{"id":56963,"date":"2025-03-04T23:18:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T23:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/03\/04\/stock-market-sectors-hit-hardest-by-the-us-canada-trade-war\/"},"modified":"2025-03-04T23:18:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T23:18:49","slug":"stock-market-sectors-hit-hardest-by-the-us-canada-trade-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/03\/04\/stock-market-sectors-hit-hardest-by-the-us-canada-trade-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Stock market sectors hit hardest by the US-Canada trade war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<header aria-label=\"Beginning of Article\" class=\"article-header article-header--story\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\" data-aqa=\"nav-breadcrumb\">\n<p>Breadcrumb Trail Links<\/p>\n<ol class=\"breadcrumbs__items list-unstyled\">\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\">Investor<\/li>\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\">News<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<div class=\"article-header__detail\">\n<div class=\"article-header__detail__texts\">\n<p class=\"article-subtitle\">Technology, financial and energy companies took the biggest hits<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<p><span class=\"published-date__since\">Published Mar 04, 2025<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span class=\"published-date__word-count\">3 minute read<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta__bottom\">\n<div class=\"bookmark-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"popover\" data-aqa=\"popover\" data-click-to-appear=\"True\" data-container=\"\" data-container-offset=\"\" data-no-style=\"\" data-popover-component=\"\" data-position=\"top\" data-sticky=\"\" data-tail-offset=\"200\" data-tail-position=\"right\"><button class=\"popover__trigger bookmark-button\"><span class=\"save-article-button save-article-button--default\" title=\"Save article\" data-article-id=\"8c78eb90-d806-40ab-b83b-bca29267ed1c\" data-evt-skip-click=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/p>\n<div aria-describedby=\"popover-desc-popover-bookmark\" class=\"popover__content\" hidden=\"\" role=\"dialog\">\n<div class=\"popover__content__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"popover__content__text\" id=\"popover-desc-popover-bookmark\">\n<div class=\"bookmark__popover__content\">\n<p>You can save this article by registering for free here. 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Sheluk, chief investment officer and portfolio manager at Verecan Capital Management.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Financial companies in Canada and the U.S. took a larger than expected hit on Tuesday, a sign that Sheluk said shows the market is concerned about economic growth in general, and less so with the impact of tariffs on particular sectors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith them selling off so much today, I think what you\u2019re seeing is the second-order effect playing at the top of people\u2019s minds,\u201d said Sheluk. \u201cTariffs are, I\u2019d say, unequivocally negative for economic growth, and negative for economic growth means almost necessarily negative for banks and lending institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While stock indices experienced broad-based losses, a few sectors came out relatively unharmed, such as utilities, gold and real estate.<\/p>\n<p>Sheluk said that could 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Please try again<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_3\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment1429601204046441120367963587739648\" class=\"ad\">\n<p>Advertisement 3<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-3\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[7,7],[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-interscroller=\"7x7\" data-ad-loc=\"3\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[7,7],[300,250],[320,50],[300,50]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-3\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p>This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>While sectors like energy, automotive, manufacturing and potash have more U.S. exposure, they\u2019re also vital to the U.S. and can\u2019t be cut off cold turkey, said Greg Taylor, chief investment officer at Purpose Investments.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>If the market gets too oversold, where does he turn tail and start to backtrack on some of his threats?<\/p>\n<p>Josh Sheluk<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Taylor pointed out that most of the Midwestern U.S. is powered by Canadian energy \u2014 one of the reasons why the tariffs may be short lived.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">\u201cWhen you look at energy, you look at uranium, you look at potash, when you look at the auto sectors, these sectors are so important to the Americans and also to Trump\u2019s investor base that I just don\u2019t see them lasting that long,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor said the markets will test Trump, with many debating when the \u201cTrump put\u201d will kick in if the market declines too much.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the market gets too oversold, where does he turn tail and start to backtrack on some of his threats?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If there\u2019s a silver lining, Taylor said it\u2019s that market volatility has caused a rotation away from growth sectors toward value and defensive sectors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe TSX is definitely more heavily skewed to that factor. We\u2019re seeing some pockets of life in some of these areas that haven\u2019t done well over the last year,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s probably a positive to get that rotation going and some of these defensive, some of these utilities are starting to benefit from this more volatile environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border article-content__ad-group ad_counter_4\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment2302594044414808418883574052159488\" class=\"ad\">\n<p>Advertisement 4<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-4\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"4\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-4\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p>This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>While there\u2019s always volatility in the stock market, Sheluk said investors can expect \u201cchoppiness\u201d and \u201celevated volatility\u201d as the trade war unfolds, depending on the magnitude of tariffs, which countries they\u2019re directed at and how long they stay in place.<\/p>\n<section aria-labelledby=\"moreTopicLabel1789612392649335605844977897177088\" class=\"more-topic\" data-aqa=\"embed-more-topic\" data-carousel-component=\"\" data-carousel-icon-button=\"\" data-carousel-type=\"list\">\n<p>Recommended from Editorial<\/p>\n<p><button aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"more-topic__button-prev\" data-carousel-prev=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"previous\" type=\"button\"\/><\/p>\n<ol class=\"more-topic__items list-unstyled\" data-carousel-slide-list=\"\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<li data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" paint=\"\" bleak=\"\" picture=\"\" as=\"\" trade=\"\" war=\"\" erupts=\"\" data-carousel-item=\"\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\"> <picture class=\"more-topic__item-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Canadian and United States flags fly near the border in Blackpool, Que.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/no0304flags.jpg?h=96&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=80&amp;sig=OEe-ueXBMwDYCYLGDO3WSQ\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/no0304flags.jpg?h=96&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=5&amp;sig=opdpbKGY-VCAecoEuBOsVw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/no0304flags.jpg?h=96&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=80&amp;sig=OEe-ueXBMwDYCYLGDO3WSQ, https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/no0304flags.jpg?h=192&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=80&amp;sig=WYsFoVV2gC10Zkto651kYA 2x,&#10; 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                                            https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/financialpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/no0303store.jpg?h=288&amp;strip=all&amp;quality=80&amp;sig=sjzmhRQgEBIYqMjcvCLKkQ 3x\" class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/><\/picture>\n<p><span class=\"more-topic__item-text-clamp\">Canadian businesses say they can withstand a tariff war<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><button aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"more-topic__button-next\" data-carousel-next=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"next\" type=\"button\"\/><\/section>\n<p>But both Sheluk and Taylor said investors should avoid letting fear, panic and daily headlines motivate investment decisions. Instead, they recommend staying patient and sticking to a long-term plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I try to remind investors is a lot of this is potentially short term and, as I\u2019ve highlighted multiple times, very unpredictable,\u201d said Sheluk. \u201cTrying to guess and time things and position portfolios accordingly is maybe not the best course of action right now. It might just be better to stay diversified, stay balanced and sit back and let things play out a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\"><em>\u2022 Email: jswitzer@postmedia.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\"><em><strong>Bookmark our website and support our journalism:<\/strong> Don\u2019t miss the business news you need to know \u2014 add financialpost.com to your bookmarks and sign up for our newsletters here.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article-content__share-group article-delimiter\" data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" data-evt-typ=\"page_scroll\">\n<p>Share this article in your social network<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/>Stock market sectors hit hardest by the US-Canada trade war<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2025-03-04 23:18:49<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breadcrumb Trail Links Investor News Technology, financial and energy companies took the biggest hits Published Mar 04, 2025 \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 3 minute read You can save this article by registering for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/56964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}