Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

With risk assets enjoying a strong start to the new year, the beginning of corporate earnings season is expected to dictate the next move for the stock markets.In overnight trade, the EUR...

From a monetary policy perspective, 2017 was a year in which central banks around the globe shifted, almost in synchronized step it seemed, to refocus on policy “normalization”, at least...

This morning’s release of the Labour Force Survey employment report surpassed market expectations once more. Let us start with general observations showing the significant improvement in labour...

The U.S. economy added 148,000 jobs in December, almost all of them in the private sector (Previous +239k vs. +193k e). The U.S. service sector deeply hit. Well below the 2017 monthly average of +171k...

The Canadian economy added almost 80,000 jobs for the second month in a row in December on a surge in part-time employment, and the jobless rate dipped to a 41-year low of 5.7 per cent, Statistics...

Statistics Canada will publish the Labour Force Survey (LFS) report for the month of December on Friday morning. The robust pace of global economic growth contributed to the net addition of 390,000...

Stock markets had a whale of a start to the year with significant gains yesterday. The situation is completely different for the U.S. dollar, which was down across the board.The U.S. dollar is simply...

The U.S. is capable of reaching of 3-percent GDP this year, but growth is likely to slow after that, strategist David Kelly told CNBC on Tuesday.Productivity “really is the key,” said...

Though risk rose in 2017—via North Korea’s ongoing saber rattling in the form of ballistic missile tests; the re-emergence of global populism which this past year included Donald...

It came as quite a surprise when the Retail Sales reading for October showed growth of 1.5% compared to a forecast number as low as 0.3%! The strong showing no doubt contributed to a return to...

During the first half of 2017, the US$ gave up much of the strong gains it had made in late 2014 and 2015, especially after it became clear that it was the central banks of other developed economies...

To date, there appears to be disagreement on the direction that Stephen Poloz and the Bank of Canada (BoC) will take with regard to monetary policy. Some observers will say that the key rate will be...

We got a positive surprise yesterday with U.S. Housing Starts for November, which were up 3.3% compared to an expected -3.1%, which is in keeping with the most recent reports indicating a rise in...

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) predicts the calm markets will continue next year, and found the stocks that thrive in a low-volatility environment.The firm recommends a strategy based on a ratio from a Nobel...