Canadian Bank Earnings Season Starts Off Strong

Please note that after today, the Morning Minutes are resuming their summer break and will return on Thursday September 2. Colin Cieszynski is scheduled to appear on BNN Bloomberg today just after 4:00 pm EDT.   Canadian bank earnings week

Cryptocurrencies, Vaccines and Airlines In Focus

US index futures are mixed this morning with Dow futures down 0.3% and NASDAQ futures up 0.1%. The main corporate event in the US today is the news that the FDA has recommended a pause in using the Johnson &

Big Rail Merger and Vaccine News In The Spotlight

The new trading week is off to a mixed start with investors digesting a number of weekend developments. The US 10-year treasury note yield has slipped back under 1.70%. US index futures are trading flat for Dow futures to a

Good News On Reopenings and Rollouts Boost Stocks

Bouncing back from yesterday’s declines of 0.4% to 1.7% for US indices, US index futures are up 0.5% to 0.6% this morning. This builds on positive overseas sessions overnight which saw the Hang Seng soar 2.7% and the Nikkei climb

STOCKS SLIDE INTO MONTH-END WITH VACCINES AND EARNINGS IN FOCUS

The last trading day of January finds bourses around the world in retreat once again. US index futures are all down about 1.2% including a 350 point drop in Dow futures. Overseas, the Dax and Hang Seng are down 1.0%,

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