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The Power of a Pivot
It has been a wild ride over the past few months with the S&P/TSX making monthly moves ranging from +8.5% to –6.5%. The global economic slowdown that in part prompted us to reduce our equity exposure to neutral in November has also prompted central banks to pivot away quickly from their tightening bias to a more accommodative stance.
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The call for this week: So last week I was asked why, since I remain extremely bullish, I have not recommended any stocks recently. My answer to that email read something like:
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Cementing the Pivot
Canadian and US markets are poised to close out Q1 with one of the strongest starts in over 70 years, as the S&P/TSX and S&P 500 have gains of over 13% YTD. As we wrote in our monthly Insights & Strategies: The Power of a Pivot, central banks have played a big part in rescuing the market off its December lows.
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