Linas Pilypaitis

Senior Wealth Advisor, Portfolio Manager. BMO Private Wealth | BMO Nesbitt Burns

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All the excitement has led to kickoff. Let’s go Canada! 🍁

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The deep and rapid drop in crude, which saw WTI drop to $69, has soothed global inflation angst—but it hasn’t cured it.

Douglas Porter, BMO’s Chief Economist, discusses this and more in his weekly Talking Points commentary, “Memory Lapses.” https://t.co/zFGVYyARsC

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It’s Fraud Prevention Month! Quick security tip: keep email passwords unique and strong, and choose security questions that only your recipient will know when making an Electronic Funds Transfer (or EFT).

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The ongoing Iranian aggression against its neighbours is ramping up concern about long-term damage to capacity, raising doubts about how quickly production can recover. https://t.co/tqQfiPtaTy

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Stock markets are where the action is. Bonds however can be tough to wrap our heads around, but do s play a vital role as an early warning system.
Carol Schleif, BMO Private Wealth’s Chief Market Strategist, discusses in "Bonds Really DO Have More Fun." https://t.co/LUOcIc54J1

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This week's high drama across commodity markets gave way to Friday’s news that Kevin Warsh was tapped by President Trump to become the 17th Chair of the Federal Reserve. https://t.co/NNZlmnIG3H

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In his BMO Nesbitt Burns 2025 review, "Resilience and Feedback," Brent Joyce, BMO Private Wealth's Chief Investment Strategist, shares how global equity markets delivered substantial gains through a year of resilience. https://t.co/zDEeGaOKJn

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Next Wednesday, the paths of the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Canada are about to part ways.

Douglas Porter, BMO’s Chief Economist, discusses this and more in his weekly Talking Points commentary, “Two Banks, Two Directions.” https://t.co/r9Ch6EIRwC

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As the end of the year approaches, there are still opportunities to reduce your 2025 tax bill. Consider these nine year-end tax-savings strategies: https://t.co/jBVfgUKSIJ

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In an important week of tests on the earnings and economic fronts, markets handed out unsatisfactory grades.

Douglas Porter, BMO’s Chief Economist, discusses this and more in his weekly Talking Points commentary, “Stock Theory of Relativity.” https://t.co/Nl5gEUpDrC

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In an important week of tests on the earnings and economic fronts, markets handed out unsatisfactory grades.

Douglas Porter, BMO’s Chief Economist, discusses this and more in his weekly Talking Points commentary, “Stock Theory of Relativity.” https://t.co/Nl5gEUpDrC

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AI’s leap into public consciousness is barely three years old.
Carol Schleif, BMO Private Wealth’s Chief Market Strategist, discusses this in this week's edition of Weekly Strategy Perspectives, "Anx-AI-ety." https://t.co/nAYZAuYs3p

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Following a near-continuous upward march since the spring, equity markets stumbled somewhat this week on valuation concerns and the now-record long U.S. government shutdown. Douglas Porter, BMO’s Chief Economist, discusses this here: https://t.co/DQH0zmfv1I

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BMO's Chief Economist, Douglas Porter is here to help level up your economics knowledge. Demystifying Economics Episode #1 is live. https://t.co/3sPqjUp3yW

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The Federal Reserve and the Bank of Canada are expected to resume cutting rates. A sudden darker employment outlook is overriding somewhat sticky core inflation.

Douglas Porter, BMO’s Chief Economist, discusses this “The Cutting Crew… Goes to 11.” https://t.co/76AhuS22EV

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August’s heatwave extended to global equity markets, as good news continued to outweigh the bad.

Brent Joyce, Chief Investment Strategist, discusses this and more in the latest BMO Nesbitt Burns Global Markets Commentary, “Good Vibrations.” https://t.co/ajUNiQ8q0S

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Brian Belski, Chief Investment Strategist at BMO Capital Markets, joined BNN Bloomberg to discuss quality growth and why S&P 500 stocks are outperforming.

"What's higher quality? The operating performance of companies," says Belski.

Full segment here: https://t.co/YILStJfqrt

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Bond markets have been sending signals all year. BMO PW Chief Market Strategist, and our Fixed Income Strategist at BMO Nesbitt Burns, discuss this in our Weekly Strategy Perspectives piece. Please message me if you'd like to receive this regularly. https://t.co/wOjWaZViO0

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Financial markets were preparing to put the trade war into the rear-view mirror August 1, a late-week reminder that came to show that economic impact has a long tail.

BMO’s Chief Economist, discusses this in his weekly Talking Points "35 Is the New 25" https://t.co/G2LSoxMfcz

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There was much key news and events packed into this holiday week — U.S. jobs and the budget bill — and the equity markets kept marching on.

Douglas Porter, BMO’s Chief Economist, discusses this in his weekly piece, “OBBBA: Or Better Buy Bourses Anyway.” https://t.co/NaIs4iMpVM