Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context Smaller and mid-cap Canadian energy names are seeing renewed investor attention as oil prices push to their highest levels since late May, even as broader market volatility has returned in force. With…
Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context Understanding what actually moves the S&P/TSX Composite starts with understanding its composition, and Canada’s benchmark index looks quite different from its U.S. counterparts. Rather than being dominated by technology companies, the TSX…
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 Composite capped off a genuinely eventful week by touching a fresh all-time high Wednesday, only to give back some of that ground Thursday as a hot U.S. inflation reading and…
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 energy names have been on a genuine roller coaster over the past two trading sessions, and Wednesday adds one more variable to the mix: the Bank of Canada’s rate decision,…
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 the past several weeks reacting to an unusually volatile sequence of U.S.-Iran headlines, but Monday marked a clear escalation in both the scale of the news and…
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 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 The S&P/TSX Composite Index has been navigating a choppy mid-June stretch, pulled in opposing directions by geopolitical developments, a cautious U.S. Federal Reserve, and a Bank of Canada that remains firmly on…
Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context Global equity markets have spent recent weeks absorbing two major, largely unrelated developments: an extraordinary wave of capital markets activity centred on high-profile technology and aerospace listings, and an extended period of…
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 retail banking landscape is adjusting to structural variations in consumer deposit preferences. Following an extended sequence of interest rate alterations implemented to curb broader macroeconomic imbalances, domestic depositors have become…
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 narrative in the spring of 2026 is one of the more complex in recent memory. On the surface, the data is encouraging: the S&P/TSX Composite hit a fresh all-time high…
Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context Three forces are pulling the TSX in different directions as Canada enters the final full week of May 2026: geopolitical diplomacy that could restructure energy markets overnight, inflation data that is keeping…
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 oscillating between relief rallies and geopolitically driven selloffs — a pattern that has tested even experienced Canadian investors’ resolve. The underlying driver is well-established…
Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context It was a week that tested Canadian investors’ composure on multiple fronts. What had been a broadly constructive market environment through April — supported by strong corporate earnings, a rebound in commodity…
Q1 2025 Open 24,198 Q1 2025 Close 24,759 Q1 2026 Open 25,980 Q1 2026 Close 24,920 Q1 2025 Q1 2026 YoY Avg TSX Q1 2025 range: 24,198 – 24,759. TSX Q1 2026 range: 24,920 – 25,980. Weekly index levels, January – March. Source: StockKey.ca / TSX data via Apify. The TSX Composite Index delivered a…
