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The New Zealand central bank slashed its official cash rate by a third Wednesday - to one percent - and twice as much as expected. In response, the New Zealand dollar ((NZD)) slumped nearly a percent and is back under .65 per U$. The NZD bottomed the last cycle at .48 in the spring of 2009. En...
Originally published August 1, 2019 On this first day of August 2019, a day after the US Federal Reserve blinked and launched into its first rate-cutting cycle in a decade and abandoned plans to run down its QE-bloated balance sheet (via QT), it will not be long before the Bank of Canada f...
By Stephen H. Dover, CFA, Executive Vice President, Head of Equities; Garey Aitken, CFA, Chief Investment Officer, Franklin Bissett Investment Management; Purav A. Jhaveri, CFA, FRM, Investment Strategy, Portfolio Manager, Franklin Templeton; and Tim Caulfield, Director of Equity Research, Fr...
The United States' neighbor to the north is a nation with vast natural resources. The landmass of Canada covers 3.855 million square miles, while the US only covers 3.797 million square miles. However, a good percentage of Canada's territory is in the Arctic Circle, a virtually uninhabitable a...
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...
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...
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First Trust Advisors L.P. (“FTA”) announced today that the reorganizations of First Trust Australia AlphaDEX ® Fund (NYSE Arca: FAUS), First Trust Canada AlphaDEX ® Fund (Nasdaq: FCAN), First Trust Hong Kong AlphaDEX ® Fund (Nasdaq: FHK), and Fir...
First Trust Advisors L.P. (“FTA”) announced today that, subject to the satisfaction of certain customary closing conditions, the reorganization of First Trust Australia AlphaDEX ® Fund (NYSE Arca: FAUS), First Trust Canada AlphaDEX ® Fund (Nasdaq: FCAN), ...
First Trust Advisors L.P. (“FTA”) announced today that shareholders of First Trust Australia AlphaDEX ® Fund (NYSE Arca: FAUS), First Trust Canada AlphaDEX ® Fund (Nasdaq: FCAN), First Trust Hong Kong AlphaDEX ® Fund (Nasdaq: FHK), and First Trust South Korea A...