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The Markets Keep Rolling Along

by: Pat Pecora | 2025.10.08

The financial markets, much like the latest release of Taylor Swift, “the Life of a Showgirl”, continue to reach new heights and break records. The markets have been extremely resilient despite the continual bombardment of economic and political headlines. In what has been a wacky year-to-date thus far, September, which traditionally has ...

All Eyes on Jobs: Key Data Ahead This Week

by: Candace Loughran | 2025.10.01

Markets wrapped up last week with mixed signals from both sides of the border. In Canada, the dollar softened against the U.S. dollar as investors digested higher producer prices and looked ahead to this week’s release of the Bank of Canada’s Summary of Deliberations. This report will offer insight into how policymakers weighed the recent...

Federal Reserve and Bank of Canada Both Cut Rates

by: Pat Pecora | 2025.09.24

The Federal Reserve and the Bank of Canada both made the moves many markets had been anticipating with each cutting its policy rate by twenty-five basis points at their mid-September meetings. In the U.S., the Fed lowered its range to 4.00-4.25%, citing weak job growth and concerns over labour market risks. In Canada, the BoC dropped its overnight ta...

Rate-Cut Crossroads: What Wednesday’s Decisions Mean for Markets

by: Candace Loughran | 2025.09.22

Markets are on high alert this week as both the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of Canada prepare to make pivotal interest rate decisions—moves that could signal direction for investors on both sides of the border. In Canada, economic softness is mounting. With the labour market ledger recently reporting a loss of 66,000 jobs, pushin...

Back to School Momentum for the Markets?

by: Pat Pecora | 2025.09.08

September begins with a sense of renewed routine as kids head back to school and many of us settle into fall schedules. Markets also carried strong momentum into the new month, with August marking the fourth consecutive monthly gain for the S&P 500, up 1.9% (Source: Bloomberg September 1, 2025). Historically, September has sometimes produced softer r...

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