22 December 2016 Americas/Canada Equity Research Double click here to select a sector. Canadian Equity Strategy Research Analysts STRATEGY Andrew M. Kuske 416 352 4561
[email protected] Balancing the Barbell; Canadian Commodities Andrew E. Buscaglia 212 325 5870 and Rates Sensitives in Focus for 2017
[email protected] Jason Frew ■ A Balancing Act: Nearly half of the S&P/TSX Composite is directly related 403 476 6022 to a variety of global commodities with a skew to energy. With the recent oil
[email protected] price moves along with the current outlook, there are many impacts on the Laurent Grandet 212 538 7901 Canadian market. Another overarching area of interest is changes in trade
[email protected] patterns with the new incoming US administration. In any event, we believe Brian Ho there are pockets of opportunities. Most recently, we witnessed rebounding 403 476 6009 equity values and a higher move on bond yields. These factors are shown,
[email protected] in part, on Figure 1, which illustrates the relative value of Canadian Mohammad Khan, CPA, CA 416 352 4596 treasuries against the TSX, with equities looking rather attractive.
[email protected] Figure 1: Bond versus Stock indices – Canada Allison M. Landry 212 325 3716 500
[email protected] 450 Robert Loebach 403 476 6021 400
[email protected] Alvise Marino 350 212 325 5911 300
[email protected] David Phung 250 403 476 6023 200
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