by Brent Vandermeer | Sep 9, 2019 | Market Commentary
August 2019 ADAPTING TO THE NEW NORM Investors who were expecting renewed exuberance in the markets after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates on July 31st would have been disappointed given the negative monthly return on the S&P 500. The index seemed to...
by Brent Vandermeer | Aug 8, 2019 | Market Commentary
July 2019 GEOPOLITICS & CENTRAL BANKS North American markets continued higher following last month’s reaction to the Federal Reserve’s softening tone allowing the S&P 500 and S&P/TSX to hit new highs. European markets followed pace until investors became...
by Brent Vandermeer | Aug 6, 2019 | CP Insights
This commentary is more technical in nature than what we usually write. We suspect some of you, our clients, may not fully read it all and that’s okay – we won’t be insulted. The quick summary is this: bond markets and stock markets usually move opposite to each...
by Brent Vandermeer | Jul 8, 2019 | Market Commentary
June 2019 RELIEF RALLY IN GLOBAL MARKETS A number of positives helped global markets swell during the month, the largest of which was a dovish tone from the Federal Reserve meeting. Given the broad utilization of the US dollar in global trade, many central banks must...
by Brent Vandermeer | Jun 20, 2019 | Market Commentary
May 2019 NERVOUS MARKETS PULL BACK FROM HIGHS The 2019 rally was interrupted in May as most key equity market gauges demonstrated low to mid-single digit percentage losses. This came on the back of an announcement from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell where he indicated...
