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The S&P/TSX composite continued its rally Friday, rising more than 120 points and closing above 20,000 points for the first time since late August, while U.S. markets also rose. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 121.15 points, or 0.61 per cent, at 20,111....

Another rousing recovery in equities and guess what: everyone wants to argue whether the bottom is in. That bulls have been wrong two times already in 2022 is doing little to tamp down the volume of the debate. Not that the optimists don’t have some new ar...

It's important, though, to set some bubble-defining parameters to get a better grip on the real estate market Some economists are proclaiming that the Canadian housing bubble has burst. Housing markets have indeed slowed considerably since thei...

U.S. inflation cooled in October by more than forecast, offering hope that the fastest price increases in decades are ebbing and giving Federal Reserve officials room to slow down their steep interest-rate hikes. The consumer price index was up 7.7 per cen...

Canada's main stock index was up almost 650 points in a broad-based rally Thursday, while U.S. stock markets also rose after new data showing inflation in the United States eased in October. The S&P/TSX Composite Index was up 646.11 points, or 3.34 per cen...

E-commerce platform Shopify Inc. is on track to hit its biggest trading day gain in more than two years. The Ottawa-based company is up more than 16 per cent in mid-day trading.   Sign up to get breaking news email alerts sent directly to your inb...

Ross Healy, chairman, Strategic Analysis Corporation; portfolio manager, MacNicol & Associates Asset Management FOCUS: North American large-cap stocks  MARKET OUTLOOK: We are in a “consensus market” where there appears to be broad agreement on a nu...

Stocks surged in a buy-everything relief rally as slower-than-projected price growth spurred bets the Federal Reserve can downshift its aggressive rate-hike path. The S&P 500 climbed 5.5 per cent for the best first-day reaction to a CPI report since at lea...

Investors should enjoy Thursday's uptick in market trading, as this positive momentum won’t continue next year, according to David Rosenberg, founder and president of Rosenberg Research.   “Enjoy today's rally, but it's probably going to be a rather brief...

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board saw its net assets grow to $529 billion in its second quarter, compared with $523 billion at the end of the previous quarter. Net assets grew by $6 billion compared with the previous quarter, consisting of $1 billion in...