Market Insights

Patience provides the best returns

Value investing boils down to price and value: buying securities for less than their intrinsic worth. Stock prices may go up and down, but over the long term, the underlying value of the business counts.

By Susy Abbondi |April 1, 2012

4 min read

Industry

After a poor 2011, these economies are bouncing back

Emerging markets are dishing out healthy returns to investors—and a big slice of humble pie to detractors.

By Vikram Barhat |April 1, 2012

4 min read

Market Insights

Cleantech sectors register double-digit growth while TSX falters

While the S&P 500 rose by a paltry 2.11% in 2011 (and the S&P/TSX 60 fell by 9.08%), these green sectors achieved double digit growth: smart grids (23%); renewable energy (21.8%); energy efficiency (13.9%); and green construction (10.1%).

By Timothy Nash |April 1, 2012

3 min read

Market Insights

TSX up modestly, RIM gains

The Toronto stock market was higher Friday morning as traders bought up stocks beaten down by three straight days of losses triggered by another round of concern about the pace of the global recovery.

March 30, 2012

3 min read

Budget is investor friendly: BMO

The chips seem to be falling in favour of investors, with North American equity markets rebounding after a volatile 2011 and the S&P 500 reaching its highest close in almost 4 years this past Monday. But, the Canadian equity market continues to trail its global peers despite positive returns over the first half of 2012.

March 30, 2012

2 min read

Budget tests client retirement assumptions

There’s no question, the biggest piece of news out of the federal budget is increased age at which Canadians will qualify for Old Age Security payments. The good news is that the government has given plenty of notice.

By Staff |March 29, 2012

3 min read

Machinery is profitable

Despite the European sovereign debt crisis and growing concerns about China, recent independent surveys have revealed that business executives are showing greater confidence in the U.S. economic outlook.

By Chip Brian |March 28, 2012

3 min read

CFOs more optimistic: survey

North America’s chief financial officers were feeling more optimistic in the first quarter, marking a rebound from six months of declining sentiment, according to the latest CFO Signals survey from Deloitte.

By Staff |March 28, 2012

2 min read

Market Insights

Patience provides the best returns

After a poor 2011, these economies are bouncing back

Cleantech sectors register double-digit growth while TSX falters

TSX up modestly, RIM gains

Budget is investor friendly: BMO

QE3 or not QE3, that is the question…

Budget tests client retirement assumptions

Machinery is profitable

CFOs more optimistic: survey

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