How Canada’s election changes the contours of the economic landscape

November 29, 2019 |By Patrick McAllister, CFA
Liberal Party held power but as a chastened minority government. What does this mean for Canada’s Energy and Telecom spaces, and for portfolios? Following a closely contested race, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party lost support but not its...
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A new industrial revolution

November 22, 2019 |By Frédérique Carrier
As next-gen breakthroughs disrupt the industrial status quo in the coming years, investors should zoom out and look at things through a long-term lens. Conventional financial analysis often involves formulating projections and forecasting future returns...
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Global Insight 2020 Outlook

November 21, 2019 |By Portfolio Advisory Group
The Global Insight 2020 Outlook is now available. We see higher ground for equities in 2020. But we are more cautious than at any time in the past decade. We also explore how negative bond yields are modifying investor behavior and distorting the economic...
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U.S equity rally: Is this the start of something bigger?

November 19, 2019 ||By Kelly Bogdanova
Is this a fleeting acceleration, or do equities have the right stuff to see them through any potential choppiness and facilitate a further advance? The U.S. equity market has sprinted forward since early Oct., with the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average...
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Equity market risks: Separate the wheat from the chaff

November 15, 2019 |By Kelly Bogdanova
Investors need to focus on the things that matter most to equity markets and not let the political storm in Washington rain on investment strategies. A one-two punch brought U.S. and global recession risks back to the fore, pushing the S&P 500 down a...
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Can monetary policy extend the global economic cycle?

November 15, 2019 |By Laura Cooper
As investors temper their optimism with caution, we look at monetary policy and what central banks could do to prolong the economic expansion. The limits of monetary policy The global economic expansion is marking its tenth birthday, yet celebrations...
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