TSX closes up slightly to end the week
U.S. markets, loonie also climb
- By: Ian Bickis
- August 3, 2018 October 17, 2019
- 16:38
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GTA home sales, average prices, climb higher vs Vancouver drop
Residential home sales were up by 18.6% in the GTA while the average selling price rose by 4.8% in July
- By: The Canadian Press
- August 3, 2018 June 20, 2019
- 11:39
Canada’s monthly trade deficit shrinks in June
Exports increased by 4.1% from May to a record $50.7 billion, thanks in most part to energy products and aircraft
- By: Dan Healing
- August 3, 2018 June 20, 2019
- 11:20
TSX rebounds to close higher on Thursday
Increases in technology and materials offset losses in energy and financials
- By: Ian Bickis
- August 2, 2018 June 20, 2019
- 16:35
M&A remained at a healthy level in Q2: PwC
A surge in the energy, real estate and health-care sectors drove deal activity in the first half of the year
- By: James Langton
- August 2, 2018 June 20, 2019
- 13:52
Canadian equities drive pension plan gains
Defined-benefit plans gained a 2.2% total return in Q2, up from just 0.2% in Q1
- By: James Langton
- August 2, 2018 June 20, 2019
- 13:35
Base metal miners drag TSX down
Commodities — including crude, natural gas, gold and copper — all ended lower on Wednesday
- By: Ian Bickis
- August 1, 2018 June 20, 2019
- 16:31
Fed keeps key interest rate unchanged while signalling future hikes
Private economists expect the next interest rate hike to occur at the September meeting
- By: Martin Crutsinger
- August 1, 2018 October 17, 2019
- 14:25
TSX closes up in broad advance
All sectors outside of energy and information technology rose on Tuesday
- By: The Canadian Press
- July 31, 2018 June 20, 2019
- 16:28
BCI generates 9% annual return for B.C.’s public-sector pensions
The British Columbia Investment Management Corp.’s (BCI) produced an annual combined pension return, net of costs, of 9% for fiscal 2018, ended March 31, vs…
- By: IE Staff
- July 31, 2018 June 20, 2019
- 16:13
Trump administration considering tax break on U.S. capital gains
The change would involve taxing capital gains after taking inflation into account, which would lower the tax bite for wealthy Americans
- By: Martin Crutsinger
- July 31, 2018 June 20, 2019
- 13:20
Mortgage debt increases at slower rate: CMHC
But the growth rate of home equity lines of credit debt more than doubled
- By: The Canadian Press
- July 31, 2018 June 20, 2019
- 12:13
Strong May growth reinforces forecasts for interest rate increase
May GDP growth of 0.5% beat expectations as the oil and gas sector led the way with a 2.5% increase
- By: Dan Healing
- July 31, 2018 June 20, 2019
- 08:58
Stalled progress for women in Canadian C suites
Top-earning women continue to be paid less than their male counterparts while the number of women holding powerful management roles has shrunk
- By: Armina Ligaya, Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press
- July 31, 2018 June 20, 2019
- 08:52
Pension funds post positive Q2 results
The solvency ratio for an average pension plan has improved to 1.9% since the beginning of the year, Morneau Shepell report suggests
- By: IE Staff
- July 30, 2018 June 20, 2019
- 17:40
Tech stocks drag TSX, U.S. markets down
But oil prices and the Canadian dollar rose on Monday
- By: Ian Bickis
- July 30, 2018 June 20, 2019
- 16:26
Higher interest rates to hit younger, middle income households: federal analysis
Rising interest rates will boost debt payments for highly indebted households, which make up 12% of all Canadian households
- By: Andy Blatchford
- July 30, 2018 June 20, 2019
- 13:55
Neuberger Berman, University of Waterloo form research partnership
The collaboration will take a machine learning approach to solving problems that arise in portfolio construction, rebalancing and risk management
- By: IE Staff
- July 30, 2018 June 20, 2019
- 11:00
Appetite for cryptocurrency investing depends on demographics
Younger Canadians, women and lower-income individuals are more likely to consider investing in the new asset class
- By: IE Staff
- July 30, 2018 June 20, 2019
- 09:35
Self-employed need to prioritize dealing with financial challenges
Gig workers need to ensure they set up RRSPs and TFSAs as well as invest in health and medical insurance, BMO report suggests
- By: IE Staff
- July 30, 2018 June 20, 2019
- 08:36
TSX, Wall Street markets end lower
Technology sector stumbles
- By: Dan Healing
- July 27, 2018 June 20, 2019
- 16:55
TSX rises on energy sector strength
U.S markets mixed as Facebook plummets
- By: Aleksandra Sagan
- July 26, 2018 June 20, 2019
- 16:55
Canadian VC funding maintains strong activity in the first half of 2018
Funding to Canadian fintech companies fell for a second straight quarter
- By: IE Staff
- July 26, 2018 June 20, 2019
- 10:30
European Central Bank says rates will remain low for months
The ECB left its key rates and monetary stimulus settings unchanged at a meeting Thursday
- By: The Associated Press
- July 26, 2018 June 20, 2019
- 09:45