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Canada’s market for initial public offerings stalled in second-quarter 2012, says PwC’s quarterly survey of Canadian equity markets. In the past few months, only two new issues – both real estate trusts with a total value of $185 million – were introduced on the TSX. Read: REITs offer long-term stability The 32 new issues on […]
By Staff |July 3, 2012
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Economic Indicators
Despite a dismal global outlook, Canadians equities are doing well.
By Vikram Barhat |July 3, 2012
Market Insights
The risk of deflation in developed economies’ growth and technical pointers turning bearish, could cause gold to drop dramatically, even to $700 an ounce. Yoni Jacobs, Chief Investment Strategist at Chart Prophet Capital, told CNBC that if Gold dropped below the psychological benchmark of $1,500 an ounce, panic selling could follow. Read: Is gold overvalued? […]
By Staff |June 29, 2012
1 min read
You shouldn’t worry about black-swan events, says Nassim Taleb. You should worry about an investment’s vulnerability to those events – in other words, its fragility.
By Melissa Shin |June 29, 2012
The European Union will move toward a Euro-wide bank supervisor, meaning the European Stability Mechanism will be able to recapitalize banks directly.
Moody’s has downgraded Brazil’s stock exchange operator, BM&FBovespa, as well as eight banks, by one-to-three notches, reports Financial Times.
By Staff |June 28, 2012
To address risks stemming from electronic trading, IIROC today issued a package of proposed rule changes to align market trading rules with the implementation of the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) N1 23-103 Electronic Trading.
Value investing is growing in popularity, and David Taylor knows the ropes. The Toronto-based portfolio manager spent the last 24 years working in the industry and in March launched his own firm, Taylor Asset Management.
June 27, 2012
China’s decision to double the trading band of its currency has revived talk of it becoming a potential alternative to the U.S. dollar as reserve currency. However, the move will have little meaning for investors in the near term.
By Vikram Barhat |June 26, 2012
3 min read
Global leaders brought green energy to the table in a big way last week. But Benjamin Tal, Deputy Chief, Economy Services, doubts the leaders’ conversations will have any real-world impact.
By Martha Porado |June 26, 2012
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