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Stephen Takacsy, president, CEO and chief investment officer, Lester Asset Management  FOCUS: Canadian stocks   MARKET OUTLOOK: Volatility has increased significantly in 2022 due to a confluence of factors. The investment environment remains very u...

Energy exports came off record highs in April, as crude oil production dropped on maintenance shutdowns OTTAWA — Canada’s exports rose 0.6 per cent in April, driven by strong exports of frozen seafood and motor vehicles, but offset by lower crude o...

Eric Nuttall, partner and senior portfolio manager, Ninepoint Partners FOCUS: Energy stocks MARKET OUTLOOK: The world has plunged into an energy crisis, created by the energy ignorance of policymakers and too many years of insufficient investment i...

Day-to-day odds-making on whether the Federal Reserve will cause a recession has become the only thing that matters in equities. One day feast, next day famine -- obsession with a single input, the economy, has driven measures of correlation among individu...

US stocks resumed their trend of weekly losses after strong hiring data cleared the way for the Federal Reserve to remain aggressive in its fight against inflation. Treasuries fell and the dollar strengthened against peers. The S&P 500 slumped 1.6 per cent...

Oil investors need to demand more from energy companies that are not maximizing their returns to shareholders, especially as crude oil prices hover around US$120 per barrel, according to Eric Nuttall, partner and senior portfolio manager at Ninepoint Partners...

US stocks snapped a two-day slide to rally ahead of Friday’s nonfarm payroll report, as traders expect to see cooler labor demand, which could alleviate some inflation concerns. The S&P 500 rose 1.8 per cent, led by gains in consumer discretionary, while t...

Many investors may have to turn to their parents and grandparents for advice on how to weather stagflation. The last big bout of stagnant growth and high inflation was in the 1970s and early 1980s, a period when an oil shock led to double-digit inflation t...

Barry Schwartz, chief investment officer and portfolio manager, Baskin Wealth Management FOCUS: North American large-cap stocks MARKET OUTLOOK: Baskin Wealth Management prefers to focus simply on owning high-quality businesses rather than attemptin...

Bitcoin rebounded after slumping along with stocks on Thursday, meeting resistance at the US$30,000 level around which it’s been trading for the past month.  The largest cryptocurrency rose as much as 2.5 per cent to US$30,372 during New York trading, whil...