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Market Insights
While the beginning of the week was relatively quiet, the markets finished off February with a bang as two significant events happened on Wednesday sending the market in two completely different directions.
By Gareth Watson |March 6, 2012
6 min read
Investors tiring of equity volatility can take heart, the markets will stabilize in the second half of this year, marking the beginning of a “modest” recovery, according to a white paper released by Credit Suisse.
By Staff |March 5, 2012
1 min read
Global banks first expanded into emerging markets to bring greater efficiency and foster competition but, with the effects of the financial crisis, they are now pulling back.
China makes up 10% of the world economy, its GDP is growing at 8.9%. As of January 2012 its inflation rate is down to 4.5% and its economy is on course for a soft landing. And yet its share of global investment remains woefully below its true potential.
By Vikram Barhat |March 2, 2012
2 min read
Economic Indicators
Global markets were fairly quiet this week, with emerging-market asset prices remaining basically unchanged despite the high volatility observed in oil prices, according to a recent research by Barclays Capital.
March 2, 2012
3 min read
As the Greek debt crisis meanders toward a conclusion, one veteran investor says it has provided excellent opportunities on the Canadian equities.
By Staff |March 1, 2012
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has decided the Greek debt restructuring does not constitute a “credit event” and that Greek investors should not receive billions of dollars in credit default insurance.
Ethical Markets Media has released its 2012 Green Transition Scoreboard, the newest report based on their global scoring system used to track private sector investments in green companies and technologies since 2007.
March 1, 2012
Foundations, pensions and wealthy investors now accounting for non-traditional risks.
By Timothy Nash |March 1, 2012
Industry
The date of the federal budget has been announced, and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is taking it down to the wire.
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