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The long-promised U.S. recession is not even close to materializing. Case in point, and as noted by the excellent BMO Economics team, “Q4 GDP data showed yet another year of solid activity, while price pressures eased (which strengthens the case for...

The clouds hovering over much of the global macroeconomic landscape appear to be clearing, suggesting a return to normal could lie ahead. But when it comes to investing, normal always brings a “normal” level of uncertainty. ...

Between rising geopolitical tensions in Europe and Asia, the growing threat of climate change and the coming elections that will see almost half of the global population heading to the polls, it’s understandable that some investors are on edge....

Whether you like it or not, you’ve probably already experienced a “nudge” today. Perhaps you slowed down as you exited the highway because you noticed the lower speed signs posted somewhere along the off-ramp....

No one gets married with the expectation of one day filing for divorce, but it happens to somewhere between 38% and 48% of Canadian marriages....

We are already seeing some optimistic signals. First, far from deteriorating, our recession probability model has shown improvement with the odds of a recession ticking down to about 40%....

That’s a sentiment shared by a growing number of affluent individuals who are deciding to fly private. According to data from WingX, a business aviation intelligence company, private jet travel rose by 10% in 2022 year-over-year – and by 14%......

When we look back on 2023, the tragedies in Ukraine and the Middle East will sadly stand out in our memories. For capital markets, banks at all levels (regional, global and central) drove a volatile year....

Ask a cybersecurity expert about the chance of falling victim to a cyberattack and they’ll tell you there are two types of people out there: those who know they’ve been hacked and those who don’t know they’ve been hacked....

We think the market can power higher through year-end and beyond. That, in a nutshell, has been our call for the last few months, despite the pervasive negativity surrounding the geopolitical environment as well as the interest rate and economic outl...