Canada Loses 17,700 Jobs in April: What the Unemployment Shock Means for Markets and the Bank of Canada

Great-West Lifeco Beats Expectations as Dividend Investors Await the Fed’s Verdict

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…

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Canadian Energy Stocks Retreat as Oil Falls on Growing Peace Hopes, With Fed Decision Looming

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…

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Ceasefire Pause Sends Oil Tumbling and Lifts Markets as Bond Yields Ease

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…

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Shopify Soars 11.6% on AI Defensibility Note as Celestica Delivers a Strong Earnings Beat

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…

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Gold Miners Pull Back on TSX as Inflation Fears and Iran Progress Cool Bullion's Shine

Financials and Gold Miners Benefit as Falling Bond Yields Reshape the Dividend Landscape

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…

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Gibson Energy Delivers Record Infrastructure Results as Broader Energy Sector Pulls Back on Falling Oil

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…

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Widening Middle East Conflict and AI Spending Jitters Combine to Rattle Global Markets

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 absorbed a genuinely significant shock Thursday, as two largely unrelated developments, a geographic widening of the Middle East conflict and disappointing spending signals from major technology companies, combined to push…

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Tesla and Alphabet Rattle Growth Investors as AI Spending Concerns Resurface

Table of Contents Market Context What Happened Why It Matters Sector Breakdown Risks to Watch What to Watch Next Final Outlook Market Context Growth stock investors faced a genuine reckoning this week as the first two “Magnificent Seven” companies to report second-quarter earnings, Tesla and Alphabet, delivered results that reignited concerns about the pace and…

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Gold Miners Pull Back on TSX as Inflation Fears and Iran Progress Cool Bullion's Shine

Oil Tops $100 as Red Sea Attacks Widen Middle East Conflict, But Broader Selloff Overwhelms Energy Gains

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 found themselves in an unusual position Thursday: benefiting directly from one of the sharpest oil price jumps in weeks, yet unable to prevent the broader TSX Composite from posting…

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