How I'm Interpreting The Rate Announcements

On today's show we are looking at ways to optimize revenue for parking assets. Parking lots are often dismissed as low-yield, interim uses of land. In reality, a well-positioned parking asset is not a commodity, it is an operating business with multiple revenue levers. Most under ...  Show more

Spencer Patton is based in Atlanta where he is part of Calgary headquartered ICM Asset Management. On today's show we are talking about managing uncertainty. Spencer's company is actively invested in office, residential and industrial in both the US and Canada. To connect with Sp ...  Show more

Mortgage rates aren’t directly influenced by Federal Reserve policy. However, the Fed’s recent cut likely will have a domino effect on the US housing market, say our Co-Heads of Securitized Products Research Jay Bacow and James Egan.

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The Bank of Canada lowered the interest rate to 4.75 per cent on Wednesday – the first rate cut in four years. As the country’s central bank aims to get the inflation ...

With this week’s announcement of a rate cut and further cuts in the offing, the Fed seems willing to let the U.S. economy run a little hot. Our Head of Corporate Credit Andrew Sheets explains why this could give an unexpected boost to the European bond market. 

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Stocks hold steady as tariff uncertainty continues. Our CIO and Chief U.S. Equity Strategist Mike Wilson explains how policy deferrals, earnings resilience and forward guidance are driving the market.

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