.S. economy, shrugging off yesterday’s Fed meeting that signalled rates are...

Fed leaves rates unchanged, signals same for 2020Dollar traders await the Dec. 15 tariff deadline to decide its trend ECB policy decision, Lagarde debut briefing overshadowedKey EventsShaking off a...

With one active year of raising rates and reducing its balance sheet behind them, and a second active year reversing all those actions, the Federal Reserve seems ready to go into hibernation and sleep...

When digital trading platforms started gaining in prominence and market share, many people believed that brick-and-mortar companies were doomed. That the future belonged solely to digital trade. As...

U.S. futures remain in holding pattern as heightened trade uncertainty prevails over interest rates decisions Hang Seng outperforms despite new setback for Carrie Lam government British pound...