The BIG Picture

Global equity markets fell more sharply this week following the revelation from the U.S. administration that its reciprocal tariffs will be much broader and larger than most investors expected.

Canada’s intractable softwood lumber dispute with the U.S. has long cast a shadow over the country’s promising forestry sector. However, reimagining its potential, building a value-added industry, and seeking new markets could be the playbook that Canada...

Global markets have benefitted from the lack of trade-related noise over the past few weeks, with markets outside of the U.S. continuing to outperform year-to-date.

Global markets have benefitted from the lack of trade-related noise over the past few weeks, with markets outside of the U.S. continuing to outperform year-to-date.

The Bank of Canada lowered its benchmark interest rate again in March, this time to 2.75% from 3%.

We are only in the month of March yet, it has been quite the year already given the policy shifts and turns undertaken by the U.S. administration.

Although trade policies are evolving and government responses remain uncertain, here is a summary of what we know.

Investors need to deal with risk and uncertainty. The threat of tariffs, a surprise development in artificial intelligence, higher U.S. inflation, and a major shift in U.S. policy with respect to the war in Ukraine, among other things, are just a few

What matters more for the market, what Trumps says or plain vanilla corporate profit trends? While Washington, D.C. will likely capture a lot more business press headlines this year and policy developments could generate volatility