Market Ethos

The Energy disconnect

August 26, 2024. Market Ethos. While Canadian energy companies have proven resilient, the recent divergence between commodity prices and energy stock performance warrants closer scrutiny.

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Bond buyers can be so sensitive

August 19, 2024. Market Ethos. Bond yields have certainly moved lower during the past month or two, which can be attributed to a couple key…

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Don’t say the ‘R’ word…yet

August 12, 2024. Market Ethos. The economy is slowing, but it's probably way too early to talk recession or even get too excited. The only…

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Patience is a virtue

July 29, 2024. Market Ethos. We discuss one of our portfolio tilts in 2024: the use of equal-weighted U.S. equity exposure. While this portfolio has…

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Why it’s good to be Canadian

July 22, 2024. Market Ethos. With a good amount of energy, gold, and broader commodities built into its composition, the performance of the TSX as…

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Looking for the line in the sand

July 15, 2024. Market Ethos. With a strong market performance in 2024, where is the line in the sand? For now, softer economic data is…

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Bonds-equities: Diversification is harder to come by

July 8, 2024. Market Ethos. The 2020s have seen a dramatic move higher in correlations between equities and bonds – in both returns and magnitude.…

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Déjà vu

June 25, 2024. Market Ethos. Using the 1990s dotcom bubble as a loose comparison, is this 1997, 1998, 1999 or 2000? Are the four horsemen…

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Is inflation beat? Not so fast.

June 17, 2024. Market Ethos. We think inflation might cool more, but counter forces will probably limit the improvements. If the economy reaccelerates, inflation could…

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