Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context Canadian growth stocks reopen today in a September that presents their most challenging near-term environment of 2026. The combination of a 162,000 U.S. August NFP — nearly triple the consensus forecast —…
Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context Canada’s IPO and new listings market operates within a specific tension in September 2026: genuine appetite for quality growth stories on one hand, and the compressed valuations, elevated uncertainty, and rising interest…
Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context Canada’s dividend sector reopens from the Labour Day break with one of the most specific and near-term-action-packed income calendars of 2026. Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) officially launches its 25-million share buyback programme…
Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context Today is not just the first day Canadian markets are open after Labour Day. It is the day that the most significant trade policy escalation in Canada’s modern economic history took legal…
Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context Canadian energy stocks return from the Labour Day break to a week that arrives pre-loaded with institutional conviction signals. Morgan Stanley upgraded Suncor Energy (TSX:SU) in the days heading into this week,…
Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context The TSX and TSXV reopen today after Labour Day into a market environment that has shifted materially since last Tuesday’s close. Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on CA$27.6 billion worth of U.S. goods —…
Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context At 12:01 a.m. this morning, Canada crossed a threshold that no government in its history had been compelled to cross in this form. The Government of Canada’s retaliatory tariff package — covering…
Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context Canadian investors spend Labour Day every year reflecting on the value of work — and this year, the U.S. jobs market has delivered its own pointed contribution to that theme. The U.S….
Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context The Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange, and Montréal Exchange are all closed today for Labour Day. Canadian markets will reopen Tuesday, September 8 at 9:30 a.m. ET —…
Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context Canada’s economic picture on September 4 is simultaneously better and worse than it appears. Better, because Q2 2026 GDP came in at 3.3% annualised — the strongest quarterly growth since before the…
Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context Canada’s artificial intelligence stock universe entered September 4 in a state of validated momentum following Celestica’s extraordinary Thursday session — an 11.3% single-day surge that confirmed what the company’s own guidance revisions…
Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context The Canadian corporate earnings season that climaxed in the final week of August delivered a set of results that would have been considered exceptional in almost any prior year — and yet…
Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context Canada’s financial market delivered a masterclass in macro-driven volatility this week. The S&P/TSX Composite fell 444.75 points on Tuesday, September 1, to 35,825.73 as fresh U.S. military strikes on Iran pushed WTI…
Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context The past three trading days encapsulate the defining challenge of technology investing in September 2026. On Tuesday September 1, the TSX fell 444 points and technology stocks retreated alongside gold and broader…
Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context This week delivered everything the Canadian equity market is capable of in a compressed timeframe: a 444-point TSX collapse on Tuesday, September 1, as fresh U.S. military strikes on Iran pushed WTI…
