Shiuman Ho's Weekly Update - Monday January 29th, 2024

 January 29, 2024 |Shiuman Ho
Below is a summary of some of the relevant news items from the Capital Markets and the Economy from the past week extracted from RBC Global Insights and FactSet Research. You can catch up on the past four weeks’ Weekly Update in the link to my Blog. Read...
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Shiuman Ho's Weekly Update - Monday January 22nd, 2024

 January 22, 2024 |Shiuman Ho
Below is a summary of some of the relevant news items from the Capital Markets and the Economy from the past week extracted from RBC Global Insights and FactSet Research. You can catch up on the past four weeks’ Weekly Update in the link to my Blog. Read...
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Smart Investor – Q1 2024 Addendum – Shiuman’s List of Books read in 2023

 January 15, 2024 |Shiuman Ho
Smart Investor – Q1 2024 Addendum – Shiuman’s List of Books read in 2023 This is not a list of recommendations, but simply a list of books I read last year. If you are interested in any of them, I would be happy to talk about them. I generally alternated...
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Shiuman Ho's Weekly Update - Monday January 15th, 2024

 January 15, 2024 |Shiuman Ho
Below is a summary of some of the relevant news items from the Capital Markets and the Economy from the past week extracted from RBC Global Insights and FactSet Research. You can catch up on the past four weeks’ Weekly Update in the link to my Blog. Read...
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Shiuman Ho's Weekly Update - Monday January 8th, 2024

 January 08, 2024 |Shiuman Ho
Below is a summary of some of the relevant news items from the Capital Markets and the Economy from the past week extracted from RBC Global Insights and FactSet Research. You can catch up on the past four weeks’ Weekly Update in the link to my Blog. Read...
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U.S. labour market ended the year with strength

U.S. labour market ended the year with strength

 January 05, 2024 |Claire Fan, Economist, Royal Bank of Canada
US labour market data ended 2023 with strength. Payroll employment was up 216k in December while the unemployment rate held at 3.7% after declining to that level the prior month. As was the case for much of the year, the employment gain in December was...
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Canadian labour markets ended 2023 with a whimper

 January 05, 2024 |Nathan Janzen, Assistant Chief Economist, Royal Bank of Canada
The December labour market data was mixed, but on balance adds to evidence that economic activity remained soft through Q4. Employment was essentially unchanged in December, the softest reading since a 6k decline last July. And the unemployment rate held...
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The Smart Investor - 2024 Q1

 January 01, 2024 |Shiuman Ho
2024 May Be A Turning Point Inflation showing signs of abating Market Review: 2023 The S&P/TSX Composite Index (TSX) representing the Canadian stock market traded within a range from January to September this year, dipping into negative territory in Q3...
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