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Forty-one of Morningstar Canada’s 44 fund indices increased during the month of February, reveals a preliminary report by Morningstar Research. In fact, 20 indices increased by more than 2%. The indices measure the aggregate returns of funds in various standard categories. Most stock market indices outside Canada were positive in February, while the Canadian dollar […]
By Staff |March 2, 2017
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The generation that disrupts business by demanding customization and embracing the sharing economy is showing a more traditional side when it comes to home ownership. That’s because a whopping 82% of Canadian millennials say they intend to buy a home in the next five years, reveals an HSBC study. Further, more than a third (34%) […]
By Staff |March 1, 2017
The BoC pointed to “material excess capacity” in the economy as it held its benchmark lending rate at 0.5%. January’s higher inflation reading of 2.1% reflected the impacts of provincial carbon pricing measures, the BoC said in a statement, adding that it expects this upward pressure on energy prices to be temporary. “Don’t talk to […]
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Saskatchewan and Manitoba are now the two most attractive jurisdictions for mining investment in the world, finds the Fraser Institute in its annual global survey of mining executives. The survey rates 104 jurisdictions around the world based on both their geologic and policy attractiveness. The two Canadian provinces beat out Western Australia, which fell from […]
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By Katie Keir |February 28, 2017
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February's gains suggest the recent string of solid job creation at the national level as well as the improved economic outlook for 2017, says the Conference Board.
By Staff |February 28, 2017
A look at small caps versus large caps in the U.S.
By Sarah Cunningham-Scharf |February 27, 2017
The one-year forward P/E ratio for the S&P 500 is 17.7, reports Factset. That’s the greatest level since 2004. “The only time one-year multiples were higher in recent memory was during the tech craze of the late 1990s,” says Avery Shenfeld, chief economist at CIBC Capital Markets, in an economics report. “And that didn’t end […]
By Staff |February 27, 2017
What stakeholders want from Ottawa.
By Staff |February 24, 2017
A surge in gasoline prices helped push Canada's annual inflation rate well beyond expectations in January to 2.1%.
By Staff, with files from The Canadian Press |February 24, 2017
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