Following the central bank’s smaller than expected rate hike, we favour high quality bonds as Canada’s outsized housing sector and ballooning consumer debt test its aggressive tightening efforts.
Will market volatility continue?
October 27, 2022
We are likely in a period of elevated volatility that will continue, says Chhad Aul, Chief Investment Officer & Head of Multi-Asset Solutions, SLGI Asset Management Inc. This video looks at what’s behind today’s volatility and how investors may position their portfolios in this uncertain environment.
Q3 2022 | Market Update
October 26, 2022
Market’s rollercoaster ends Q3 with a sharp decline amid central banks commitment to higher rates for longer
Inflation, slowing economic growth, and uncertainty
October 20, 2022
Learn how Chhad Aul, CIO and Head of Multi-Asset Solutions, SLGI Asset Management Inc. and his team are positioning Sun Life Granite Funds to help investor portfolios address these competing global forces.
Volatile bonds face their first bear market in a generation
September 28, 2022
Bonds sway alongside stocks in an uncertain environment of rising credit, liquidity, and interest rate risk.
Another super-sized rate hike from the Fed; what will happen to riskier bonds?
September 23, 2022
As benchmark borrowing costs rise to a range of 3% and 3.25%, last seen in 2008, we reiterate our cautious stance on credit
U.S. Fed intensifies the fight against inflation with back-to-back rate hikes
July 29, 2022
As financial conditions tighten and the economy slows, we remain cautious on credit.
Q2 2022 | Market Update
July 15, 2022
Soaring inflation, rising interest rates and falling consumer confidence are hitting markets.
Fed’s single largest interest hike since 1994 challenges an already volatile market
June 17, 2022
The central bank’s effort to tame price gains is taking precedence over its other mandate – maximum employment