Tag Archives: economic calendar

Weekly Commentary – Some Stability  -  16/02/10

Markets have been showing some strong signs of improvement over the past week or so. Earnings continue to come in rather healthy and maybe, just maybe the financial markets are becoming desensitized to the problems in Greece.

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Weekly Commentary  -  08/02/10

The TSX finally went up last week thanks to a late day rally on Friday. Debt fears in Europe continue to weigh on markets and the Monday performance trend continues. As always, upcoming economic and earnings data.

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Weekly Commentary – Tough Week  -  01/02/10

Last week was a bad one but once again the monday effect is lifting markets. In this weekly commentary we take a look at the recent market weakness in context of the early recovery phase of the market.

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Morning Update  -  28/01/10

Markets are looking ok this morning, helped by the Fed’s encouraging comments on the economy yesterday and some solid earnings from Ford and Nokia.

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Weekly Commentary  -  25/01/10

Tough week for the markets on the back of Obama’s comments about US bank reform and concerns over the reappointment of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. Any good news on the economic side or from the earnings season, which is better than many may think, was quickly glanced over. Lots of economic data this week, especially Friday. And lots of earnings.

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Weekly Commentary – Happy New Year  -  04/01/10

Happy New Year from the Crow’s Nest. Last week was not very eventful, but we take a closer look at the improving market breadth of the TSX and the move higher in energy prices. As always, there are lots of economic data coming this week and a few earnings reports.

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Crow’s Nest Morning Update  -  04/01/10

Today we are launching our morning update email which includes a recap of overseas markets, commodity movers, analyst upgrades/downgrades, economic data, company earnings, and just about everything an investor needs to review before the open.

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Weekly Commentary – USD Strengthens  -  21/12/09

In this week’s commentary we take a look at the recent strength of the U.S. dollar and equity markets. As always earnings calendars for the coming week and upcoming economic releases.

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Weekly Commentary  -  09/11/09

The Weekly Commentary includes a brief view on the markets, exerpts from past reports and upcoming economic/earnings data. In this edition we have introduced our “trading idea updates”, recapping our past ideas and their status. Also a close look at the TSX after bouncing off support, where to now?

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