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INVESTMENT STRATEGY GROUP MARKET BEAT Thursday, September 03, 2020 MACRO VIEW Market Indicators Index Level* Change YTD YTD (C$) The TSX (-0.6%) is trading lower as the energy sector fell while Wall S&P/TSX 16,674.18 -0.14% -2.3% -2.3% Street's main stock indices are being weighed down by the tech sector. S&P 500 3,539.26 -1.16% 9.5% 10.4% West Texas Intermediate crude oil (-1.0%) prices declined to their NASDAQ 11,727.58 -2.73% 30.7% 31.8% lowest point since early August, as focus turned to weaker U.S. fuel Dow Jones 28,925.47 -0.60% 1.4% 2.2% demand and a slow economic recovery from COVID-19. Gold (-0.1%) is Nikkei 225 23,465.53 0.94% -0.8% 2.1% basically flat. North American bond yields dipped with the U.S. 10-year Euro Stoxx 50 3,353.83 0.48% -10.4% -4.7% at 0.63%, and the Canadian 10-year at 0.54%. The Canadian dollar FTSE EM 2,342.62 -0.65% 1.4% 2.2% declined against the greenback as oil prices fell and data showed a widening trade deficit. Canadian Market Movers Canada’s trade deficit widened to C$2.45 billion versus CVE Cenovus Energy 3.1% forecasts of a C$2.5 billion shortfall in July. Exports rose 11.1% and imports increased 12.7%, as motor vehicles and parts were the biggest CNQ Can Natural Res 2.8% contributors to the increase in exports and imports. The U.S. trade IMO Imperial Oil 2.2% deficit of goods and services in July expanded by 18.9% to US$63.6 IPL Inter Pipeline L 1.7% billion versus US$58 billion forecast, from a revised US$53.5 billion in WEED Canopy Growth Co 1.5% June. Exports increased from June by 8.1%, while imports gained 10.9%. TECK/B Teck Resources -1.9% U.S. jobless claims came in better than expected totaling 881,000 AEM Agnico Eagle Min -1.9% versus 950,000 expected. The number reflects both an improving labor SHOP Shopify Inc -2.9% market as well as a change in methodology from the Labor Department OTEX Open Text Corp -3.2% to address seasonal factors. FM First Quantum -3.6% *As of September 3 2020 10:34 AM. Source: Bloomberg CANADIAN MARKETS U.S. Market Movers Gestion Audem, a company controlled by the Audet Family that holds SPG Simon Property 3.2% 69% of Cogeco (CGO, +0.6%) voting rights and 82.9% of Cogeco SLB Schlumberger Ltd 3.0% Communications (CCA, -0.3%) voting rights has rejected the unsolicited, non -binding takeover bid from Altice (ATUS, -4.2%) and Rogers (RCI.B, - AXP American Express 2.8% 0.6% ). This was the second attempt by Rogers to move into Quebec OXY Occidental Pete 2.7% GE General Electric 2.4% after failing to acquire Videotron back in 2000. CRM Salesforce.Com -3.5% Brookfield Property (BPY.UN, +0.3%) announced that it has purchased AAPL Apple Inc -3.6% all 35.5 million units of substantial issuer bids (SIB). Each unit was acquired for US$12, a total cost of US$426 million. This purchase is a ADBE Adobe Inc -3.9% part of a US$1 billion equity commitment previously announced by PYPL Paypal Holdings -4.5% Brookfield Asset Management (BAM.A, -1.1%). BPY noted that there is NVDA Nvidia Corp -4.8% US$486 million remaining from the US$1 billion equity commitment *As of September 3 2020 10:34 AM. Source: Bloomberg which is available until the end of 2020. Magna (MGA, -2.5%) is set to acquire the majority ownership of a Benchmark Bonds & Rates Chinese seat supplier, Honglizhixin (HLZX). MGA will also acquire a Chg1 Yld1 Dec-202 Mar-212 majority stake in its existing joint venture with HLZX. The joint venture CA 2YR 0.00% 0.26% 0.35% 0.35% currently has two manufacturing plants and following the acquisition, it CA 10YR -0.01% 0.54% 0.70% 0.80% will look to increase this to twelve manufacturing plants. US 2YR -0.01% 0.13% 0.25% 0.30% US 10YR -0.01% 0.63% 0.80% 1.00% IGM Financial (IGM, -0.3%) announced net inflows of $271 million in August 2020 compared to $62 million last year. IGM also reported total Rate1 Dec-202 Mar-212 assets under management