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MARKETS
Year to Date Market Update:
Stocks are pushing up, but crypto is cooling off. If you’re investing, don’t chase hype, focus on trends, not swings.
Data from Google Finance
Tesla Robots: The Future Just Walked Into Work
This week, Elon Musk and Tesla stunned the internet with new visuals of its humanoid robots, not just walking, but working real jobs.
Construction. Police. Emergency response. Manufacturing.
Image: Elon Musk
Elon Musk shared a clip showing a robot calmly walking through a construction site, analyzing hazards, and assisting a worker. It wasn’t clumsy or slow, it looked confident, stable, and surprisingly human.
Why it matters:
If Tesla cracks this, they won’t just build cars. They’ll build the next labor force.
The global robotics market is exploding. In 2025 alone, companies worldwide ordered 26,000+ robots worth US $1.7B, and the market is projected to hit US $111B by 2030. Demand isn’t slowing, it’s accelerating.
GLOBAL TRADE
Modi and Carney Make a Big Trade Deal Move
The deal is called CEPA, which stands for the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. It has been on hold for over 10 years, and now it is finally moving forward.
Image: CBC
At the G20 Summit this week, Canada’s PM Mark Carney and India’s PM Narendra Modi agreed to restart work on a big trade deal. These talks had stopped for many years, but now both countries want to try again.
What’s happening?
Canada and India will talk again about a trade deal that includes:
Buying and selling goods
Digital business
Farming
Investments
Helping workers move between countries
New ideas and clean technology
The goal:
To double trade between the two countries to about $50 billion USD by 2030.
Why it matters
If this deal happens, it could:
Make it easier for businesses in both countries to work together
Lower taxes on products
Create new markets for tech, food, education, and manufacturing
Open more chances for skilled workers and entrepreneurs
Create new partnerships between Canada and India
For South Asians living in Canada, this is important. It means more business opportunities, more jobs, easier imports/exports, and even new franchise or startup ideas between both countries.
Shoppers are adding to cart for the holidays
Over the next year, Roku predicts that 100% of the streaming audience will see ads. For growth marketers in 2026, CTV will remain an important “safe space” as AI creates widespread disruption in the search and social channels. Plus, easier access to self-serve CTV ad buying tools and targeting options will lead to a surge in locally-targeted streaming campaigns.
Read our guide to find out why growth marketers should make sure CTV is part of their 2026 media mix.
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