S&P500: Set Up For Disappointment, And Earnings Won't Help

1.15M Mortgages renewing in 2026 The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation projects 1.15 million mortgages will renew in 2026, the largest concentration in recent history. 44.66% Past-client referrals Down Fell from 56.28% in 2025 as realtor referrals climbed to a three-year high of…

The rupee on Tuesday recorded its biggest single-day gain in three weeks as foreign inflows continued into debt, with muted dollar demand from oil firms providing support, dealers said.  The domestic currency closed at 94.97 against the US dollar, appreciating 0.46 per cent from the previous close of 95.40. This was the rupee’s…

Key Insight: Learn why uncommitted funding could be an efficient way to fund the management of real-estate owned inventory. What’s at Stake: Mortgage companies ideally want to have sources of lower-cost funding available in a challenging market but they can’t rely too heavily on discretionary sources of financing. Forward Look: Averaged industry forecasts show origination…

Sphere Entertainment Makes For An Entertaining Opportunity

Fans hunting for concert seats are starting to skip the filters altogether. Instead of scrolling through hundreds of listings sorted by price and section, some are simply describing what they want and letting artificial intelligence narrow the choices. Seatpin, a European ticket marketplace, built its Pin AI assistant after watching customers do exactly that. Users…

Because Canadian government bond yields move in close correlation with their US counterparts, a US rate hike often pulls Canadian bond yields upward alongside it. That matters because fixed mortgage rates in Canada are priced off Government of Canada bond yields, specifically the five-year yield. When bond yields climb, lenders pass that cost on to…