A cooling US 10-year yield and a falling VIX suggest that the peak of recent market panic may be behind us. For Canadian students, this environment typically facilitates a more favorable valuation for growth stocks and eases pressure on fixed-income assets.
Read Analysis →Crude oil's 1.72% slide has pulled the Canadian dollar down to 0.73 USD, reflecting the tight correlation between energy exports and currency strength. This makes US-denominated tuition or travel more expensive for Canadians while providing a slight boost to exporters.
Read Analysis →The TSX Composite climbed 0.51% to break the 33,000 mark, showing impressive resilience despite falling oil prices. This suggests that Canadian banks and industrials are picking up the slack as the energy sector faces headwinds.
Read Analysis →Global oil prices advanced on Tuesday following reports of an Iranian attack on UAE gas fields and a tanker strike near the world's most critical shipping chokepoint.
The Canadian Real Estate Association reported a significant drop in benchmark home prices in February, highlighting the ongoing impact of restrictive monetary policy.
Despite escalating geopolitical tensions between the US and Iran, equity markets rose on Tuesday as investors displayed confidence in corporate fundamentals.
