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Credential Monthly Market Insights – November 2019

The S&P/TSX Composite closed on a down note for November but still managed to reach new highs during the month. With economic data at home muted, the driver for the rise in the TSX was optimism by investors that the U.S. and China will come to a mutual agreement for [...]

Credential Monthly Market Insights – November 20192022-12-08T18:44:27-05:00

Credential Market Insights

The S&P/TSX Composite ended the month on a down note as China’s economic data reports revived worries of growth concerns. Also impacting Canada’s main stock exchange, as well as those south of the border, were doubts by Chinese officials on the long-term nature of any trade deals with the U.S. [...]

Credential Market Insights2022-12-08T18:37:20-05:00

Can the bull market in everything keep going?

Talk about a see-saw ride: Stocks were up and bonds were down in July. Then, stocks were down and bonds were up in August, followed by yet another reversal with stocks going up and bonds going down in September. With each pendulum swing similar themes set the backdrop: the U.S.-China [...]

Can the bull market in everything keep going?2022-12-08T18:44:37-05:00

GLC Market Matters – August

The big story for capital markets was the continuing collapse of bond yields amid ongoing trade threats and attention-seeking tweets from the U.S. President. The 30-year U.S. Treasury Bond yield fell below 2% for the first time in history – a headline that raised concern about economic recession on the [...]

GLC Market Matters – August2022-12-08T18:48:03-05:00

Monthly Market Commentary from Credential

The number of home groundbreakings rose sharply in June on a seasonally adjusted basis. For the month, 245,657 units were started, a 26% increase, and comfortably above market expectations of 210,000 units. This was the highest since November 2017, with multi-family buildings rocketing 31% and single-detached homes rising 8% as [...]

Monthly Market Commentary from Credential2022-12-08T18:48:08-05:00

2019 Mid-Year Market Outlook

The global economy has been slowing for a year marking the third global slowdown of the past 10 years. Trade frictions have exacerbated the slowdown and remain an unpredictable cloud dimming future growth expectations. This makes the question of whether we’re closer to the end or the beginning of the [...]

2019 Mid-Year Market Outlook2022-12-08T18:48:18-05:00

T. Rowe Price (partner of TD Wealth) Mid Year Market Outlook

Heading into the second half of 2019, senior T. Rowe Price investment leaders remain cautiously positive about global economies and financial markets, but they warn that political risks - in particular, escalating trade disputes - could trigger renewed volatility and further impede growth. To a certain extend, market behavior in [...]

T. Rowe Price (partner of TD Wealth) Mid Year Market Outlook2022-12-08T18:48:27-05:00

GLC – Mid Year Market Outlook

The global economy has been slowing for a year marking the third global slowdown of the past 10 years. Trade frictions have exacerbated the slowdown and remain an unpredictable cloud dimming future growth expectations. This makes the question of whether we’re closer to the end or the beginning of the current slowdown particularly [...]

GLC – Mid Year Market Outlook2022-12-08T18:48:39-05:00

GLC Market Commentary

No other topic in May – not even the series finale of Game of Thrones – provided as much drama as President Trump’s trade policy actions. Tough talk, halted negotiations and tariffs were among the weapons used by the White House in May, with China and Mexico being the prime targets (although it was equity [...]

GLC Market Commentary2022-12-08T18:49:10-05:00

Credential Monthly Commentaries

The economy followed up a poor Q4 performance with another weak quarter for its first back-to-back quarter loss since 2015. For the first three months of the year, the economy mustered 0.1% growth, matching forecasts, thanks to a better than expected March month expansion of 0.5% versus a 0.4% estimate. [...]

Credential Monthly Commentaries2022-12-08T18:49:10-05:00
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