Looking Back and Looking Forward If you had spent the last three months on a desert island and returned at the end of Q2, you would have thought nothing much had happened since you left. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth, as markets were extremely volatile in Q2. After a precipitous fall …
Looking Back and Looking Forward We thought it best to delay our quarterly newsletter by a couple weeks to see how events might unfold post the April 2 U.S. tariff announcement. We’re glad we did. It’s been a bit of a rollercoaster since, but things have become slightly more clear in recent days (slightly being …
Looking Back and Looking Forward With central banks around the world initiating rate-cutting cycles in 2024, it’s difficult to find a stock market that didn’t produce double-digit returns on the year. Despite this rate-cutting, North American bond markets were flat to slightly down on a price basis, but of course bonds now pay substantially more …
Looking Back and Looking Forward Q3 saw a rising tide lift (almost) all boats. As interest rates moved lower, bond prices rose. Major equity markets across the globe moved higher, with many finishing the quarter at or near peak levels. Money market rates of return were one of the few things that fell in the …
Looking Back and Looking Forward The first half of 2024 is firmly in the books. Investment-grade bonds on both sides of the border are down year-to-date by about 2% on a price basis, though it’s notable that today they are paying a respectable level of interest and hold the potential for material capital gains once …
