Randoms
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Bank of Canada Holds Rates Steady But Highlights Weak Exports and Investments
As expected the Bank of Canada held interest rates steady at 0.50% today highlighting that economic growth has developed largely as the Bank expected ... -
When USD Is Down In December Materials and Tech Are The Best Performing Sectors
Since the Presidential election the US dollar has had quite the run rising 3.3% and managing to break out of a two year consolidation, ... -
What Will Derail The Trump Rally?
Investors have aggressively rotated out of bond proxies and into cyclical assets since the election see below. Optimism and anticipation of expansionary fiscal policy, ... -
Cyclicality Should Work Under A Rising Rate Environment
A nice chart from Renaissance Macro shows the relative performance of S&P500 sectors when interest rates are rising. Since the financial crisis the prior ... -
Credit Environment Supportive Compared to Last Year’s Hike
It took a whole year but the Federal Reserve finally managed to get the second interest rate hike of this hiking cycle. The hike ... -
Breaking Out Of A Tight Range Is Historically Bullish
The following chart from Strategas Research Partners highlights prior trading range breakouts for the S&P500. The last two years saw the S&P500 trade within ... -
The Bank of Canada Can Be Patient As The Fed Hikes
The Bank of Canada and the Fed’s monetary policy plans have been on a diverging path for some time. The BoC cut rates to ... -
Trump’s Administration Has By Far the Most Business Experience
Ray Dalio, Chief Investment Officer at Bridgewater Associates, published a piece on Monday covering Trump’s newly appointed cabinet and why the new administration will ... -
Mid-Size Companies Enthusiastic Since the Election
In a Bloomberg interview this morning Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said mid-sized companies in the US are more enthusiastic and have been ... -
Canadian Job Growth In 2016 Reflected Quantity Over Quality
Maclean’s put of an interesting article covering 75 charts every Canadian should watch in 2017, see here. A nice chart from TD Economics shows that ...
