Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

Difficult choices to improve a vulnerable financial situationThe Province of N&L faces an unprecedented fiscal situation. The two main ingredients that led to today’s dire financial...

LFS March Report: A much welcomed silver liningThe high-frequency economic data to be released during the next month or so could bring some disappointing news, reminding us that the Canadian economy...

In this global recovery dubbed by the IMF to be “too slow, too fragile” and where budgetary deficits are the norm, bond investors will definitively find some comfort in the improving...

US index futures have remained flat overnight with Dow and S&P futures trading down 0.1% this morning. Major European indices are also holding steady with the FTSE down 0.3% and the DAX down...

US index futures are holding steady this morning trading down only marginally as the Dow, S&P and NASDAQ consolidate yesterday’s rallies and breakouts. Earnings season continues this morning...

Stock markets around the world have taken the baton from oil overnight. Chinese exports surged above expectations last month, particularly in CNY terms which has been taken by traders as a sign of...

When the central banks of three European countries and the European Central Bank (ECB) itself introduced negative interest rates (NIR) in mid-2014, many considered it be a temporary measure, a new...

After the Canadian economy added only 30K jobs in the 6 six-month period from September 2015 to February 2016, employment rose by a brisk 41K in March alone. This surprise leap in job growth, well...

Stock markets around the world have been clawing back much of Thursday's losses overnight. Economic news has been light and trading remains choppy as traders await next week's start to earnings...

Yesterday’s strong finish to US trading that saw the S&P close up 1.0% and the Dow close up 0.6% fizzled out overnight. Mainland China markets fell 1.0% while European markets are flat with...

The big turnaround in crude oil that started yesterday afternoon has continued overnight and into this morning. A number of factors have converged to bring WTI’s recent losing streak to an end,...

For the last several days, major world indices have been teetering. A big six week rally has been winding down but it wasn’t clear if overbought conditions would be dealt with through an...

Stock markets around the world have been playing catch up overnight, with the positive response to Friday’s nonfarm payrolls carrying through overseas markets and coming back around to continued...

A ton of economic news to kick off markets has markets moving in different directions overnight. The quarterly BoJ Tankan survey in Japan indicated business sentiment running well below expectations...