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US stocks came off session lows, buoyed by gains in technology companies, though sentiment remains sour as recession fears continue to grip the market. Treasuries gained and oil tumbled. The S&P 500 pared losses after dropping more than 2 per cent, as easi...

The classic 60/40 portfolio, where investments are split 60 per cent in stocks and 40 per cent in bonds, has taken a beating this year as both asset classes have plunged.  But now may be “precisely the wrong time to steer a new path” and abandon the balanc...

The European Central Bank plans to rejig its corporate bond portfolio to favor issuers that pollute less, marking its most significant shift yet to weave environmental considerations into monetary policy.  The ECB will reinvest “the sizeable redemptions ex...

The S&P/TSX Composite Index closed 167.50 points higher on Monday to 19,028.86 in a broad-based rally led by materials and energy. Trading volume was 54.29 per cent below the 100-day average as U.S. markets were closed for the July 4th holiday and many tra...

US equity-index futures and European bonds fell as investors worried about the twin threats of dwindling economic growth and stubborn inflation.  Contracts on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 dropped at least 0.3 per cent each after the underlying indexes capped...

Bruce Campbell, president and portfolio manager, StoneCastle Investment Management FOCUS: Canadian stocks  MARKET OUTLOOK: June was another awful month for investors and 2022 has been even worse. Investors continued to be concerned with high inflat...

Results of the second-quarter survey | Vol. 3.2 | July 4, 2022 This survey took place between April 28 and May 13, 2022.1 Follow-up interviews took pla...

Results of the second-quarter 2022 survey | Vol. 19.2 | July 4, 2022 Results from t...

The S&P/TSX Composite Index capped off the front half of the year in negative territory, falling 11.13 per cent to rank 58th out of 92 of its global peers. The drop has the Toronto benchmark sandwiched between Latvia’s Riga Stock Exchange and the Slovenian bl...

The S&P 500 suffered its worst first half since 1970. But its dismal performance is not an indication of what’s to come. That’s according to analysis by S&P Dow Jones Indices that says historically, there has been little to no correlation between the index...