Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

Market conditions in Vancouver contributed to ongoing strength in that census metropolitan area (CMA), and helped drive new home prices up 0.4% nationally in July.New Housing Price Index, monthly...

Thursday finds trading action focused in commodities and currencies. Most major indices are trading flat to down 0.2% as they continue to consolidate recent gains. The FTSE has kicked into reverse,...

The Canadian dollar has posted slight losses in the Wednesday session. Early in the North American session, USD/CAD is trading at 1.2150, down 0.40% on the day. On the release front, U.S. inflation...

Greater demand for risk continued yesterday, driving U.S. stock markets to record levels, once again at the expense of safe-haven assets. The general sentiment caught up to the USD/CAD pair, bringing...

Stock markets around the world have been mixed overnight on limited news. The Nikkei rose 0.4%, the Dow and DAX are flat, while the FTSE and Nasdaq 100 are down 0.2%. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)'s late-day...

Hurricanes Harvey and Irma were the big newsmakers last week, with WTI crude oil prices ending the week without a real trend, up 0.8%. The impressive surge in the Canadian dollar helped the price of...

The U.S dollar is finding it difficult to build on yesterday’s strong start to the week as investor concerns about lacklustre inflation stateside continues to linger ahead of key data this...

In trading yesterday, we saw the return of appetite for risk on markets in general. The S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq all rose by more than 1%, while safe-haven assets like gold, the yen and U.S....

Last Friday, the Quebec government released its Monthly Report on Financial Transactions. The report showed a slightly better-than-expected fiscal performance versus 2017 budget expectations for the...

The end of the week was marked with Canadian job data for August. At first glance, the data were excellent, with 22,200 positions created instead of the expected 15,000. What’s more, the...

Canadian industries operated at 85% of their production capacity in the second quarter of 2017, up from 83.2% in the previous quarter. This reflected the very strong growth in economy-wide production....

Stock markets around the world are rallying to start the new trading week. The Nikkei soared 1.4%, while the DAX is up 1.1%. The FTSE and U.S. index futures are up 0.5%.The big news this morning has...

The Canadian dollar depreciated on Friday versus its U.S. counterpart but is still on course to a higher than 2 percent gain in the last week. The short week due to Labor Day celebrations in both...

- Canada Aug Jobless Rate 6.2%; Jul 6.3% vs. Aug Forecast At 6.3%- Canada Aug Net Jobs +22,200 From Jul vs. Aug Net Jobs Forecast At +15,000 - Canada Aug Avg Hourly Wages +1.8% From Year Ago - Canada...