Key Highlights USD/JPY remained supported above the 158.00 pivot level. A bullish trend line is forming with support at 158.50 on the 4-hour chart. Bitcoin trimmed gains and traded below the $67,500 support. WTI Crude Read more…
Canadian Highlights The ongoing U.S.-Iran conflict continues to dominate the headlines, pushing oil prices closer to recent highs. Monthly GDP and trade data shows Canada’s economy started the year on a steadier footing. The Bank Read more…
United States: Personal Income & Spending (Thursday), Consumer Price Index (CPI) (Friday) G10 Economies: Canada Labor Force Survey (Friday) Emerging Markets: Reserve Bank of India (Wednesday), Mexico CPI (Thursday), Brazil CPI (Friday) U.S. Week Ahead Read more…
During my years of reporting on Americans’ personal finance concerns, I have often reported on one major warning about 401(k) plans and Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). That involves a commonly enforced 10% federal penalty tax Read more…
Next Friday’s Canadian Labour Force Survey should show a partial recovery in employment in March after consecutive job losses totalling 109,000 over the prior two months. The monthly employment data is notoriously volatile, and despite Read more…
Consensus for the March employment report includes a historically sluggish NFP rebound (+50,000 to +65,000) and sticky Average Hourly Earnings (+0.3% to +0.4%). A “Stagflation Shock” (low jobs growth under 50k plus high wages over Read more…
WTI and Brent Crude Oil Technical Analysis with key levels ahead of the long Easter weekend Crude Oil is once again in the center stage after yesterday’s Trump address Volatility will remain as long as Read more…
US Stock Benchmarks rebound slightly with President Trump still attempting to calm Markets Oil prices are still playing tricks on broader sentiment, with the conflict now entering its fifth week Exploring Technical Levels for the Read more…
Independent hardware stores and cooperative chains like Do it Best, Ace Hardware, and True Value Hardware face extreme competition from major big-box home improvement centers like Home Depot and Lowe’s, which have resulted in the Read more…
While the high cost of private aviation will always have it remain an extravagance that can be accessed by a very small portion of the population, the use of private jets has been up significantly Read more…