USA & Canada Intelligence Brief
A packed North American brief highlights Bill Cassidy’s primary loss, ongoing LIRR strike disruptions, Trump’s reported Q1 trades, a Supreme...
May 18, 2026Wall Street sets the global risk appetite, and when it moves, emerging markets move with it. The Rio Times tracks the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, the dollar, Treasury yields, IPOs and the deals driving US and Canadian markets – through an emerging-market lens, with an eye on how every Wall Street swing reaches Latin American assets.
A packed North American brief highlights Bill Cassidy’s primary loss, ongoing LIRR strike disruptions, Trump’s reported Q1 trades, a Supreme...
May 18, 2026
Friday closed the week Kevin Warsh took the Fed on a 54-45 Senate vote, the S&P 500 broke above 7,500...
May 15, 2026
Wednesday saw North American markets digesting a hot April PPI print. The S&P 500 closed Tuesday at 7,400.96 (-0.16%); Nasdaq...
May 13, 2026
April CPI rose 3.8% YoY—highest since May 2023—sending Nasdaq futures down 1% and oil past $101. What it means for...
May 12, 2026
S&P 500 hits record 7,300, DRAM ETF surges 30% in a week, CPI due Tuesday, and Warsh Fed vote looms...
May 11, 2026
Alberta's independence referendum could go to ballot on 19 October after 302,000 signatures, far above the 177,732 needed. What it...
May 11, 2026
US nonfarm payrolls rose 115,000 in April against a 65,000 consensus while unemployment held at 4.3 percent, but the BLS...
May 8, 2026
A US trade court ruled 2-1 on May 7 that Trump's 10% global tariff under Section 122 is illegal —...
May 8, 2026
USA-Canada Pulse May 6: AMD +16% on AI chip guidance; ADP +109K beats; SEC ends mandatory quarterly reports; Carney-Sheinbaum CUSMA...
May 6, 2026