In August, the S&P\/TSX decreased by 1.6%, the S&P 500 fell by 4.1% while the MSCI ACWI ex USA contracted by 3.2%.<\/p>\n
At the end of the 12-month period ending on August 31, the S&P\/TSX dipped by 3.4%, the S&P 500 declined by 11.2% while the MSCI ACWI ex USA fell by 19.1%.<\/p>\n
In August, NQICAT shrank by 1.4% while it declined by 7.4% on an annual basis.<\/p>\n
The best TSX sectors for the month of August were Health Care up 8.9%, Consumer discretionary up 1.2% and Utilities down 0.8%.<\/p>\n
The worst performing sectors were Information Technology down 7.2%, Financials down 2.3% and Telecommunication down 2.0%.<\/p>\n
The best monthly performers in NQICAT were goeasy up 7.1%, Stella-Jones 5.2% and Canadian Natural Resources up 3.9%. At the opposite, the weakest contributors were Parex Ressources down 11.9%, Constellation Hardware down 9.2% and Richelieu Hardware down 9.1%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In August, the S&P\/TSX decreased by 1.6%, the S&P 500 fell by 4.1% while the MSCI ACWI ex USA contracted by 3.2%. At the end of the 12-month period ending on August 31, the S&P\/TSX dipped by 3.4%, the S&P 500 declined by 11.2% while the MSCI ACWI ex USA fell by 19.1%. In August, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-modelportfolio"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n