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Bi-Weekly Update

The past few weeks have seen more meaningful activity across global equity, fixed income, commodity, and currency markets, marked by...

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Bi-Weekly Update

Global equity markets have been somewhat directionless over the past few weeks, likely taking a breather after a reasonably good first...

Bi-Weekly Update

Global equities have continued to perform well as of late. But more noteworthy has been the breadth of the rally, with a variety of...

Weekly Update

 April 30, 2021 |David Smith
It was another relatively calm week for global equity markets with many oscillating near all-time highs. The U.S. central bank – known as the “Fed” – provided an update on its outlook. Its messaging around inflation and approach to monetary policy was...
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Weekly Update

 April 23, 2021 |David Smith
Global markets were somewhat directionless over the past week, but encouragingly, levels of volatility remained the lowest they have been for some time. Despite the quiet week for the markets, there is much to discuss with respect to Canada. The third...
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Weekly Update

 April 16, 2021 |David Smith
Volatility was relatively subdued over the past week, helping global equity markets edge higher. The Covid situation remains a near-term headwind but not enough to dissuade investors from the view that a sustainable growth trajectory is around the corner...
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Weekly Update

 April 09, 2021 |David Smith
There has been a sense of calm in global equity and bond markets of late. Gages of broad market volatility now sit near levels not seen since before the pandemic began more than a year ago. This development has been encouraging as it has come in the face...
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