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Stan Wong, portfolio manager at Scotia Wealth Management FOCUS: North American large caps and ETFs MARKET OUTLOOK: Market volatility has increased considerably in recent weeks with the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) spiking above critical levels. Geop...

The violent stock selloff on Thursday means every single bet in Cathie Wood’s flagship strategy has lost money this year, with the sole exception of a money-market cash holding.  Exposure to BNY Mellon’s Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund has contribu...

Shane Obata, portfolio manager, Middlefield Capital FOCUS: Global large cap equities MARKET OUTLOOK: April was the worst month for equity markets since 2020, with MSCI World, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite returning -8.3 per cent, -8.7 per ce...

Brian Madden, chief investment officer, First Avenue Investment Counsel FOCUS: North American equities MARKET OUTLOOK: Many of today’s investors have likely long forgotten the 1999-2010 era, a period in which Canadian stocks outperformed U.S. stock...

Volatility continued to dominate financial markets, with stocks pushing lower as the latest U.S. jobs data cemented expectations the Federal Reserve will remain on its rate-hike path to combat stubbornly high inflation. At the end of a week marked by fickl...

Monday, May 9 Notable data: Building Permits, US Wholesale Trade Notable earnings: Coty, Tyson Foods, Zynga, Duke Energy, Ovintiv, Boardwalk REIT, Ritchie Bros Auctioneers, RioCan REIT, Element Fleet Management, Finning International, Hudbay Minerals,...

In his final speech before retiring from the Bank of Canada, Deputy Governor Lawrence Schembri talks about the Bank’s contribution to advancing economic inclusion an...

Stocks faced another volatile session, with traders awaiting more clues on whether the Federal Reserve will be able to pull off a soft landing that brings down inflation without triggering a recession. After several twists and turns, the S&P 500 closed hig...

Gordon Reid, president and CEO, Goodreid Investment Counsel FOCUS: U.S. equities MARKET OUTLOOK: The question of the day is: Will the Fed’s actions to control inflation drive the economy into a recession? The answer, of course, is dependent on othe...

Investors have become so negative about the stock market that Wall Street is starting think a rally may be on the way. JPMorgan Chase & Co. strategists led by Marko Kolanovic said this week that “investor sentiment is reaching extreme weakness,” meaning a...