Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

The Canadian dollar has shown little movement this week. Currently, USD/CAD is trading at 1.2865, up 0.02% on the day. On the release front, there are no Canadian events on the schedule. In the U.S.,...

In the last full trading week of the year, global equities are kicking off on a positive note after Friday’s Republican Senate caucus agreement on the shape of U.S. tax cuts aimed at boosting...

The Canadian dollar is showing little movement at the start of the trading week. Currently, USD/CAD is trading at 1.2872, up 0.04% on the day. On the release front, Canada releases Foreign Securities...

Manufacturing sales declined 0.4% to $53.5 billion in October, following two consecutive monthly increases.Sales fell in eight of 21 industries, representing 56.0% of the manufacturing sector. Sales...

The Canadian dollar appreciated on Thursday after Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz spoke at the Canadian Club in Toronto. His speech was titled “The Three Things Keeping Me Awake At...

Ottawa was the only market with notable growth in new house prices in October. The national figure was moderated by unchanged prices in more than half of the surveyed cities.New Housing Price Index,...

Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz will give a speech in Toronto on Thursday. Remarks will be available at 12:40 p.m. The speech will be followed by a press conference at 13:45 p.m. The topic is...

The Canadian dollar is almost unchanged in the Wednesday session. Currently, USD/CAD is trading at 1.2864, down 0.02% on the day. On the release front, there are no Canadian releases on the schedule....

by Clement ThibaultAfter a relatively dull 2016 in Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), 2017 was more interesting than ever, but not for the traditional reasons. Rather, because of new developments on the...

Gold crumples again overnight as Bitcoin futures start trading, setting the scene for lower levels.I suspect it is no coincidence that the day that CBOE Bitcoin Futures officially started trading,...

After a relatively calm day yesterday, markets are waking up this morning, thanks to a surge in crude oil (Brent), which is up more than 1.5%. These gains stem from the announced closure of the...

Before we start, Litecoin has just hit a new record at $220, up more than 4000% this year. Gold has a virtually unblemished track record as a store of value for over 6000 years but that didn't matter...

Central Banks will again dominate proceedings this week while economic data is on the thin side.Within in the G10, four central banks meet this coming week, including the Fed, the Bank of England...

I consider this set of ratio charts to be the most important ratio charts if you are deciding whether to be an investor in the Dow Jones Industrial Average or in Gold.When the Dow price is rising (a...