Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context TSX Venture small caps have spent recent weeks trading in the shadow of the U.S.-Iran conflict, and Monday delivered the sharpest jolt yet. What had been a gradually escalating standoff turned into…
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 backdrop enters this week carrying real momentum, following a June jobs report that showed employment rising by 18,200, ahead of expectations, and unemployment falling to its lowest level in nearly…
Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context Growth and technology stocks on the TSX have spent recent weeks riding a wave of enthusiasm tied to global AI infrastructure spending, culminating last week in South Korean memory chipmaker SK Hynix’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 S&P/TSX Composite enters this week sitting close to record territory, having closed Friday at 35,305, up 0.3% on the session and supported by a stronger-than-expected June jobs report. That strength, however,…
Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context Small-cap trading on the TSX Venture Exchange rarely moves in isolation from the broader market, and this week is a clear example. A sharp escalation in the conflict between the United States…
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 have spent much of 2026 responding to an unusually volatile global oil market, and this week marks another sharp turn. After a fragile ceasefire between the United States and…
Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context Canadian dividend investors have long treated the energy sector as a core income holding, but the past year has sharpened the differences between the two most commonly compared names in the space:…
Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context Shopify has become something close to a bellwether for Canadian technology investing. Headquartered in Ottawa and dual-listed on both the Nasdaq and the TSX under the ticker SHOP, the company sits among…
Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context The S&P/TSX Composite has spent much of 2026 grinding toward record territory, and Friday’s session pushed it right back to the edge of that milestone. The index has returned more than 11%…
Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context Growth investing in Canada has increasingly become synonymous with artificial intelligence infrastructure this year, even as U.S. technology and chip stocks have shown notable volatility. Concerns that AI-related spending may not translate…
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 heading into mid-July has been one of cautious stabilization. The unemployment rate fell to 6.6% in May, down from 6.9% the prior month, on a surprise gain of nearly…
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 energy sector sits at a structural inflection point as the second half of 2026 begins. The Canada Energy Regulator’s data confirms that Canadian crude oil and equivalent production averaged a record…
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 banking sector has delivered one of the strongest performances in its recent history through the first six months of 2026. The S&P/TSX Bank Index generated a total return of 31.7% in…
Manulife, Sun Life, and Brookfield: The Other Side of Canada’s Financial Services Story in July 2026 Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context While bank stocks tend to dominate headlines in Canada’s financial services space, insurers and wealth managers…
Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context Something notable happened to Canada’s economic story over the past ten days. The combination of a stronger-than-expected April GDP rebound, a May advance estimate confirming continued expansion, a dramatic U.S. jobs miss…
