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Stocks surge on hint of slower rate hikes + MORE Nov 28th
Canada's main stock index posted its largest rally in almost three years on Wednesday after U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell suggested a possible pause in interest rate hikes next year..... More »
Big banks set to reveal quarterly profits as NAFTA fears and rate hikes loom Aug 21st
The big Canadian banks are set to reveal their quarterly earnings over the next week, and investors will take a close look to see whether anxiety over higher interest rates and an uncertain trade environment are hurting the economy's prospects..... More »
Anxiety over Trump’s trade war with China causes stocks to plunge on Wall Street - Global News + MORE Aug 6th
Anxiety over Trump’s trade war with China causes stocks to plunge on Wall Street Global NewsChina’s yuan tumbles further to U.S. dollar as trade war fears escalate The Globe and MailNew York stock indexes hammered as China allows yuan to devalue CBC NewsTrump’s.... More »
5 Tips Online Investors Should Know + MORE Nov 17th
Online Investing is a very intriguing field. If done properly, it can change your life forever. However, starting your online investing career can be very difficult and you will face a lot of challenges and questions. After doing a lot of research in this field, we have figured out some tips that ca.... More »
Buying ETFs in Canada Tool: The MoneySense ETF Screener + MORE Nov 10th
If you’re researching ETFs to buy, you’ve come to the right place. Below you will see the tables for different ETF categories, offering ETF options from some of the best ETF providers in Canada. We’ve included some helpful ETF asset class, geography, provider, tickers, as well as one-year retu.... More »
The lessons we can learn from the stock market in 2017
– macleans.ca
Frank Gunn/CPIt’s time for investors to say goodbye to 2017, so here’s one last look at what was hot—and not.
It was the year of dope stocks. And Bitcoin stocks, which, frankly, we MoneySense editors find pretty dopey as well (we aren’t touching either of them). Longfin Corp. is a great example of how nutty the whole Bitcoin mess got by the end of the year. Its shares were up 2,300 per cent in a single week in December on the Nasdaq, with a big part of the surge coming shortly after the IPO when the founder “sold” himself another related company that has crypto-market aspirations. Longfin’s prospects are tied to somehow, someday leveraging the Blockchain technology of distributed ledgers (that is the backbone of cryptocurrencies) to make loans. In a year when Bitcoin rose from less than US$1,000 to almost US$20,000, it seemed like anything close to it could get caught up in the mania. Expect to see a lot more silliness in 2018, even though Blockchain technology is here to stay…
Big pension funds’ long-term push for sustainability shifts investment climate
– theglobeandmail.com
While the sustainability of investments has long been top of mind for the country’s largest pension funds, there was a surge in the promotion of responsible investment issues in 2017
While stabilizing oil prices helped Canadian equities break out of their doldrums in the second half of 2017, investors expecting the Toronto Stock Exchange to catch up with its outperforming global peers in the new year should instead anticipate more modest returns with the add-on of greater market volatility.
