Recent Blog Posts

Below is a collection of recent blog posts covering topics from personal finance to latest economic and market developments.  Choose a category on the right hand side if there's a particular subject that interests you.  If there is anything you'd like us to answer (and possibly feature on our blog) submit a question on our You Ask, We Answer form found at the bottom.

28 October, 2022

Weekly Update - TSX Reacts Positively as Bank of Canada Slows Pace of Rate Hikes

The Bank of Canada “only” increased interest rates by a somewhat surprising 0.5% at its late October meeting, raising its policy rate to 3.75%. Here is our weekly update....

27 October, 2022

Don't Fight The Fed

In his Q3 update, Wayne Gillespie provides his perspectives on another tough quarter for investors as aggressive central bank interest rate policies continue to weigh on the financial markets. “Diversification should remain a key part of an investor’s...

21 October, 2022

Rising Interest Rates: The Medicine That Works

In his Q3 update, Rana Chauhan, Counsel’s Chief Investment Strategist, discusses how inflationary pressures and the associated fallout continue to cast a long shadow over global financial markets. To help get inflation back under control, central banks...

21 October, 2022

Weekly Update - Canadian Inflation Remains Stubbornly High, Expectations for More Rate Increases

Canada’s inflation rate came in stronger than expected in September despite lower gasoline prices, with stickier underlying pressures likely to keep the Bank of Canada on an aggressive rate-hiking path. The consumer price index was up 6.9% from a year...

18 October, 2022

The World with Higher Interest Rates

Our outlook for the markets heading into 2023 The most aggressive monetary tightening cycle in decades has shaken global markets this year on concerns that central bank efforts to rein in inflation will end in a recession. Investors have cause to worry:...

14 October, 2022

Weekly Update - Stocks Rebound Even as Persistent Inflation Cements More Rate Increases

Stock markets staged a significant recovery on Thursday, rallying as much as 2.5%, as the much-anticipated headline inflation number in the U.S. slowed to 8.2% in September, the lowest in seven months, compared to 8.3% in August. More worrisome though...

07 October, 2022

Weekly Update - Stocks Drop as Central Banks Talk Up Aggressive Rate Hikes

Bonds rallied briefly and stocks dropped after a key inflation metric picked up steam and a slew of central bank officials rehashed their higher-rates-for-longer message. Here is our weekly market update....

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