Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

U.S. stock futures are poised for a lower open as the coronavirus spread in the U.S. tops 1,000, a one-mile containment zone was setup just outside of New York City, and as expectations grow for...

Stock markets in freefall and it seems unlikely central banks and governments in the short-term can do anything. Technical selling is getting ugly and even though expectations are high, the Fed will...

Price Of Oil, Canadian Dollar And TSX Futures All Heading DownIt is shaping up to be a disastrous day in the stock markets, as North American markets are set to following early downturns being...

An interesting weekly report came out of Japan early in Asia today that said that stock investments by foreigners fell by JPY -755B during the week of Feb. 29 vs JPY -68.1B in the prior week. This is...

Echoing the Federal Reserve with a short statement, the Bank of Canada cut its overnight rate target by 50 basis points to 1.25%. Similar to the OECD‘s message sent earlier this week, the BoC...

After a disappointing G7 statement, the Fed surprised many traders in delivering an intra-meeting 50 basis-point cut. Some believed the Fed had the luxury of waiting till the March 18th meeting before...

A coordinated monetary easing from central banks would have the advantage of boosting confidence and easing market volatility. The absence of specific actions in this morning’s G7 statement...

As a new week begins in the wake of Canada’s main stock index suffering through its worst week since the 2008 financial crisis, investors will be looking for signs. Will it get worse? Or, will...

Also, in contrast to the positive U.S. economic momentum observed before the virus hit (2.1% q/q saar in 2019 Q4), the Canadian economy was in quasi-stagnation before both the rail disruption and the...

The global stock selloff is showing no signs of slowing down. The coronavirus is now in 50 countries and has infected more than 83,000 people. Fears are growing that further spreading of the virus...

U.S. futures fall for a sixth day European stocks slide but rebound from the bottom of a rising channel, suggesting a buying opportunityDollar take-profit leaves room for the yen and gold to...

Canadian economic stagnation in 2019 Q4On Friday, Statistics Canada will publish its monthly real GDP by industry estimate and the quarterly national accounts. For the month of December, we forecast a...

U.S. contracts and some Asian indices riseEurope fails to reboundHavens pare lossesKey EventsThough U.S. index futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones and NASDAQ all moved higher this morning, along...