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The Canadian dollar appears to have been affected by Monday’s lunar eclipse, gaining ground despite the 2.4% slide in crude oil (WTI) and disappointing economic indicators. After rising over the...

Last week was another very rough week for the Oval Office in the U.S. Even though the announcement from North Korea that it would hold off on its plans to launch missiles toward Guam generated a wave...

Stock markets applauded the most recent reshuffling from the Trump administration on Friday as White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, a supporter of protectionist measures and right-wing policies,...

For the first time in quite a while, Canada posted a disappointing result yesterday with a -1.8% slide in June Manufacturing Shipments. Obviously, considering the sound performance over the previous...

The minutes of the most recent U.S. Federal Reserve meeting released yesterday revealed that several members are questioning the reason behind the current low level of inflation. Some are even...

The U.S. economy added to the strength of the greenback yesterday, with retail sales figures showing more growth than anticipated in July. In concrete terms, this was the largest monthly increase of...

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...

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...

Yesterday was particularly difficult for most asset classes with our screens awash in red. Escalating tensions with North Korea were once again to blame for massive profit-taking on stock markets. The...

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...

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...

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...