We hope you’ve enjoyed a relatively pleasant, warm and dry September. As we’re now in the final few months of the year, we would like to provide a recap of notable happenings in Q3 (July – September) as well as a 2025-to-date update. Economy -In 2025, institutional investors have largely centered their attention on President… Read More
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We hope you’re having a wonderful summer! The first half of 2025 is over, and the major investment story that Canadian investors will remember is the soap operatic trade discussions between the U.S., Canada and the rest of world. Q2 2025 began with equity indexes plunging on the heels of the April 2 U.S. announcement… Read More
On Wednesday April 2nd – after market closing – the United States formally implemented a sweeping new series of tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners, marking the most dramatic shift in American trade policy since the Trump administration’s first term. The new tariffs resulted in the sharpest negative market reaction since the start of… Read More
As we head into a new year, it’s hard not to see echoes of the past. In 2025, the United States will have a new president, though he’s a familiar face. Markets have rallied in anticipation of the incoming administration and its proposed economic policies, much like they did following the 2016 election. The U.S…. Read More
The U.S. election was held on Tuesday, November 6 and Donald Trump won the race for the presidency, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris to earn a second term in the White House. The Republican party also won the Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. Equity markets reacted favourably to the news, with the Dow… Read More
It’s been a nice couple of years since the 2022 market correction. The S&P 500 (one of the US Indexes) bottomed out at 3,585 in October 2022 and sits at 5,684 as of October 3, 2024. Once again, markets have rewarded investors with a long-term mindset and who do not sell their investments in the… Read More