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Prepare for a 10% minimum down payment + MORE Dec 4th
The federal Department of Finance is seriously considering weighing in on Canada’s housing market by raising the minimum down payment on a home purchase from 5% to up to 10%. The announcement could come as early as January 2016.
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30 days – 1.75%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2014-06-06. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
Toronto stock market little changed ahead of earnings, economic data
– canadianbusiness.com
TORONTO – The Toronto stock market started the week little changed as positive Chinese industrial data failed to lift commodity prices and traders braced for a heavy week of corporate and economic data.
The S&P/TSX composite index inched up 3.43 points to 15,458.47.
The Canadian dollar rose 0.02 of a cent at 92.49 cents US.
New York indexes were lower as the Dow Jones industrials moved down 9.48 points at 16,951.09, the Nasdaq declined 3.57 points to 4,445.99 and the S&P 500 index dipped 0.76 of a point to 1,977.58.
Government data out Sunday showed a 17.9 per cent surge in net income last month compared to a year ago at China‘s largest industrial concerns. The gain outpaced an 8.9 per cent increase in May, but some of the improvement was due to statistical distortion.
The second-quarter Canadian earnings season picks up momentum this week with data coming in primarily from the gold mining and energy sectors. Those two are the best performing sectors on the TSX year to date with energy up 19 per cent while the gold sector is up 28 per cent, but that’s after being cut in half last year…
The S&P/TSX composite index inched up 3.43 points to 15,458.47.
The Canadian dollar rose 0.02 of a cent at 92.49 cents US.
New York indexes were lower as the Dow Jones industrials moved down 9.48 points at 16,951.09, the Nasdaq declined 3.57 points to 4,445.99 and the S&P 500 index dipped 0.76 of a point to 1,977.58.
Government data out Sunday showed a 17.9 per cent surge in net income last month compared to a year ago at China‘s largest industrial concerns. The gain outpaced an 8.9 per cent increase in May, but some of the improvement was due to statistical distortion.
The second-quarter Canadian earnings season picks up momentum this week with data coming in primarily from the gold mining and energy sectors. Those two are the best performing sectors on the TSX year to date with energy up 19 per cent while the gold sector is up 28 per cent, but that’s after being cut in half last year…
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90 days – 1.75%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2014-06-06. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
Key Canada Events: Week of July 28-Aug. 1
– blogs.wsj.com
This week, we’re watching for monthly GDP data on Friday and expect a slew of corporate earnings, including results from Canada’s big gold producers and transportation giant Bombardier.
