Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

The minutes of the most recent U.S. Federal Reserve meeting released yesterday revealed that several members are questioning the reason behind the current low level of inflation. Some are even...

The U.S. economy added to the strength of the greenback yesterday, with retail sales figures showing more growth than anticipated in July. In concrete terms, this was the largest monthly increase of...

Stocks have continued their rebound overnight with the Dow regaining 22,000. Currencies have consolidated, while key commodities have been flat to positive, heading into another potentially big day...

August 15 was supposed to be the day North Korea launched missiles at Guam. Wisely, after carefully analyzing the plan, it would seem that Kim Jong Un has decided to adopt a wait-and-see approach...

The return of capital from defensive havens to risk markets has accelerated overnight after North Korea backed away from its threat to attack Guam.Precious metals and the Japanese yen are selling off...

Crude oil prices began the week of August 7th at USD 49.39 and ended it at USD 48.82, which represents a weekly decline of 1.2%.U.S. Crude Oil Inventories decreased by 6.4 million barrels over the...

In Canada, housing starts in July rose 4.4% to 222K (from 213K in June), their highest mark in four months. Urban starts rose 5.5% as higher multis (+10.4%) more than offset a drop in the...

Stock markets around the world are on the rebound to start the week as U.S. officials spent the weekend dialling down tensions with North Korea.‎ The Hang Seng is up 1.3%, the DAX is up 1.1%, the...

Stock markets have continued to plunge overnight with the exhausted and overextended bull market starting to collapse like a house of cards. The Hang Seng fell 2.0% overnight, while Australia fell...

Investors remain jittery this morning further to tensions escalating between North Korea and the United States. This morning, Japan indicated that it could not tolerate provocations from North Korea,...

A seasonal slide in stocks continues this morning. The Hang Seng fell 1.2%, while the DAX is down 0.7%. ‎Dow futures are down 0.2% and have broken under 22,000, while Nasdaq futures are down...

After two days of talks, the major oil-producing countries committed to complying with the production quotas set at the end of 2016 to foster a rebound in oil prices. The lack of discipline of several...

August has historically been one of the worst performing and volatile months of the year for stock markets. This month, however, started with many investors living in la la land, as seen by extremely...

The economic indicator calendar is still very sparse today so investors’ attention is focused on the energy market. At the request of Saudi Arabia, the major oil-producing nations have been in...