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Brian Madden, chief investment officer, First Avenue Investment Counsel FOCUS: North American equities MARKET OUTLOOK: Many of today’s investors have likely long forgotten the 1999-2010 era, a period in which Canadian stocks outperformed U.S. stock...

Volatility continued to dominate financial markets, with stocks pushing lower as the latest U.S. jobs data cemented expectations the Federal Reserve will remain on its rate-hike path to combat stubbornly high inflation. At the end of a week marked by fickl...

Monday, May 9 Notable data: Building Permits, US Wholesale Trade Notable earnings: Coty, Tyson Foods, Zynga, Duke Energy, Ovintiv, Boardwalk REIT, Ritchie Bros Auctioneers, RioCan REIT, Element Fleet Management, Finning International, Hudbay Minerals,...

In his final speech before retiring from the Bank of Canada, Deputy Governor Lawrence Schembri talks about the Bank’s contribution to advancing economic inclusion an...

Stocks faced another volatile session, with traders awaiting more clues on whether the Federal Reserve will be able to pull off a soft landing that brings down inflation without triggering a recession. After several twists and turns, the S&P 500 closed hig...

Gordon Reid, president and CEO, Goodreid Investment Counsel FOCUS: U.S. equities MARKET OUTLOOK: The question of the day is: Will the Fed’s actions to control inflation drive the economy into a recession? The answer, of course, is dependent on othe...

Investors have become so negative about the stock market that Wall Street is starting think a rally may be on the way. JPMorgan Chase & Co. strategists led by Marko Kolanovic said this week that “investor sentiment is reaching extreme weakness,” meaning a...

Bruce Murray, CEO and CIO, The Murray Wealth Group FOCUS: North American growth stocks MARKET OUTLOOK: We have had four months of a very negative market environment. The selloff has been fueled by many fears -- the most important of which is the in...

Market volatility is giving retail traders whiplash, and there’s little consensus among the meme-stock set on how to react. After two years of stimulus-fueled gains, stocks are getting hammered, with surging inflation, rising interesting rates and a tumult...

Stocks closed higher at the start of a week that’s likely to be marked by unnerving market gyrations, with the Federal Reserve expected to deliver its biggest rate hike in two decades. Dip buyers emerged after the worst month for the S&P 500 since the onse...