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 weathered a genuinely difficult stretch this week, as the Federal Reserve’s contentious rate decision pushed long-term bond yields to multi-decade highs, pressuring bank dividend stocks even as energy names…
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 delivered one of the week’s clearer bright spots, combining renewed oil price strength with better-than-expected quarterly results from two of the sector’s largest names. That combination stood out even…
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 Canadian energy names are once again navigating a shifting geopolitical backdrop, after this week’s brief de-escalation optimism gave way to renewed tensions in the Middle East. With oil prices moving higher…
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 today’s session under the shadow of the single most significant scheduled catalyst of the week: the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision, due this afternoon, following a period in…
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 and technology stocks continued their strong run Tuesday, extending momentum from Monday’s record-setting rally even as broader market caution ahead of today’s Federal Reserve decision weighed on most other sectors….
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 today’s session having paused just below Monday’s record high, as investors positioned cautiously ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision this afternoon. After a genuinely dramatic relief…
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 face a genuinely pivotal day, with the Federal Reserve’s rate decision landing this afternoon just hours after Great-West Lifeco delivered a solid second-quarter earnings beat overnight. The combination offers…
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 pulled back Tuesday as oil prices continued easing on growing hopes for a resolution to the U.S.-Iran conflict, extending Monday’s sharp decline. With the Federal Reserve’s rate decision landing…
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 shifted meaningfully more constructive this week after the United States and Iran paused hostilities over the weekend, easing weeks of oil-driven inflation concerns that had complicated the outlook for…
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 and technology stocks delivered one of their strongest sessions of the summer Monday, led by a dramatic surge in Shopify tied to renewed analyst confidence in the company’s resilience against…
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 touched a fresh all-time high Monday, capping a genuinely dramatic reversal from the volatility that had defined the prior two weeks. A weekend pause in the U.S.-Iran conflict sent…
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 saw a genuinely favourable shift Monday, as falling oil prices eased inflation concerns and pushed bond yields lower, supporting both financials and gold miners even as it weighed on…
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 pulled back Monday as oil prices tumbled following a weekend pause in the U.S.-Iran conflict, reversing a portion of the substantial gains the sector had captured over the past…
Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context Small and mid-cap Canadian energy names spent the past several weeks riding a genuinely dramatic oil price rally tied to the widening U.S.-Iran conflict. That tailwind reversed sharply this week as the…
Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context Global markets enter this week on notably firmer footing after a genuinely volatile stretch that saw oil surge nearly 40% this month as conflict spread from the Strait of Hormuz to the…
