HEWC News and Press, iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Canada From 07/19/22

Topaz Energy has a greater chance of success than a typical new company due to the backing of Tourmaline Oil. This company is a mixture of midstream and royalty interests. The dividend is rapidly increasing, though the payout ratio remains low. Both a consistent long-term divi...

Canada’s housing market continued to weaken for the third month in June. Sharply higher interest rates and some of the world’s most unaffordable home prices have shrunk the pool of able and willing buyers even as Canadian unemployment remains near cycle lows. After f...

After seeing a very strong recovery during 2021, Vermilion Energy appeared to be entering a new era of dividend growth in 2022. This is dependent upon them reaching a C$1.2b net debt target, which has been delayed due to their recent C$477m Leucrotta acquisition. Thankfully Vermil...

Founded only a year ago, Rubellite is a pure play oil producer operating in the prolific Clearwater play. Led by Sue Riddell Rose and Ryan Shay, the company has first class management. The company is debt free and funds its capital program from internally generated funds. ...

The US and eurozone June composite PMI had nearly converged at 52.3 and 52.0, respectively. The BOJ saw the economy expanding 2.9% this year and slowing to 1.9% next and 1.1% in 2024. In June, the ECB raised the TLTRO rate to its deposit rate (-0.50%), and banks repaid almost 75 b...

U.S. inflation hits a 40-year high of 9.1%. Market pricing for July Fed meeting shifts. Bank of Canada announces largest rate increase in 24 years. On the latest edition of Market Week in Review, Director of Investment Strategies, Shailesh Kshatriya, and Director of Inst...

Bonterra Energy is going for a very low P/E. Bonterra Energy is consistently growing production. The high debt level is the main issue. Introduction Bonterra Energy ( BNEFF ) is a micro-cap E&P company based in Alberta. Below is a quick corporate summar...

The Bank of Canada's hike of 100 basis points on Wednesday was somewhat out of the ordinary. If the Canadian economy enters into a tailspin in the near run, the culprit is going to be developments overseas. The housing market is going to cool, but that will take time. From a bond ...

The Bank of Canada raised the overnight rate to 2.5% and stated that it will continue with Quantitative Tightening (QT). Orlando: This big step up in rates is uncommon, so too is the economic backdrop. Orlando: The hit to consumers from high inflation and rising rates will weigh o...

The Bank of Canada hiked base rates a whole percentage point yesterday, now at 2.5% from .25% four months ago in March. The Canadian prime lending rate now jumps to 4.7%, and most home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) to 5.2%, while conventional variable rate mortgages are in the 3.85-...