Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) predicts the calm markets will continue next year, and found the stocks that thrive in a low-volatility environment.The firm recommends a strategy based on a ratio from a Nobel...

Despite the outlook for another relatively quiet day on the currency market, we will get an opportunity to take the pulse of the U.S. real estate market with the release of Housing Starts and Building...

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...

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,...

It’s mission accomplished for outgoing U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, as she delivered the much-anticipated 25-bp key rate increase yesterday. What’s more, she also confirmed...

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....

No doubt to the great relief of U.S. Federal Reserve officials, we learned yesterday that inflationary pressures had made their way into the manufacturing sector, which climbed 0.4% in November....

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...