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Source: BNN Bloomberg April 23, 2022

Powell hardens hawkish pivot toward half-point Fed rate hikes

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell outlined his most aggressive approach to taming inflation to date, potentially endorsing two or more half percentage-point interest-rate increases while describing the labor market as overheated. “I would say that 50 bas...

Source: BNN Bloomberg April 23, 2022

Nowhere to hide as aggressive rate bets spark rout across assets

Friday is proving a washout for investors as increasingly bigger bets on Federal Reserve tightening prompted traders to offload risk and haven alike before the weekend. The technology-heavy Nasdaq 100 is on track for its worst month since 2008, short-dated...

Source: BNN Bloomberg April 22, 2022

U.S. stocks fall in a dramatic reversal as yields surge

U.S. stocks slid as the selloff in Treasuries resumed, with traders bracing for the possibility of more aggressive policy tightening by the Federal Reserve. The dollar gained. The S&P 500 dropped 1.5 per cent in a dramatic reversal of a more than 1 per cen...

Market Call Source: BNN Bloomberg April 22, 2022

Paul Harris' Top Picks: April 21, 2022

Paul Harris, partner and portfolio manager at Harris Douglas Asset Management FOCUS: North American and global stocks MARKET OUTLOOK: I think we are in a period of extended volatility with the Ukraine-Russian crisis and the U.S. Federal Reserve rat...

Source: BNN Bloomberg April 22, 2022

TSX has worst day in three months as Fed signals big rate hike

Canada's main stock index slipped from early gains to post its largest daily slump in three months on fears of slowing economic growth as members of the U.S. Federal Reserve signalled that an aggressive rate hike is coming next month to tame inflation. Cra...

FP Economy Source: Financialpost April 22, 2022

Tiff Macklem acknowledges inflation is running hotter than expected

Kevin Carmichael: Concession will fuel speculation of steeper hikes, but half a point still best bet Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem acknowledged inflation ended the first quarter hotter than he expected, a concession that will feed speculatio...

Source: BNN Bloomberg April 21, 2022

Most stocks gain in seesaw session as bonds rally

Most U.S. stocks rose with earnings in focus, while Treasuries rallied as a growing chorus of money managers said inflation is nearing a peak and rate-hike bets are overdone. After a roller-coaster session, the S&P 500 ended little changed with nine of 11...

Market Call Source: BNN Bloomberg April 21, 2022

Josef Schachter's Top Picks: April 20, 2022

Josef Schachter, president of Schachter Energy Research Services Inc FOCUS: Energy and energy service stocks MARKET OUTLOOK: We believe that a new commodity super cycle started in 2020 for energy, metals and grains due to underinvestment and the su...

Source: BNN Bloomberg April 21, 2022

Traders now banking on back-to-back jumbo rate hikes in Canada

The Bank of Canada will likely deliver a repeat of last week’s jumbo rate hike at its next policy decision, according to market pricing.   Trading in overnight swaps show investors are now fully pricing in a second 50-basis-point increase at the central ba...

Source: BNN Bloomberg April 20, 2022

U.S. stock rally stretches from big tech to small caps

U.S. stocks gained in a broad-based rally as investors weighed the resilience of the economy against prospects for aggressive policy action to curb inflation. Treasury yields climbed across the curve, while oil fell on demand concerns. The S&P 500 bounced...