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Why Your Stocks Are Down Today: The $28B U.S.–Canada Tariff War Just Escalated

If you opened your brokerage account this morning to a sea of red, the culprit isn’t just rising Treasury yields.

Tony Wizzie Tony Wizzie 5 min read
Energy Oil Inflation Markets Economy

OPEC+ Freezes Output as Crude Nears $96: The Energy Shock Threatening Wall Street's Soft Landing

Just as financial markets were beginning to price in the prospect of persistent interest rates, a fresh supply shock emerged from the energy sector.

Tony Wizzie Tony Wizzie 3 min read
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The Mortgage Rate Paradox: Why Fixed Rates Are Spiking Even as Central Banks Hold Steady

When the Bank of Canada announced on September 2 that it was holding its key policy interest rate steady at 2.25%—its seventh consecutive pause—many prospective homebuyers let out a sigh of relief. The

Tony Wizzie Tony Wizzie 4 min read
Markets Fed Interest rates Ai Economy

The September Rate Shock: Why a Blowout Jobs Report and AI Inflation Are Rattling Wall Street

Heading into the long Labor Day weekend, Wall Street was anticipating a sleepy start to September. Instead, traders were handed a seismic market shock.

Tony Wizzie Tony Wizzie 3 min read
Fed Stocks Economy

Markets Rally as Inflation Cools: Is the Fed Done Hiking?

The stock market just had its best week in months, and the catalyst wasn’t earnings or geopolitical news—it was good old-fashioned inflation data. January’s CPI report showed prices rising just 0.2% month-over-month, pushing

Tony Wizzie Tony Wizzie 2 min read
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