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Weekly Market Snapshot: Records Everywhere as a Blowout Canadian Jobs Report Meets a Shock U.S. Loss

  August 8, 2026 A short, holiday-shortened week still managed to deliver record after record. The TSX, the S&P 500, the Nasdaq, and Europe's major indices all closed the week at or near all-time highs — even as Friday's jobs numbers told two very different stories on either side of the border. Here's everything that moved your money this week, and what to watch next. The Bottom Line The TSX capped its biggest weekly advance in about four months, closing Friday at a record 36,381.23 after Canada added a blowout 75,100 jobs in July (versus 17,800 expected). Wall Street also hit fresh records — but for the opposite reason: US employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs, which markets read as reducing the odds of any further Fed rate hikes. Add in a fourth straight record close for European stocks, a wild swing in oil, and gold pushing toward US$4,400/oz, and it was a week where almost every major asset class ended up higher. 🇨🇦 Canada: TSX's Best Week Since April Canadia...

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Egg Bites with Bacon & Gruyère

 

Ingredients:

  • 4 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup cottage cheese
  • 1/2 cup shredded Gruyère cheese
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
  • 2 tablespoons chopped cooked bacon
  • Hot sauce, to taste


Instructions:

  1. Preheat the oven to 300°F and grease a 12-cup muffin tin with nonstick cooking spray.
  2. In a blender, combine the eggs, cottage cheese, Gruyère, cornstarch, salt, pepper, and hot sauce. Blend until completely smooth.
  3. Pour the egg mixture evenly into the prepared muffin pan, filling each well about three-quarters full.
  4. Divide the bacon evenly over the egg bites.
  5. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the eggs are just set.
  6. Let rest in the pan for about 5 minutes. Use a small spoon to loosen the egg bites from the edges of the pan and carefully lift them out onto a plate.
  7. Serve warm.

Enjoy your Egg Bites with Bacon & Gruyère!







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