Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

Confidence continues to return to world markets overnight and this morning. Mainland China markets stabilized overnight while the Hang Seng rebounded to a 2.5% gain, while a 1.5% rally in copper...

Stock markets in Europe and the US have continued to attract support overnight and this morning, a particularly strong performance in the face of further China weakness. This shows just how much...

Many people are wondering why lower commodity prices have not done more to spur economic growth in Canada and around the world. After all, on an annual basis, a $65-a-barrel drop in oil prices...

The US dollar depreciated 0.539 percent versus the Canadian dollar in the last 24 hours that saw the loonie follow the developments in the price of oil. The USD/CAD is trading at the day’s low...

Global markets have been mixed overnight. Asia Pacific markets sold off in reaction as a big loss and a 75% dividend cut from BHP Billiton (L:BLT) brought a recent rally in mining stocks to a...

In today’s pre-budget announcement, Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau indicated that the state of the Canadian economy and public finances worsened significantly since the release of the...

December retail sales surprised on the downside (-2.2% m/m vs. -0.6% consensus). Several factors caused the value of retail sales to fall at their sharpest rate in over five years (since April 2010)....

In a world in which the level of financial stress has ramped up in recent months, investors can find some comfort in British Columbia's solid economic and fiscal performance. Supported by sound real...

Yesterday’s positive momentum has continued overnight and into this morning’s trading although the pace of gains has slowed somewhat. Mixed news overnight appears to have dampened bullish...

Stock markets continue to recover this morning with US index futures running up about 0.6% and building on yesterday’s gains while European indices have joined the party in earnest with the FTSE...

Canadian markets were back online and the loonie did not fare well against the big dollar as oil fell following the announcement of an oil deal between Russia and some members of the Organization of...

North American traders return to work from the holiday weekend to find markets ready to build on last week’s turnaround. Some of the fears and uncertainties that had gripped markets and threw...

The wave of fear that rocked markets around the world continued to impact Asia Pacific trading overnight but has faded this morning. European indices are on the rebound with the major indices like the...

Stocks and commodities are trading sharply lower again this morning, with breakdowns across a number of markets signalling the start of another downleg in the current bear market. The Hang Seng...