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Bonds went south in 2022 - all asset classes were negative, and investors received little benefit from international or non-US allocations (including EMs). As of June 30, according to Bloomberg data, EM credits were the worst-performing bond asset class YTD, returning -17.14%. The US ...

The stock market finished its best month in nearly two years on a series of reports that were less bad than feared. The next step needed to preserve and build on this rally is for headline inflation numbers to fall. A pullback from current levels would be healthy, as we do not wan...

Throughout recorded economic history, there have been severe economic/market disruptions caused by known and unidentified imbalances not properly addressed in normal circumstances. The present imbalances I perceive as not being addressed can be characterized by the lack of sufficient ...

Why a reset of earnings expectations may be good for markets. How the current environment has some companies evaluating their cost structures and looking to protect margins. The current earnings season may be hinting at an economic downturn. With earnings season ...

This updated article looks at the progress and potential impact of the current QT schedule and how the market may react. On March 9th, 2022 the Federal Reserve conducted their final open market purchase effectively ending the Covid QE 4 program started in March 2020. On July 27th ...

Investors, seemingly, were desperate for anything that could be remotely construed as good for stocks. The vibes this time seem entirely familiar. When investors are burned out from losses they will take anything – any little green shoot real or imaginary – as good news....

The S&P 500 closes July in its fourth and largest counter-trend rally since beginning the 2022 bear market. The tech-heavy NASDAQ has led the way lower since January in its own succession of ladders and snakes within an ongoing bear market. Canada’s TSX index tends to l...

Is a Fed neutral interest rate enough to pause further hikes? How is Europe coping with its natural gas shortage? China lifts tech restrictions and supports property developers. On this week's Market Week in Review episode, Research Analyst Emily Zhao interviews Investme...

Last week was action-packed and it’s not likely to ease up with attention now shifting from the Fed and the “technical recession” in the US to the labour market. Various officials have highlighted the strength of the labour market when explaining why the US isn&#x...

Special purpose acquisition vehicles were relatively unused until the firehose of pandemic liquidity spurred Wall Street capital markets teams into action, forming hundreds of companies to raise billions of dollars of equity in these so-called blank-check offerings. There are still ov...