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The latest minutes of the most recent FOMC meeting told markets that the central bank expects to have lots of patience when it comes to tightening credit in 2019. Moreover, the Fed is contemplating and formulating a plan to slow or end its program of quantitative tightening sooner, rather than...
The purpose of this article is to assess the macro-fiscal flows for Canada in the lead-up to the new federal budget in February and determine what effect these flows will have on the stock market and the economy. Macro fiscal flows impact investment markets with a lagged effect of typically ...
Much like most New Year's resolutions, expectations for Canadian earnings and equity returns in 2019 are unlikely to be as great as anticipated. Canadian stocks are off to a strong start to begin 2019. Not only has the S&P/TSX Composite Index risen roughly 9% - erasing two thirds of last...
The global stock market drop in the third quarter of 2018 was sharp and quick. In North America, the S&P 500 and TSX 60 fell 18 and 15 percent, respectively, in just 60 trading days between October 1 and December 24th. Both then rebounded some 14% in the 25 and 28 trading days that followe...
Canada added 67K jobs in January, racing past estimates for a gain of just 5K. The unemployment rate actually rose by 0.2% to 5.8% as more folks entered the labor force. More news on: Invesco CurrencyShares Canadian Dollar Trust ETF, iShares MSCI Canada ETF, iShares MSCI Canada Small Ca...
Good news, Canadian mortgage growth is finally coming off the frenzied boil of recent years. As shown below, according to the Bank of Canada, Canadian residential mortgage growth rose 3.1% year over year in December to $1.55 trillion, the slowest pace since May 2001 and half the growth rate of...
Christine McDaniel is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center and was previously the deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Treasury Department and senior trade economist in the White House. Christine is a returning guest to Macro Musings and joins the show today to talk about recent...
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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...