Markets

• Global markets drop, oil wobbles as Iran war economic costs deepen

  U.S. benchmark crude fell US$1.24 to US$94.53 per barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, rose to US$104.17 per barrel. That's down from more than US$106 on Monday.

  World

  Mar 18
  
• S&P/TSX composite posts small gain Thursday, U.S. markets mixed

  Canada's main stock index posted a small gain Thursday despite weakness in energy stocks, while U.S. markets ended the day mixed.

  Canada

  Jan 4, 2024
  
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• S&P, TSX composite ends slightly down Friday, U.S. markets mixed

  Canada's main stock index closed down slightly Friday while U.S. markets were mixed on a low-volume day following the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.

  Economy

  Nov 24, 2023
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• AIMCo opening its 1st Asia office in Singapore, remains leery of China

  AIMCo is opening its first Asian office, but the Edmonton-based fund manager says it will steer well clear of China to focus instead on markets with less geopolitical risk.

  Money

  Sep 12, 2023
• Why Moody’s just downgraded a number of U.S. banks

  Moody's cut credit ratings of several small to mid-sized U.S. banks on Monday and said it may downgrade some of the nation's biggest lenders.

  Money

  Aug 8, 2023
• S&P/TSX composite slightly down on energy and industrials; U.S. stock markets mixed

  The S&P/TSX composite index was down 29.95 points at 20,599.60.

  Economy

  Jan 25, 2023
• U.S. debt ceiling: Treasury buys time for Biden and GOP on deal

  The Treasury Department projects that the federal government will on Thursday reach its legal borrowing capacity of $38.381 trillion.

  U.S. News

  Jan 19, 2023
• Stocks and bonds fell in ‘perfect storm’ this year. What’s in store for investors in 2023?

  Looking back over the past 12 months one investment strategist said it was one of the worst ever years for a combined portfolio of stocks and bonds.

  Money

  Dec 22, 2022
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• CWB Financial Group reports Q4 profit down from year ago, raises dividend

  CWB said its provision for credit losses amounted to $12.2 million in its latest quarter compared with a $10.2-million recovery of credit losses in its fourth quarter last year.

  Money

  Dec 2, 2022
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• Toronto Stock Exchange resumes trading after morning halt

  The TMX Group which operates the exchange said trading had stopped for the TSX, TSXV, and Alpha markets just after 10 a.m. in Toronto.

  Canada

  Nov 1, 2022