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Line chart showing Shopify's stock price surging 17 percent after August earnings, months after falling on similar results.

Shopify shares jumped 16.98% on Wednesday to close at $144.24, after the company beat second-quarter revenue estimates with 34% year-over-year growth. Three months earlier, Shopify reported the identical 34% growth rate for the first quarter and the stock fell 16% instead, as investors fixated on rising expense guidance rather than the top line. The nearly opposite reactions to comparable results show how much a single day's stock move can hinge on which narrative dominates that week, rather than on the underlying business itself.

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Line chart showing the VIX volatility index holding a narrow range through late August 2026 despite trade war headlines.

The VIX has held a narrow range for most of August even as Ottawa confirmed C$27.6 billion in retaliatory tariffs and Washington unveiled a sweeping new Iran sanctions campaign.

The VIX Has Not Moved in Three Weeks. That Is Not the Same as Markets Judging the Trade War Small.

August 26, 2026

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Line chart showing the TSX Composite rising 4.0 percent from mid-July to mid-August 2026 despite four separate pullbacks tied to Strait of Hormuz headlines.

The TSX composite gained 4.0% from mid-July through mid-August 2026, even as four separate pullbacks tied to Strait of Hormuz headlines interrupted the climb along the way.

Four Hormuz Dips Recovered in a Month. Today Tests Whether the Pattern Holds.

August 17, 2026

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Line chart showing the TSX Composite rebounding 1.17 percent Tuesday after Monday's steepest one-day decline in over a week.

The TSX Composite closed up 1.17% Tuesday, rebounding from Monday's 0.86% drop, the index's first close below 35,000 in eight sessions.

The Monday Sell, the Tuesday Miss

July 22, 2026

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Chart showing wide dispersion among TSX Composite stocks during Thursday's record session, with thirteen names moving more than four percent.

The TSX Composite closed at a fourth consecutive record Thursday, but the headline gain concealed sharp dispersion underneath.

Gold Miners Sold the News on a Record TSX Session

August 14, 2026

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Line chart showing the TSX composite, Brent crude and Canada's 10-year bond yield indexed and diverging in early August 2026.

Canada's 10-year government bond yield, the TSX composite and Brent crude had moved together through early August as Strait of Hormuz risk built, but Tuesday broke that pattern.

TSX, Brent and Canada's 10-Year Yield Diverge

August 11, 2026

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Bar chart showing Cargojet and other top-gaining TSX stocks leading Tuesday's session as energy stocks lagged.

Cargojet led Tuesday's TSX session, up 4.6 percent, as financials and industrials drove the index to a fresh intraday record.

Cargojet Leads Tuesday's TSX as Energy Lags

August 11, 2026

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