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The Rotation Tells the Story
The TSX gained 1.25% Tuesday, but the sector split was the signal: financials up 1.85%, energy down 2.34%. The market is not betting on prolonged disruption. It is pricing a resolution.
May 21, 2026 5 min
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The TSX Fell 0.27%. That Number Hides Everything.
Energy gained 2.3%. Mining lost between 2% and 6%. Financials dropped. Tech retreated. The index nearly flat is an arithmetic accident produced by one sector offsetting everything else. The US 30-year yield at a 19-year high is what drove the session.
May 20, 2026 6 min
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The TSX Reopens Into a Divided Tape
The first session back from Victoria Day opens with a below-consensus CPI print, a Brent selloff on the Iran postponement, and a GoC 10-year yield at a two-year high. Three sectors are pointing in three different directions.
May 19, 2026 7 min
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TSX Down 1.27%, Gold Miners Routed, Energy Leads: The Split-Screen Friday That Sets Up a Volatile Week
The TSX shed 435 points on May 15 as a global bond rout and stalled Hormuz talks punished miners, banks, and rate-sensitive names. Energy was the lone sector standing. The TSX is closed today for Victoria Day. Tuesday opens with April CPI and the Iran NSC meeting outcome landing simultaneously.
May 18, 2026 5 min
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TSX Opens Lower, But Energy Splits the Tape
U.S. futures are down sharply on summit disappointment. Brent crude is up 2% above $107. The TSX faces a split-market session: energy names should outperform while technology and rate-sensitives take the hit. The Canadian read is more complicated than the headline suggests.
May 15, 2026 5 min
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TSX Splits as Tech Falls and Energy Holds
The TSX fell 0.5% Wednesday as technology names dropped 2% to a one-month low while energy stocks held steady above $100 oil. The divergence tells a specific story about how the Canadian market is pricing the Hormuz supply shock versus the inflation-driven rate re-rating.
May 14, 2026 6 min
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The PPI Morning: Energy Holds, Gold Retreats, Banks Read the Room
U.S. wholesale inflation came in at double the consensus at 8:30 AM. The TSX is absorbing the number through a familiar split: energy names firm on elevated oil, gold miners lower on dollar strength, banks uncertain on which direction rates move. The Trump-Xi summit starting tomorrow is the next catalyst.
May 13, 2026 6 min
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The TSX Is Running Two Economies at Once
Gold miners surged on Barrick's earnings beat while bank stocks fell for a second session. The divergence reveals a market pricing two very different outcomes for the same oil shock.
May 12, 2026 6 min
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The TSX Is Priced for a War That Isn't Over
Oil's elevated floor is holding energy names aloft while U.S. equities close at records. The divergence between the two markets tells the story of two very different risk calculations.
May 11, 2026 6 min
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Jobs Miss Hits the TSX on a Complicated Friday
Canada shed 18,000 jobs in April, unemployment rose to 6.9%, and oil is caught between a fragile Hormuz ceasefire and UAE supply math. The TSX opened lower.
May 8, 2026 6 min
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Energy Earnings Beat, Shares Fall: The TSX’s Contradictory Morning and What It’s Signalling
Cenovus posted an 83% profit jump. Suncor beat expectations. Both fell roughly 4%. The TSX is opening flat against record highs in the US. The market is not confused. It is pricing a specific future.
May 7, 2026 6 min
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TSX Opens Friday Caught Between a Jobs Print and an Oil Collapse, and Energy Is Already Telling the Story
The TSX closed Thursday at 33,477, down 0.42% on the session as the energy sector unwound while financials caught a bid on the prospect of a more cautious BoC
Apr 10, 2026 3 min
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TSX Up 383 Points Yesterday. Here Is What That Number Is Actually Telling You.
The TSX closed up 383 points at 33,620 on Wednesday -- a broad relief rally driven by the US-Iran ceasefire announcement. The S&P 500 gained 2.52%, the Dow added 1,329 points, and the Nasdaq rose 2.82
Apr 9, 2026 4 min
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TSX Holds Above 33,000 as Markets Price Diplomacy Over Deadline
TSX is up 0.27% in morning trading, sitting near 33,196, with financials leading gains -- RBC, TD, BMO, and CIBC all advancing between 0.65% and 0.9%. Energy is broadly flat despite oil edging slightl
Apr 7, 2026 4 min
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Five Risks, One Monday: How the TSX Opens Into the Most Compressed Risk Environment of 2026
The S&P 500 is down 5.1% year-to-date as Liberation Day tariffs took effect April 2 under a new Section 301 framework. The "Sell America" trade that emerged one year ago has become a structural realit
Apr 6, 2026 4 min
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Trump's Speech Crushed the Ceasefire Rally. Here Is What Happened Overnight.
Trump promised more strikes, not a ceasefire. In his prime-time address Wednesday, Trump said the U.S. will "hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks" and vowed no ceasefire until the
Apr 2, 2026 4 min
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