Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

The Australian dollar (AUD) and the Canadian dollar (CAD) are called “commodity currencies” for a reason. The reason is that regardless of what’s happening in their associated local...

U.S. inflation is slowly moving toward the U.S. Federal Reserve’s 2% target, while it stood at an annualized rate of 1.9% in August, slightly above the expectations of 1.8% of the analysts...

So far this morning, the biggest market action by far has been in the U.K., where Sterling is soaring and the FTSE is plunging.Building on the upward momentum from Thursday, the pound has skyrocketed...

The provincial NDP government in British Columbia took power in Victoria less than two months ago. Given this short period of time and the need to build a political alliance with the Green Party, it...

Crude Oil Inventories in the United States rose more quickly than expected last week, with 5.88 million barrels added compared with a forecast of 4.4 million. This was still not enough to prevent the...

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...

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...

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 Canadian dollar continues to have a quiet week. Currently, USD/CAD is trading at 1.2148, up 0.31% on the day. On the release front, there are no Canadian releases on the schedule. Later in the...

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....

Stock markets around the world continued to rally overnight and into this morning. The Nikkei jumped 1.2% in a catch up rally. The DAX is up 0.6%, while U.S. index futures are up 0.2%.The FTSE is...

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...