Cardinal Capital Management Inc. March 9th was supposedly a red-letter day for stock market aficionados. It marked the sixth anniversary of the current bull market, which started from the depths of the despair prevailing in the market melt-down following the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy in 2008 – the fourth longest bull market in recent US market history,… Read more »
General News
Canadian Regional Housing Outlook: Trading Spaces
TD Economics Derek Burleton, Vice President and Deputy Chief Economist Diana Petramala, Economist Highlights • Overall Canadian housing market conditions are expected to remain stable over the next few years. However, there have been some major changes to the regional story in light of the plunge in crude oil prices and interest rates. • Commodity driven… Read more »
Low Oil Prices to Benefit Numerous Industries Worldwide says Moody
Low oil prices are certainly going to affect the large oil producers and many of the companies that service the oil industry. However, there is a positive light for other industries with reducing oil prices. Moody’s looks at the affect on industries that will benefit from a reduction in oil prices For the complete article… Read more »
The Year Ahead 2015
The following is courtesy TD Asset Management and is posted with permission. Bruce Cooper, Chief Investment Officer, TD Asset Management Inc. After a period of relative calm in financial markets, volatility returned in 2014, bookending the year and reminding investors that investing is not always a smooth journey. While many are hoping this volatility was just an… Read more »
Asia, Looking to 2015 and Beyond
Perspectives on Asia December 2014 by Robert Horrocks, PhD Over the next decade, I expect Asia’s economies to continue to raise living standards and to narrow the income gap between its own citizens and those in the U.S. or Europe. Why do I think this? Asia continues to have a high savings rate. A country… Read more »
Betting on Red
QV UPDATE Weekly Commentary | November 7, 2014 Vanessa Rohl, BComm | Wendy Booker-Urban, BA If I were a betting person, I’d put all my chips on “Mr. Johnny Hockey” and the Calgary Flames. Yes, you read that correctly. The team has finally secured a talent that has significantly upped the ante. My forecast for the… Read more »
Who Let The Bulls Out?
The following is courtesy BMO Capital Markets and is posted with permission. Douglas Porter, CFA, Chief Economist Let’s be entirely clear. Just a little more than two weeks ago, global financial markets were reeling, with the S&P 500 close to full correction terrain for the first time in nearly three years, the TSX was down… Read more »
Equity Market Correction At Hand
by Scott Booth, CFA The following is courtesy TD Asset Management and is posted with permission. Equity markets have been under pressure in recent weeks and volatility has increased as worries about the outlook for global economic growth, geopolitical tensions, the looming end of quantitative easing (QE3) and the uncertainty over the timing of rate hikes from the… Read more »
Oktobermess
The latest view on the economy by Douglas Porter, CFA, Chief Economist The following is courtesy BMO Capital Markets and is posted with permission. In a wild week for financial markets, the challenge was isolating the main cause of the growing angst. Broad concerns about the global economy are clearly the driver, but we have to be… Read more »
Manulife to acquire Canadian operations of Standard Life
$4 billion deal deepens insurer’s Quebec presence and expands investment capabilities globally By IE Staff | September 03, 2014 17:35 Manulife Financial Corp. (TSX:MFC) Wednesday evening announced that its subsidiary, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (MLI), and Standard Life Oversea Holdings Limited, a subsidiary of Standard Life plc, have entered into an agreement under which MLI… Read more »