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Watch: Here's what you need to know about the latest CPI reading Statistics Canada’s consumer price index came in at 7.6 per cent in July from the same time last year, compared to 8.1 per cent in June. The Financial Post’s Stephanie Hughes breaks d...

US stocks rose for a second day in a row, with megacaps catching bids as investors digested weak data on New York manufacturing and the Chinese economy. Treasuries gained with the dollar, while commodities from oil to iron ore tumbled. The S&P 500 closed n...

Canada's benchmark stock index closed in positive territory Monday as falling crude oil prices weighed on the energy sector. At 4:05 p.m. EDT, the S&P/TSX Composite Index gained 0.79 points, to 20,180.60. The TSX energy and materials subgroups were the...

Mike Philbrick, chief executive officer, Resolve Asset Management FOCUS: Exchange-traded funds MARKET OUTLOOK: Inflation Shock to Growth Shock Continues Recessionary concerns intensified in the wake of weak second-quarter GDP figures for the U.S...

Michael Burry’s Scion Asset Management jettisoned 11 US equities in the second quarter and ended the period with just one.  The hedge fund exited positions including Alphabet Inc. and Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc., while adding private-prison operato...

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...

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...

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...

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...