Market Overview Analysis & Opinion

The highly anticipated U.S. January CPI report comes out on Wednesday morning. Headline annual inflation is seen rising 2.9% and core CPI is forecast to increase 3.1%. Investors should brace for...

Stocks were flat yesterday ahead of today's CPI report. Forecasts call for a 0.3% month-over-month increase in both core and headline CPI, with year-over-year gains of 2.9% for headline and 3.1% for...

After 100bp of rate cuts, Fed Chair Powell suggests policy remains restrictive – even if inflation remains elevated they will merely “maintain” policy restraint for longer. This indicates an...

Analyzing Tuesday's inside days and their implications for market dynamics in this stock market timing update. Gain expert insights into key sectors, technical analysis, and trading...

In this episode, I look at Canada’s banking system and why it’s so hard for foreign banks to compete. While Trump claims U.S. banks are “blocked,” the reality is more complicated. With strict...

This is a discussion about five crucial real estate investment terms for 2025. Know these, understand these and utilize them! Location remains fundamental but has evolved -...

More trade war tariffs have been collected under Biden than Trump, but US tariffs remain among the lowest in the developed world. Meanwhile, gold prices hit new highs. Each week, the Syz investment...

Stocks opened higher yesterday and traded mostly sideways to higher for the rest of the day. Just an uneventful day. The reason, I think, was just due to implied volatility resetting after the VIX...

Start your week informed with the latest market highlights and trading opportunities. We provide a detailed technical analysis of key sectors, including stocks, commodities, and the VIX....

In this episode, Dan Foch from the Canadian Real Estate Investor Podcast joins me. We take a deep dive into how Canadian real estate and REITs performed in 2024 and what could shape...

US equity futures are higher after a weak close on Friday. European markets opened stronger following last week's gains. Asian equities ended mixed. Markets remain focused on tariffs after Trump...

The major stock market indexes are still up since Election Day despite recent turbulence caused by DeepSeek and Trump Tariffs 2.0 (chart). The former is weighing on the shares of AI companies....

Geopolitics I: What Trump Wants from Canada & Mexico. It’s become abundantly clear to us what President Donald Trump wants from Mexico. To Trump, Mexico is a looming security threat. In his view,...

QUOTE “Investing is not about buying good things, but about buying things well – and if you don’t understand the difference, you shouldn’t be an investor.” –Howard Marks Clearly, many operating in...