Quarterly Outlook
Equity outlook: The high cost of global fragmentation for US portfolios
Charu Chanana
Chief Investment Strategist
FX Trader, Loonieviews.net
Summary: US equity markets shrugged off a major ADP jobs disappointment after the release showed 129,000 new positions rather than the 170,000 forecasted. Meanwhile, there may be a looming instability threat on the horizon for CAD as Prime Minister Trudeau's government deals with a messy corruption scandal.