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Market
The TSX Hit a Record High at Noon. By 2:15, the Fed Had Taken Most of It Back.
The composite touched roughly 35,408 in the late morning, its fourth straight June record, before a firmer-than-expected Fed signal pulled the index down through the early afternoon. Materials held the gains. Energy gave back ground it had already lost this week.
Jun 17, 2026 7 min
Economy
Kevin Warsh's First Decision Was a Hold. His Dot Plot Was the Real Signal, and It Pointed the Wrong Way for Canada.
The Fed kept rates at 3.50% to 3.75% in new Chair Warsh's debut meeting, exactly as priced. The updated projections showing several officials now leaning toward a 2026 hike change the transmission math the Bank of Canada has to work with in July.
Jun 17, 2026 7 min
Market
TSX Record, Energy Selloff, and the Rotation That Rewrites the Year
The TSX closed at 35,297 on June 15, a fresh all-time high, while Suncor fell 3.2% and WTI dropped more than 5%. A record set on a day when the index's largest commodity sector declines is not a uniform rally. It is a structural rotation, and it changes what the second half of 2026 looks like for Canadian portfolios.
Jun 16, 2026 7 min
Geopolitical
The Hormuz Deal and the Portfolio Implications of a Fragile Peace
The US-Iran agreement signed June 15 ends the blockade phase and begins a 60-day nuclear negotiation window. For Canadian portfolios, the immediate read-through is lower oil, a recovering loonie, and a BoC that can finally look past its inflation constraint. The tail risk is that the deal does not hold.
Jun 16, 2026 7 min
Market
The Rotation Beneath the Rally
The Iran deal drove global markets sharply higher Monday morning. But the TSX is split: energy names are selling off while financials and rate-sensitives surge. Understanding the rotation is the analysis.
Jun 15, 2026 7 min
Economy
The BoC Just Got Its Off-Ramp
The June 10 hold statement left Governing Council a live wire in both directions. The US-Iran deal this morning cuts one of them. What the peace framework means for the July 15 decision and the Canadian rate path.
Jun 15, 2026 7 min
Market
TSX Splits on the BoC Hold: Energy Holds, Everything Else Folds
The TSX composite fell approximately 0.3% on Wednesday as base metals, technology, and rate-sensitive sectors absorbed the Bank of Canada's two-way risk language while energy names partially offset the decline on renewed Hormuz escalation. The session illustrated a structural divide in the Canadian market that has persisted since late February.
Jun 11, 2026 6 min
Daily Thread
The TSX Is Using Oil as a Recovery Tool While the BoC Has 48 Hours to Decide Whether Oil Is an Inflation Problem
Markets partially clawed back Friday's selloff on Monday. The same variable driving the recovery is the one that moved April CPI to a two-year high. Macklem's Wednesday statement will have to resolve the contradiction.
Jun 8, 2026 7 min
Economy
Two Days, Two Decisions: What the Jobs Report Means for Wednesday
A blowout U.S. payrolls print has repriced Fed expectations. The Bank of Canada decides in 48 hours with inflation at 2.8% and a domestic economy that cannot absorb a rate hike.
Jun 8, 2026 6 min
Daily Thread
The Bond Market Read the Headline. The BoC Will Read the Wages.
May's 88,000-job print sent swap markets pricing three BoC hikes. Wages fell from 4.8% to 3.2%. Those two facts cannot both be right about what happens next.
Jun 5, 2026 5 min
Geopolitical
The Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Is a Probability Shift, Not a Resolution
June 4's ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon pulled oil prices roughly 3% lower and raised hopes for a broader US-Iran deal. The Strait of Hormuz is still closed. The distinction between a changed probability distribution and a changed physical reality is the entire analytical question for Canadian portfolios.
Jun 5, 2026 7 min
Daily Thread
The Vote That Made the Strait Harder to Open
Congress passed a symbolic resolution to end Trump's Iran war today. Oil fell. The TSX energy sector fell harder. The connection is not coincidence.
Jun 4, 2026 5 min
Market
TSX Retreats From Record as Iran Hits Kuwait. The Sector Split Tells the Real Story.
The TSX shed 368 points on June 3, pulling back 1.05% from Tuesday's all-time high of 34,899. Energy gained 1.19% while financials lost 0.64%. The composite decline masked a rotation that reveals exactly what the market believes about the Hormuz supply floor.
Jun 4, 2026 6 min
Market
TSX at 35,169 Is Pricing a Deal That Does Not Exist Yet
The index gained 1.25% on June 2, led by financials and energy, one day after Iran suspended ceasefire negotiations. The market's ability to shrug off that headline is either sophisticated or complacent. The data argues for both readings simultaneously.
Jun 3, 2026 6 min
Daily Thread
The TSX Record and the Recession Are Both True. The Question Is Which One the BoC Believes on June 10.
Canada closes at record equity highs while sitting in a technical recession. The market has already priced the outcome it wants from the Bank of Canada. The data says the Bank has no comfortable move.
Jun 2, 2026 5 min
Market
TSX Below 35,000 as Ceasefire Doubt Splits the Index
Iran's talk suspension sent energy names higher and financials lower on Monday. The TSX closed at 34,734 on June 1. Tuesday opens with oil near $92 WTI and a market pricing a base-case resolution it cannot fully trust.
Jun 2, 2026 6 min
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