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Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. picked up another fan in the analyst community Wednesday, as Wells Fargo initiated coverage of the Montreal-based convenience store operator with the equivalent of a buy recommendation. Analyst Anthony Bonadio launched coverag...

Rick Rule, president and CEO, Rule Investment Media LLC FOCUS: Natural resource stocks   MARKET OUTLOOK: This bearish macro picture masks an ongoing bull market in both precious metals, and industrial materials. The precious metals bull marke...

More than one million Canadians, or about five per cent of the Canadian labour force, could be affected The effects of long COVID — where symptoms of the COVID-19 virus persist beyond four weeks from initial infection — are disrupting our health, o...

Expect interest rates to keep rising until this labour market cools Canadian employers were seeking to fill a record 1.03 million positions in March, led by a surge in openings at restaurants and hotels, Statistics Canada reported on May 26. Here’s...

The selloff in equities will reach a bottom once the Federal Reserve signals the end of tightening, which may not happen until recession is apparent, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  “It may be necessary for the market to become more confident than i...

Across Wall Street, from BlackRock Inc. to T. Rowe Price Group Inc., some veterans of the bond market’s booms and busts are seeing signs that it’s safe to start buying again.  Few are eager to call the bottom just yet, not with inflation still surging at a...

Stocks pared losses as a rebound in defensive companies offset a slide in technology shares triggered by a profit warning from Snap Inc. Gains in sectors such as utilities and consumer staples pushed the S&P 500 off from session lows. The tech-heavy Nasdaq...

Paul Harris, partner and portfolio manager, Harris Douglas Asset Management FOCUS: North American and global stocks MARKET OUTLOOK: I think we are in a period of extended volatility with the Ukraine-Russian crisis, inflation and the Federal Reserve...

Policymakers such as Ng appear to have decided they don't want to be in the room when a Russian has something to say Just as Russia’s minister for economic development Maxim Reshetnikov was set to deliver his opening remarks at the 2022 Asia-Pacifi...

Investors fled every major asset class in the past week, with US equities and Treasuries a rare exception to the massive exodus, amid concerns that tightening monetary policy will push major economies into a recession. Equity funds had US$5.2 billion outfl...