UPDATED by Mark Melin on 3.14.18 at 6:41 PM EST As overall Canadian consumer debt continues to rise, key risk trends are growing among the nation’s seven largest banks. A report from Moody’s Investors Service notes greater vulnerabilities as interest rate hikes loom on the horizon. “The strong credit quality of Canadian consumer loans, thanks largely to record low unemployment in recent years, is under threat on several fronts,” Moody’s analyst Jason Mercer noted in a March 13 report. The change is primarily impacting Bank of Montreal, Bank of Nova Scotia, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Royal Bank of Canada,…
Canadian Economy Nears Dangerous Juncture As Banks Face Multiple Threats
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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.