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Alberta Separation Dream Stalls: What the Court Ruling Means for Your Wallet and Canada's Future

                                                                                               Alberta Legislature Building, Edmonton.  A judge has killed Alberta’s separation referendum petition, citing a failure to consult First Nations. Premier Danielle Smith vows to appeal — but the path forward is murky, and the economic stakes for all Canadians are enormous. MoneySavings.ca Staff  •  May 15, 2026  •  6 min read For much of the past year, Alberta separatists believed they were on the cusp of a historic moment. The grassroots group Stay Free Alberta had gathered over 301,000 petition signatures — well above the 178,000 required — and Premier Danielle Smith had already booked Oct...

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Stocks Rally, Yields Fall on Fed’s Mixed Messages



The stock market rallied and bond yields fell after the Federal Reserve sent mixed messages about its future policy. 

The Federal Reserve is in a “sweet spot” and may start cutting interest rates in the first half of 2024. The rally in the bond market is driving global bonds to their best month since 2008. The Bank of Japan left its policy rate unchanged and appeared in no hurry to remove negative interest rates. The yen slumped as much as 1.1% to the weakest level in a week, while the Nikkei 225 Index rallied 1.4% to a two-week high.


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