FCAN News and Press, FIRST TR EXCH ALPH From 05/26/20

With the Canadian TSX today virtually unchanged from its April 2008 peak, even the most steadfast buy and hold investors have reaped zero capital gains over more than 12 years of risk and just 1.7% annually since the prior cycle peak in July 2000. Those who bought GICs and government bonds ove...

In this FTSE Russell Product Insight, we profile a new index series - the FTSE Canada NHA MBS 975 Index - which is designed to measure the performance of Canada's mortgage-backed securities ((MBS)) market, an important sector of the investment opportunity set in Canada. We summarize the key ch...

By David Baskin The COVID-19 pandemic is upending a lot of assumptions and giving forecasters fits as they try to assess what life is going to look like going forward. One area that is of interest to us as investors is the relative value of the Canadian dollar against the US dollar. High o...

By Kurt Reiman, Daniel Donato Canadian tech's share of the equity market has grown, while energy and other resources sectors have dwindled. But Canada's sector compositional shift to tech is still nascent. Kurt and Daniel discuss the importance of looking globally for secular-growth theme...

The Canadian housing market has not been immune from the economic impact of COVID-19. Kim Parlee talk s with Beata Caranci , Chief Economist , TD Bank Group , about the impact of COVID-19 on the decline in Canada’s housing activities and the outlook for Read mo...

Canada's labor market takes a beating, losing almost 2M jobs in April as non-essential businesses shuttered to slow the spread of COVID-19. More news on: iShares MSCI Canada ETF, Invesco CurrencyShares Canadian Dollar Trust ETF, JPMorgan BetaBuilders Canada ETF, Global news and forex, Ne...

By Kurt Reiman, Daniel Donato The Ministry of Finance appointed the 10 th governor of the Bank of Canada last week amid an unprecedented economic slowdown, pickup in fiscal deficits and central bank purchases of government bonds. Kurt and Daniel explore what large-scale asset purchases a...

Bank of Canada names Tiff Macklem from the University of Toronto as its next governor, succeeding Stephen S. Poloz, who leaves the central bank in June. More news on: Invesco CurrencyShares Canadian Dollar Trust ETF, iShares MSCI Canada ETF, JPMorgan BetaBuilders Canada ETF, Global news ...

Following the fastest 37% drop in stock markets ever (February 19 to March 23), short-covering and dip-buying bought a sharp bounce in April. Regret over losses quickly morphed to fear of missing gains as risky assets rallied and speculators piled on. It is important to understand that dramati...

Anthony Okolie recaps the biggest news of the day, including the latest COVID-19 developments, followed by a conversation with Scott Colbourne, Managing Director, Global Active Fixed Income, TD Asset Management, about the Fed's pledge to keep rates near zero to support the economy through...