April 2011
Canada has long been associated with commodities, and our stock market is no different. Half of the value of the S&P/TSX Composite Index is derived from cyclical stocks in the resource sectors, energy and materials.
January 2011
Correlations between most equity sectors and individual stocks are all well above historical norms. In the short term, this is reducing the benefits that have typically come from individual stock selection and causing returns for all investors to be connected.