Market Insights

Robust healthcare picks

Managed care companies exhibit innovation, solid fundamentals and low regulatory risk

By Staff |October 5, 2017

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Global growth makes way for equities exposure

Global expansion remains on track, which is good news for equities. For example, in the first half of 2017, industrial output grew at its fasted pace in six years, say National Bank economists Stéphane Marion and Matthieu Arseneau, in a monthly equities report. Read: Follow the money to find best industrials, tech picks Further, world […]

By Staff |October 2, 2017

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Why markets should scrutinize U.S. tax proposal

President Trump’s tax overhaul sent the S&P 500 up 0.7% last week to a record high. The increase was “led by by banks and energy, while healthcare and utilities lagged,” says BMO senior economist Robert Kavcic in a weekly equity report. “Exchange and fixed income markets were also impacted, with the greenback appreciating, and the […]

By Staff |October 2, 2017

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Show discernment with dividends

When assessing companies, also look at total shareholder yield

By Sarah Cunningham-Scharf |September 28, 2017

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