were $173.2 billion this month, up 1.5% CA Prime 2.45% - - month-over-month (M/M), and up 7.1% year-over-year (Y/Y). CA Overnight Tgt 0.25% 0.25% 0.25% Fed Funds Tgt 0.25% 0.13% 0.13% 1 - As of September 3 2020 10:34 AM.; 2 - CIBC forecasts. Source: Bloomberg CIBC PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT STRATEGY GROUP 1 Market Beat Currencies & Commodities U.S. MARKETS Price* Change YTD C$/US$ 0.764 0.005 -0.8% Blackstone Group (BX -1.7%) and Global Infrastructure Partners have US$/€ 0.845 -0.002 -5.3% put forth an offer to purchase railroad operator, Kansas City Southern Gold $1,935.64 -$7.16 27.6% (KSU -1.2%). While the terms of the offer have not been made public, Copper per 100 lb $298.55 -$3.50 5.7% Kansas City Southern carries a market value in excess of US$18 billion. Oil (WTI) $40.93 -$0.58 -33.0% The railroad company reported 2019 revenue of US$2.87 billion and Oil (WCS) $31.12 -$1.06 -19.3% operates a network that runs from central Mexico to the U.S. Midwest. Natural Gas (NYMEX) $2.53 $0.04 15.4% Costco (COST -0.3%) reported strong sales figures for August which Natural Gas (AECO) $2.08 $0.06 21.6% included a 13.2% jump in same-store sales and a 101.6% increase in e- *As of September 3 2020 10:34 AM. Source: Bloomberg commerce sales. Net sales also climbed 15% year-over-year to US$13.56 billion. Equity Indices YTD 120 Apparel brand PVH (PVH +5.9%) reported adjusted EPS of US$0.13 per share for its second quarter, well ahead of a consensus loss of US$2.43 110 per share. Revenue was down 33% year-over-year, however, the 100 company saw a 50% jump in its e-commerce sales. 90 Cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike (CRWD -9.3%) fell despite releasing 80 better-than-expected Q2 results. The company reported adjusted 70 earnings of US$0.03 per share, slightly ahead of an expected loss of 60 US$0.01 per share. Revenue also beat consensus projections, coming in 31 Jul 31 30 Apr30 31 Jan 31 30 Jun 30 31 Mar31 29 Feb 29 31 Aug31 at US$199 million over an expected US$188.5 million. The company also Dec 31 31 May 31 provided improved guidance for its third quarter. S&P/TSX Dow Jones S&P500 Earnings Releases Name Date Est. Act. Broadcom Inc (AVGO) 09/03 $5.22 -- * Cooper Cos Inc (COO) 09/03 $1.53 -- * Campbell Soup Co (CPB) 09/03 $0.61 $0.63 * Laurentian Bank (LB) 09/04 $0.46 -- Descartes Sys (DSG) 09/09 $0.10 -- * Transcontinent-A (TCL/A) 09/09 $0.46 -- Empire Co Ltd A (EMP/A) 09/10 $0.59 -- North West Co In (NWC) 09/10 $0.47 -- Kroger Co (KR) 09/11 $0.51 -- * Enghouse Sys Ltd (ENGH) 09/11 $0.38 -- Aurora Cannabis (ACB) 09/11 -$0.43 -- Oracle Corp (ORCL) 09/13 $0.86 -- * Lennar Corp-A (LEN) 09/14 $1.57 -- * Source: Bloomberg * = USD Economic Calendar - Canada Economic Calendar - U.S. Day Release Prior Est. Actual Day Release Prior Est. Actual 9/3 Int'l Merchandise Trade (Jul) -3.19b -2.50b -2.45b 9/3 Challenger Job Cuts YoY (Aug) 576.10% -- 116.50% 9/4 Net Change in Employment (Aug) 418.5k 250.0k -- 9/3 Nonfarm Productivity (2Q F) 7.30% 7.50% 10.10% 9/4 Full Time Employment Change (Aug) 73.2 -- -- 9/3 Unit Labor Costs (2Q F) 12.20% 12.00% 9.00% 9/4 Part Time Employment Change (Aug) 345.3 -- -- 9/3 Initial Jobless Claims 1006k 950k 881k 9/4 Unemployment Rate (Aug) 10.90% 10.10% -- 9/3 Continuing Claims 14535k 14000k 13254k 9/4 Hourly Wage Rate Permanent Employees YoY5.70% (Aug) 5.40% -- 9/3 Trade Balance (Jul) -$50.7b -$58.0b -$63.6b 9/4 Participation Rate (Aug) 64.30% 64.50% -- 9/3 Bloomberg Consumer Comfort 44.3 -- 45.1 9/4 MLI Leading Indicator MoM (Jul) -1.40% -- -- 9/3 Markit US Services PMI (Aug F) 54.8 54.7 55 9/4 Ivey Purchasing Managers Index SA (Aug) 68.5 -- -- 9/3 Markit US Composite PMI (Aug F) 54.7 -- 54.6 9/8 Bloomberg Nanos Confidence 52.7 -- -- 9/3 ISM Services Index (Aug) 58.1 57 56.9 Source: Bloomberg Source: Bloomberg BRAD BROWN, CFA - SR. 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