Market View

Canada’s inflation rate held steady in October at 6.9%, increasing the likelihood of the Bank of Canada’s rate hike in the coming month. Oil fell for a second week on weakening demand in China while gold prices held steady. The Canadian dollar was 74.76 cents USD. Both the U.S. S&P500 and the TSX ended the week down 0.7%, each.

It was a week of relatively muted but mixed returns. Consumer discretionary and industrials added 1.8%, each, while consumer staples gained 1.2% and financials ended the week flat. Energy slid by 3.2%, while technology gave up 1.8%. The most heavily traded shares by volume were Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp, Suncor Energy, and Baytex Energy.  

5 from 5i

Here are five reads we found interesting last week:

• Bubbles aren’t just for stock markets, posted on Ian’s blog: Nominal Returns
• Don’t be misled by no-context reports of big tech layoffs, published on TKer by Sam Ro
• Trend-following good in both high and low uncertainty periods, by Mark Rzepczynski of Disciplines Systemic Global Macro Views
• Discounting belief, published on Not Boring by Packy McCormick
• The private equity guys trying to shoplift a supermarket chain before they sell it, by Moe Tkacik of Slate.com

Happy Reading & Stay Safe!

Disclosure: The analyst(s) responsible for this report do not have a financial or other interest in securities mentioned.