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By Kurt Reiman Financial markets will have a tough time beating 2019's impressive results, but our three global themes for 2020 suggest Canadian equities and fixed income have the potential to outpace many other developed markets in the year ahead. The first theme in our 2020 Global o...

Recapping 2019: Positive, But Costly Returns Purely from a returns perspective, 2019 appeared to be a banner year. The S&P 500 and other major equity indexes posted double-digit gains and hit new all-time highs in 2019. Investors feasted on easy money from accommodative central banks. U....

By Kristina Hooper, Chief Global Market Strategist Weekly Market Compass: As the WTO reaches a crisis point, countries may take trade issues into their own hands. I grew up in the New York City area in the 1980s. My dad always read the tabloids, and so, I started to do so as well. ...

For US importers, October is their month. And it makes perfect sense how it would be. With the Christmas season about to kick into full swing each and every November, the time for retailers to stock up in hearty anticipation is in the weeks beforehand. The goods, a good many future Christmas p...

Much has been written about the risks China poses to the global economy. This is hardly surprising considering that China has the world's second largest economy. What is surprising, however, is that relatively little attention has been paid to the apparent running out of steam of the Brazili...

By Kristina Hooper, Chief Global Market Strategist Weekly Market Compass: Four central banks revisit policy, plus two new reports point to a continued global slowdown Last week brought a number of key developments from central banks around the world, from the release of the Federal R...

As we head towards the final weeks of 2019, Chris discusses some ways to navigate markets. "Pressure Drop," the classic Toots and the Maytals song, comes to mind as we see a de-escalation in trade tensions with China, diminishing risks of a no-deal Brexit and few signs that the record U.S....

Markets hate uncertainty, and the type deriving from geopolitical unrest has been heightened this year. Jeff Shen discusses why there may be a silver lining on the horizon for investors. Geopolitical risks seem to be on a constant crescendo. Each day brings a new worry: Lebanon's prime min...

We’re living in an uncertain world where the stock market takes off, even as economic growth slows down; where historic low unemployment doesn’t foster confidence. Kim Parlee speaks with Brad Simpson, Chief Wealth Strategist, TD Wealth, about strategies for investing in the ...

By Jack P. McIntyre, CFA Over the last year, 10-year German Bund yields have gradually declined, while investor sentiment deteriorated over the course of this period as the U.S.-China trade dispute dragged on, taking global growth down with it. Policymakers failed to adequately address the...