Both Canada and the U.S. released retail sales data this morning. In Canada, consumption in February increased by 0.8%, beating expectations of 0.4% growth.
The U.S. administration appears to be moving on to a new trade dispute, given that the current U.S. and China trade discussions appear to be moving in the right direction.
One of the key challenges at the moment for investors is that geopolitical issues are increasingly dominating markets, overtaking financial fundamentals. The end result, of course, is large market swings seemingly driven more by headlines than economic data or earnings reports.
The year 2018 ended with higher short-term interest rates and heightened volatility across equity markets. For 2019, we expect the latter to continue, as markets will need to reconcile lower global growth, as well as a bear flattened yield curve.
Foresters Asset Management Inc ("FAM") is pleased to announce that it has become a signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investing (UNPRI).
Foresters Asset Management (“FAM”) formally incorporated a Responsible Investment (“RI”) framework into all of our imaxx™ funds in 2018, including both our equity and fixed income portfolios.
Daily Market Commentary
Both Canada and the U.S. released retail sales data this morning
April 18, 2019Canadian headline inflation for March came in at expectations
April 17, 2019Yesterday, the BoC released its business outlook survey
April 16, 2019There is further speculation this morning...
April 15, 2019The Ontario provincial government released its budget update
April 12, 2019Latest News
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February 21, 2019Fixed Income Outlook 2019: The long and short of it
January 19, 2019Foresters Asset Management becomes signatory to UN PRI
January 16, 2019A Year in Review through a Responsible Investment Lens
January 2, 2019Institutional pricing for imaxx's bond funds
December 19, 2018