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Last Month in the Markets: April 2025 What happened in April? The difficult month for equities began with the announcement of tariffs by Donald Trump on April 2nd. Economic theory and history, should the tariff scheme be implemented as proposed, predicts that the U.S., Canadian and the global economy will likely fall into recession. The…

Last Month in the Markets: March 2025 What happened in March? Equities experienced a very difficult month with the Dow losing 4.2%, the S&P 500 dropped 5.8%, and the NASDAQ plummeted 8.2%. Canada’s TSX fell by only 1.9%, making it the top performer among major indexes. A 1.9% drop typically is not regarded as a…

Last Month in the Markets: February 2025 What happened in February? Equity performance during the second month of 2025 was weak. None of the indexes increased, and the NASDAQ lost nearly 4% of its value. Despite February’s negative results, North American equity indexes were mostly up at the end of February, with the NASDAQ being…

Last Month in the Markets: January 2025 What happened in January? Equity performance for the first month of 2025 was strong. All of the indexes in the grid above outperformed their one-year returns in January, except for the NASDAQ. Even as the laggard, the NASDAQ will clear 20% in 2025 if it continues with its…

Last Month in the Markets: December 2024 Last Year in the Markets: January 1st, 2024 – December 31st, 2024 What happened in 2024?  Last year was productive for equity investors, with Canadian and American indexes delivering remarkable returns for the second consecutive year. The TSX beat its 2023 performance by 10 percentage points, the S&P 500…

Last Month in the Markets: November 2024 What happened in November? The previous month concluded with the release of positive inflation news, setting the scene for positive equity results in November. On October 31st, it was announced that the U.S. Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index for September had dropped 0.2 percent to 2.1 percent…