Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

August 15 was supposed to be the day North Korea launched missiles at Guam. Wisely, after carefully analyzing the plan, it would seem that Kim Jong Un has decided to adopt a wait-and-see approach...

The return of capital from defensive havens to risk markets has accelerated overnight after North Korea backed away from its threat to attack Guam.Precious metals and the Japanese yen are selling off...

Crude oil prices began the week of August 7th at USD 49.39 and ended it at USD 48.82, which represents a weekly decline of 1.2%.U.S. Crude Oil Inventories decreased by 6.4 million barrels over the...

Anticipations of a new rate hike in the United States before the end of the year were scaled back on Friday further to the release of weaker-than-expected inflation data. Although U.S. Federal Reserve...

In Canada, housing starts in July rose 4.4% to 222K (from 213K in June), their highest mark in four months. Urban starts rose 5.5% as higher multis (+10.4%) more than offset a drop in the...

Stock markets around the world are on the rebound to start the week as U.S. officials spent the weekend dialling down tensions with North Korea.‎ The Hang Seng is up 1.3%, the DAX is up 1.1%, the...

Stock markets have continued to plunge overnight with the exhausted and overextended bull market starting to collapse like a house of cards. The Hang Seng fell 2.0% overnight, while Australia fell...

Investors remain jittery this morning further to tensions escalating between North Korea and the United States. This morning, Japan indicated that it could not tolerate provocations from North Korea,...

After two days of talks, the major oil-producing countries committed to complying with the production quotas set at the end of 2016 to foster a rebound in oil prices. The lack of discipline of several...

August has historically been one of the worst performing and volatile months of the year for stock markets. This month, however, started with many investors living in la la land, as seen by extremely...

The economic indicator calendar is still very sparse today so investors’ attention is focused on the energy market. At the request of Saudi Arabia, the major oil-producing nations have been in...

Stock markets in Europe, plus U.S. index futures are flat this morning, while currencies are steady. Commodities have been active, along with resource stocks.Overnight, both China and Germany reported...

The excellent employment figures released on Friday in the U.S. fuelled the U.S. dollar, which closed the week on an encouraging note. In addition to higher-than-expected job creation, the report...

Yesterday, former governor of the Bank of Canada, Mark Carney, now head of its British counterpart, announced that he would maintain the key rate unchanged at 0.25% and was lowering his 2017 GDP...