Market Watch Weekly

Not since the 2 & 10 inversion in 2019 has there been more talk about the “yield curve”. Before we jump into the conversation about what these higher rates mean for the broader economy, we’ll attempt to paraphrase textbooks of material into a few......

The longer-term outlook for stocks is positive, in our view, with support from economic growth, corporate earnings and interest rates. In the near term, we expect volatility to remain elevated and markets to consolidate recent gains....

We think the combination of a sustained-but-gradual economic expansion, rebound in corporate profits, and an ongoing monetary policy stimulus – though not immune to presidential policies – will set the broader course for the markets....

North American benchmarks posted their first negative week in more than a month as investors took profit and rotated out of the high-flying tech sector....

It was a record-breaking week for the S&P 500 and tech-centric NASDAQ. Five months removed from the biggest market selloff of our lifetime, the S&P 500, the broadest measure of the U.S. stock market, was within 0.40 points of breaking the 4,000 mark....

The last 100 days have benn challenging for everyone, and for many different reasons, but the stock market carnage that we endured in February and March is now largely in the rear-view mirror....

North American benchmarks posted large gains amidst a busy week of earnings and economic data. This week’s rally added to the biggest four-month gain in both the TSX and the S&P 500 since 2009....

Markets were higher on the week in what was a historic Thursday afternoon with Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook all reporting Q2 earnings. These four stocks account for 25% of the total value in S&P 500 index....