Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

Resource based economy is slowing down but not enough for central bank to act.The Bank of Canada (BoC) will release its rate statement at 10:00 am EDT on Wednesday, September 7. The Canadian central...

North American traders return from a long weekend today to find the biggest action they missed to start the week has been in crude oil where WTI and Brent have been active up 1.0% and down 0.7% today...

Global markets are trading flat to slightly higher this morning continuing Thursdays afternoon rebound. Al eyes are on today's US nonfarm payrolls report which could spark significant trading activity...

The Canadian economy contracted by 1.6% q/q saar during the second quarter according to the GDP report released this morning by Statistics Canada. The wildfires that hampered economic activity in...

World stock markets have been mixed overnight. US index futures are down slightly this morning, while across the pond, the FTSE and DAX are down 0.2% while the CAC, IBEX and FTSE MIB are all up about...

We forecast that nonfarm payrolls increased 205,000 in August, above consensus of 180,000 jobs and down from July’s large gain of 255,000.Solid job growth combined with the previous releases of...

Global markets have been incredibly quiet across all major asset classes overnight. US index futures and the FTSE 100 are flat while the DAX and WTI are down 0.4% and gold is up 0.3%. The only big...

Global markets have been trading flat to moderately lower, with soft IFO survey results out of Germany‎ weighing on sentiment while traders await Friday's speech from Fed Chair Yellen.US index...

After defying gravity last week, crude oil continues to fall back to Earth this morning, with WTI and Brent both falling 1.1%. Oil's tumble appears to be mainly due to a lack of new reasons to keep...

After staging a big rally for much of last week, crude oil has reversed course and started to retreat today, with WTI falling 2.8% and Brent dropping 3.2%. Stock markets are also down but falling at a...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators noted that heading into August options expiration the Equity markets continued to look strong but maybe in need of a short term pause....

Stock markets around the world have been trading down slightly as seasonal corrections take hold and Fed comments turned back to the hawkish side. US index futures, the FTSE 100 and the DAX are all...

Stock markets around the world have remained in consolidation mode overnight with US index futures and the FTSE up 0.1% , while the DAX is up 0.5%. Crude oil is steady today with Brent sitting just...

The rebound in USD which started with hawkish comments from NY Fed President Dudley continued to work its way through world markets overnight.The threat of a potential FOMC rate hike as early as...