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The Fed has finally aggressively lowered interest rates. While a steeper yield curve reflects the market’s optimism that rate cuts will shore up the economic outlook, further steepness could be a sign the Fed will cut rates deeply, likely due to a re

The U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates, and Canada’s inflation rate reached the Bank of Canada’s target of 2% for the first time since 2021. We take a closer look at how lower rates and inflation may mean for the financial market outlook.

Investor attention has turned to Canada over the past few weeks due to a slew of economic releases and earnings reports from Canadian banks. Below, we discuss key takeaways from these developments.

Global equities have continued to perform well as of late. But more noteworthy has been the breadth of the rally, with a variety of sectors, and not just technology, enjoying significant gains. Read more below...

Global equity markets have maintained their strong start to the year, despite investors needing to recalibrate their expectations for the timing of interest rate cuts. Recent global economic data has been mixed, whereas in the U.S. it has largely exceeded...

Expectations that central banks will lower interest rates in the coming months have moderated recently. Meanwhile, the global equity market is off to a reasonably good start this year, driven once again by the U.S. market and large-cap technology sto

North American equity markets have continued to push higher through the first month of the year, and all eyes remain focused on the world's central banks. This week, we turn our attention to the challenges facing the global shipping industry.