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Gains in the energy sector helped Canada's main stock index end the trading day in the green, while U.S. stock markets also closed higher, a day after posting their worse session since June 2020. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 80.74 points, or 0.41 per...

Greg Newman, senior wealth advisor and portfolio manager, ScotiaMcLeod, Scotia Wealth Management FOCUS: North American dividend stocks and protection strategies MARKET OUTLOOK: The main culprit of the downturn this year has been inflation. Yesterda...

A measure of U.S. producer prices fell for a second month in August as fuel costs continued to retreat, though an underlying measure of wholesale costs firmed in a sign of persistent inflation in the production pipeline.  The producer price index for final...

As volatile market trading whipsaws investors, sometimes it’s just better to sit on the sidelines and collect yields, said Karl Berger, senior wealth consultant and director at Cidel Asset Management. “I don't feel like there's anything that a money manage...

Founder of Canada's largest independent game maker is eyeing expansion of its Toronto office The booming video-game industry has seen a flurry of acquisitions in recent years, but the founder and CEO of Canada’s largest independent game maker i...

A broad-based selloff sent equities to their worst day in more than two years after hotter-than-expected inflation data fueled bets on a jumbo hike by the Federal Reserve next week. Treasury yields surged and the dollar gained. Across the board selling sen...

North American markets tumbled Tuesday after the latest reading on U.S. inflation disappointed traders, with Canada's main stock index down more than 300 points and all three major U.S. stock indexes seeing their worst day since June 2020. The S&P/TSX comp...

Investors are fleeing equities en masse amid the specter of a recession, with allocations to stocks at record lows and cash exposure at all-time highs, a Bank of America Corp. survey showed. A historically high 52 per cent of respondents said they are unde...

John De Goey, senior advisor and portfolio manager, Wellington-Altus Private Wealth FOCUS: Personal finance and ETFs MARKET OUTLOOK: This is a dangerous market precisely because major asset classes are seemingly indestructible. Given all that has g...

US stocks rose on the final day of trading before the release of key consumer-price data, with risk sentiment buoyed by speculation inflation is near peaking. The dollar fell for a second day. The S&P 500 extended last week’s rally, notching the biggest ga...