BMO Private Investment Counsel Global Markets Commentary: New and Renewed Feuds

July saw capital markets react to conflict, discord and feuds: all the way from war in the Middle East to the return of U.S. tariff threats and a family feud at the U.S. Federal Reserve....

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Weekly Strategy Perspectives: Anx-AI-ety Alley

The equal-weighted S&P 500 index and the S&P/TSX both hit new highs this week....

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Weekly Strategy Perspectives: Great Expectations: What to Watch for This Earnings Season

Investors are entering the Q2 reporting season buoyed by lofty expectations rooted in unexpectedly robust Q1 results....

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Weekly Strategy Perspectives: Regime Change Part II: The Evolution of Capital Markets

This week, we delve into the many ways the stock and bond markets have evolved to provide enhanced breadth, depth and adaptability for an ever-widening circle of participants....

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Weekly Strategy Perspectives: Economic Regime Change Part I: What’s Old is New Again

In recent years, the global order has rearranged itself on a number of fronts. Some shifts have been subtle and cumulative....

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Weekly Strategy Perspectives: One for the Record Books: Q2 Review and Q3 Preview

Equity and fixed income markets navigated a minefield of potentially damaging disruptions during the second quarter before ending on solid footing....

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BMO Private Investment Counsel Global Markets Commentary: 2026 at the Half: Resilience Under Pressure

The first half of 2026 was a tug of war between disruptive shocks and durable underlying trends. Markets were repeatedly tested by geopolitical tensions, policy uncertainty and an inflation scare....

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Global Trade Outlook: The USMCA and Beyond

Trade uncertainty in North America is here to stay for a while....

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Weekly Strategy Perspectives: Musings on the State of the AI Trade

Attention has quickly reverted to “all things AI” now that oil is once again flowing through the Strait of Hormuz and a path toward stabilization of the Mideast conflict is in sight....

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