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Canada's main stock index reversed early losses to edge higher Thursday as the materials and energy sectors strengthened ahead of the afternoon release of the federal budget. The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 46.29 points to 21,834.89. The day start...

Gordon Reid, president and CEO, Goodreid Investment Counsel FOCUS: U.S. equities MARKET OUTLOOK: The whole world is on edge and in a state of disbelief as the horrific accounts and images come out of Ukraine. Inflation continues to be a headline it...

Markets ended the week on a negative note as U.S. equities faded in the final minutes of trading and Treasuries fell on Friday following declines sparked by the Federal Reserve’s plan for aggressive monetary-policy tightening. The S&P 500 slid, bringing it...

Mike Archibald, vice president and portfolio manager, AGF Investments FOCUS: Canadian equities MARKET OUTLOOK: There is a lot of market uncertainty right now – central bank tightening, global turmoil, worldwide, inflation and supply chain disruptio...

Trying to use stock and bond signals to forecast the economy is never easy. With all the wild swings in markets these days, it risks becoming an exercise in the absurd. Sometimes up, sometimes down, share prices and yield curves are bouncing around so much...

Stocks and bonds retreated Monday as investors focused on inflation and the impact of policy tightening by central banks. All major groups in the S&P 500 fell, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 lost more than 2 per cent. Ten-year Treasury yields climbed thro...

Crude oil prices fell to their lowest level since before the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a spike of COVID-19 cases in China pulled down the energy sector and Canada's main stock index to start the trading week. China's zero-tolerance policy toward COVID...

John O'Connell, CEO and CIO, Davis Rea FOCUS: North American large cap stocks MARKET OUTLOOK: Investors continue to reassess the prospects for economic growth as central banks begin the process of allowing interest rates to reflect economic reality...

Traders are shunning technology stocks amid mounting risks from soaring Treasury yields and hawkish commentary from the Federal Reserve.  The Nasdaq 100 Stock Index sank more than 2 per cent Monday, adding to losses sustained last week that have erased ove...

Stocks closed down as a surge in oil above US$100 a barrel reignited inflation worries, while big banks dropped ahead of the start of the financial earnings season on Wednesday. The S&P 500 erased gains that were earlier driven by speculation that price pr...