Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

Key Rate Decision in CanadaToday, we will be essentially focusing on the Bank of Canada’s Governor Stephen Poloz, who will announce at 10 a.m. the Bank’s key rate decision. Markets are not...

By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset Management. There are 2 monetary policy announcements this week with the Bank of Canada batting first on Wednesday. After rising to a high...

Liberal majority governmentThe Conservative Party led by Stephen Harper have failed in their bid to win on an early election call. Justin Trudeau’s Liberals at last count had 184 seats and...

Global growth has been slowing rapidly according to OECD indicator A lot of charts to get through, so let's keep it global, let's keep it simple and in basic point form. If one was to focus on the...

The Weekly Economic Watch offers a commentary on developments in the economic environment as depicted by economic indicators released during the week and on indicators to be published in the upcoming...

The FOMC’s meeting minutes, released last week, contained more information on the Federal Reserve’s inaction in September. To no one’s surprise, the Fed’s decision to delay...

Monday is a slow day for economic news, although India’s update on industrial production will provide new insight on how the growth leader in emerging markets is faring amid wobbly macro data...

The US dollar fell against most of the major and emerging market currencies for the second consecutive week. The combination of market positioning, weak confidence that the Fed will hike rates this...

A great deal transpired across markets last week and after sifting through a few dozen charts this morning it’s clear that a major transition may be underway. My friend J.C. Parets...

The unexpectedly poor September US jobs data weakened the greenback's technical tone, as questions about the underlying strength of the world's largest economy, and the implications for the Fed's...

The end of a horrendous quarter for equities and emerging markets is generating a sigh of relief that is helping lift those battered markets. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index is up almost 1.75% prior...

Yesterday was a particularly trying day on stock markets, with the S&P 500, NASDAQ and S&P/TSX Composite down by 2.6%, 3.0% and 2.8% respectively. Fears of a slowing economy in China and the...

Despite recent financial turmoil, no one has provided a concise explanation of the commodity super-cycle, one of the primary macro-economic forces causing recent volatility. That is, until now. In a...

The US dollar rose against all the major and emerging market currencies over the past week, save the Russian ruble, which gained about 1.5%. Comments from several Fed officials, and most notably...