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The month of September proved to be challenging for global investors, with increased volatility and declines in prices across most sectors. Notably, the technology sector, a standout performer for most of the year, wasn’t immune as it too fell victim...

Recent signs of a cooling Canadian economy led the Bank of Canada to hold interest rates steady this week, as anticipated. Canada's GDP for the second quarter fell short of forecasts, though factors such as the port strike and wildfires were partly to...

The second half of the summer saw more subdued price action with both equity and bond markets showing a slight decline. Investors’ immediate attention is likely on takeaways from a major conference of global central bank leaders and third-quarter results...

Investors have been tasked with interpreting a flurry of global economic data over the past couple of weeks. These include signals of resilient but moderating growth in North America, broadening economic weakness in Europe, and a stalled recovery in China...

Global markets continue to behave reasonably well as measures of equity volatility sit near multi-year lows. This is encouraging given some new uncertainty around interest rates. The U.S. Federal Reserve, Bank of Canada, and European Central Bank all...

Our thoughts go out to all those that have been affected by several wildfires across provinces from coast to coast. On the investment front, investors have been predictably preoccupied with the U.S. debt ceiling. Fortunately, a deal has been agreed upon...

Global markets have been relatively calm and remain near their highs for the year. Despite the quiet market action, it’s been a rather busy period with developments that are worthy of updates. The first quarter earnings season has come and is nearly gone...

Volatility remains relatively subdued as the concerns about the banking sector that arose in early March have subsided, for now. With that in mind, some of the fundamental issues that had been front and centre over the past year have understandably come...

It’s been a whirlwind of a week in global markets. Concerns over the stability of the global banking system emerged after a few sudden U.S. bank failures and signs of stress at a larger European one. Policymakers responded quickly and the situation has...