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Kurt Reiman shares his midyear outlook for the Canadian economy and financial markets leading into the second half of 2019. Canadian economic conditions appear surprisingly robust relative to a global economy feeling the pinch from a Protectionist push , one of the new investment themes i...

Photo Source: REUTERS/Bobby Yip. A photographer takes a picture of an intraday chart of the benchmark Hang Seng Index at a brokerage in Hong Kong. In this issue of Lipper’s U.S. Mutual Funds & Exchange-Traded Products Snapshot, we feature a summary of total net assets (NYSEARCA:...

By David Baskin As we enter the 3rd quarter of 2019, the U.S. economy is continuing its longest uninterrupted expansion since the start of records (effectively about 150 years). When things are going well, we can't help ourselves from asking when they will start getting worse. History and ...

The Bank of Canada left rates steady in its most recent announcement, but cites the risk of the ongoing US-China trade tensions to the global economy. Anthony Okolie talks with James Marple, Senior Economist, TD Bank Read more ...

The Canadian economy is in solid shape, driven by strong internal consumption due to rising productivity and population growth . This is accompanied by favorable situations in global markets, particularly the strong economic performance of its main trading partner, the United States. (Sourc...

A recent article argued that the Canadian dollar ( FXC ) and Canadian stocks ( BBCA ) ( EWC ) ( FCAN ) ( FLCA ) ( HEWC ) ( QCAN ) historically tend to decline as U.S. interest rates fall. The article cited the examples of steep declines in 2001 and 2008 as evidence for this argument. How...

The Canadian dollar has gained 4.3% against the U.S. dollar since the start of 2019 for reasons that include, a softer greenback on expectations of US rate cuts, some rebound in commodity prices as the U$ has weakened, stronger Canadian gross domestic product for April (backward-looking) and a...

The recent inversion in the U.S. yield curve is the first since 2007, and is grabbing the attention of market watchers. Kim Parlee talks to James Orlando, Senior Economist at TD Bank about the chances of a coming Read more ...

Further to my article yesterday on the capital malinvestment in record corporate buybacks at cycle high valuations in equity markets, the Globe and Mail reports that corporate buybacks of TSX-listed companies also reached an all-time high of nearly $50 billion in the 12 months ending March 3...

Andrew Coyne points out some startling figures about the Canada Pension Plan, on which the majority of Canadians depend for retirement income. See " Canada Pension Plan gets lucky with active management, for now ." Here are some key takeaways: Switching to a new "active" management strateg...