There is an old adage that goes “the amount of Christmas lights on display reflects the level of optimism in the economy.” Optimism appears to be in limited supply this year by that measure. Global markets do not agree with that assessment as World shares continued to track the U.S. stock market’s rise to record highs. Next week is the last whole week of trading in 2025, but expectations are that the bull will continue to run well into next year.  The TSX made another all-ti

World shares were mostly higher overnight after the U.S. stock market held near its all-time high record of late October. With only two weeks of active trading remaining in December and the year, it is time to make longer-term moves as buying opportunities open up. Prime Minister Carney and U.S. President Trump will have a brief meeting today at the Kennedy Center. Carney will also meet separately with the Mexican President, Claudia Sheinbaum, who will meet privately with the

World stocks, led by Wall Street, experienced a sharp drop in skittish trading this week, with major benchmarks experiencing a selloff as investors offloaded risk assets. Worries persist about a bubble in artificial intelligence-related shares, and some better-than-expected U.S. jobs data has raised the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will hold off on an interest rate cut in December. Many investors have been counting on rate cuts to drive markets higher. Attention is als