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Source: BNN Bloomberg August 16, 2022

JPMorgan says the stock rally has legs. Morgan Stanley disagrees

Top Wall Street strategists are divided on whether the US stock market is poised to extend its longest winning streak of the year -- or slip back after another false dawn.  Morgan Stanley strategists said in a note Monday that the sharp rally since June is...

Canada Source: BNN Bloomberg August 16, 2022

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan earned 1.2 per cent in first six months of 2022

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board says it earned a total-fund net return of 1.2 per cent for the first half of this year. Ontario Teachers' chief executive Jo Taylor says the result for the six-month period came during a tumultuous time for global marke...

Source: BNN Bloomberg August 16, 2022

Buffett's Berkshire cuts Verizon, keeps other equity stakes mostly unchanged

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. eliminated a stake in Verizon Communications Inc. in the second quarter as the conglomerate run by billionaire Warren Buffett kept its equity portfolio mostly unchanged and dialed back on stock-buying overall. The company increased...

Business Source: Financialpost August 16, 2022

Canada's headline inflation drops below 8%: What you need to know

Statistics Canada’s consumer price index — the measure that the Bank of Canada uses to guide monetary policy; that employers and workers use to negotiate wages and salaries; and that public servants use to adjust government programs — increased 7.6 pe...

FP Economy Source: Financialpost August 16, 2022

Housing starts edge up in July: CMHC

Annually adjusted starts increased 1.1% from June, but urban starts declined OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in July edged higher compared with June despite a slowdown in urban starts....

FP Economy Source: Financialpost August 16, 2022

Canada's headline inflation drops below 8%: What you need to know

Statistics Canada’s consumer price index — the measure that the Bank of Canada uses to guide monetary policy; that employers and workers use to negotiate wages and salaries; and that public servants use to adjust government programs — increased 7.6 pe...

FP Economy Source: Financialpost August 16, 2022

'Our job is not done yet': Tiff Macklem says Bank of Canada has more to do to tame inflation

July numbers 'a bit of a relief,' says governor, but still a long way from where we need to be Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem called evidence that inflation decelerated in July a “relief,” but stopped well short of declaring victory in his ye...

Source: BNN Bloomberg August 13, 2022

How rising rates are making GICs more attractive for investors

Rising interest rates might be bad news for Canadians with mortgages, but it also means higher rates on savings vehicles such as guaranteed investment certificates (GICs), prompting renewed interest in the investments. Mahima Poddar, senior vice-president...

Source: BNN Bloomberg August 13, 2022

U.S. stock rally builds with longest weekly run of 2022

Stocks finished the week on solid footing, with traders assessing whether an inflation slowdown could soon make the Federal Reserve reduce the pace of its most-aggressive tightening campaign in decades and prevent a hard landing. Defying the crowd of skept...

Source: BNN Bloomberg August 13, 2022

TSX gains nearly 3% for the week as risk-on sentiment returns

Canada’s benchmark stock index closed 2.85 per cent higher for the week as a risk-on sentiment returned among investors. The S&P/TSX Composite Index closed 187.93 points higher, or 0.94 per cent, to 20,179.81 on Friday. It’s the first time the index has cl...