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The Bank of Canada has joined the Fed in embarking on the road to monetary policy normalization, hiking the benchmark monetary policy rate +25bps to 0.75%. This comes at a time as Canada's property...
While there was nothing groundbreaking in Chair Yellen's perfunctory testimony, she unambiguously drew attention to inflation as the critical determinant of Fed rate hikes. Given the market’s...
As expected Bank of Canada raised its key interest rate to 0.75 percent, which is a 25-basis point increase. It is the first Bank of Canada increase in the overnight rate in seven years.In its press...
Japan’s Tertiary Industry Index dropped 0.1 percent month-on-month in May, reversing a 1.4 percent rise in April, data from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry showed on Wednesday, July...
The last rate cut by the Bank of Canada was two years ago, on July 15th, 2015. The central bank had cut its interest rate by 25 basis points, from 0.75 percent to 0.50 percent, owing to lower...
by Pinchas CohenSome things go together so well, or at least we’re so used to them going together, that we don’t even think about it. We often grow so used to the pairing that we simply...
Stock markets around the world have been steady overnight as markets prepare for the return of US traders. NASDAQ futures had been underperforming overnight but has rebounded in the last few minutes....
Stock markets around the world have been steady overnight as markets prepare for the return of US traders. NASDAQ Futures had been underperforming overnight but has rebounded in the last few minutes....
by Clement ThibaultJune is behind us and with it the first half of 2017 is officially on the books. Though global politics have provided much of the year's drama thus far, US markets have remained...
One would think that this would be a slow week with a Canada holiday on Monday and a US holiday on Tuesday, but it’s a big week for economic news so trading could be quite active.A lot of US...
PMI measures the activity level of purchasing managers in the service sector. They measure month on month changes in key indicators, such as inventories, price of goods and employment, and provides...
Yesterday's global selloff in stocks sent Asia Pacific indices down sharply overnight but morning trading in Europe and North America suggests markets may be stabilizing at lower levels. US index...
Stock markets and currencies are mixed this morning, with banking sector test results and comments from central bankers impacting sentiment.US index futures are mixed with Dow and S&P 500 flat and...
Breaking News: The euro has plunged most of a cent with the ECB indicating that the market has misjudged ECB President Draghi’s comments from Tuesday as more hawkish than intended.Hawkish...
When investing in U.S. energy equities, it's important to keep in mind that the Trump administration has a very different attitude toward energy production than the Obama administration. President...