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On Monday, markets closed mixed and were slightly down from Friday’s record highs pressured by lower oil prices. The Dow finished -0.3% on additional weakness from tech and consumer names. The S&P shed four points and was basically flat. Soaring […]
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Robust earnings and lower-than-expected jobless claims pushed stocks on both sides of the border up Thursday. The TSX, S&P and Nasdaq made record highs. Toronto climbed 0.23% to 20,375 while the S&P and Nasdaq both advanced 0.78% to 4,429 and […]
Wednesday saw American markets slip after new data showed that private payroll growth is slowing due to ongoing labour shortages. Meanwhile, the meme stocks continued to slide. The Dow endured its worst day in two weeks by slipping 0.92% while […]
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Markets enjoyed healthy gains Thursday. One catalyst were the latest remarks by the U.S. Fed’s Jerome Powell who stated that the American job market still had “some ground to cover” before the Fed pulls back its Covid economic support. His […]
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After a weak morning, American stocks closed modestly higher on Monday while the TSX lost a bit of ground. Wall Street is feeling optimistic about the tech heavyweights reporting earnings this week, though are keeping an eye on the Fed’s […]
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The gains were muted compared to earlier this week, but the major American inched up Thursday to within 1% of all-time highs. The Dow nudged up 0.07%, the S&P 0.2% and the Nasdaq 0.36%. The Dow components were mixed, though […]
Markets extended Tuesday’s rebound with no obvious catalyst except sheer momentum. The major American indices all climbed nearly 1% to restore Monday’s losses and then some. Travel names enjoyed strong gains, including cruise liners Carnival, jumping 9.44%, and Norwegian, leaping […]
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The week began on a sour note as stocks sold on a variety of catalysts Monday. The major reason was the recent rise in Covid cases from the Delta variant in parts of the U.S. and Europe, including the U.K. […]
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Thursday saw a mixed finish to stocks in Toronto and New York. Though the prices of WTI and WCS slid over 2%, the TSX managed to close up 0.18% on the strength of consumer staples, industrials, materials and utilities. Notable […]
Toronto and New York went in different directions Wednesday. Reports that OPEC+ will patch its differences and agree on production levels pushed the price of WTI crude down by 3.35% below $73 a barrel and WCS by 4.15% to around […]
This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Jamie Murray, including Airbus. (A Top Pick Aug 19/19, Down 46%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. It was a mixed Tuesday […]
American indices continued to scale new heights Monday on the cusp of earnings season. All the major indices climbed around 0.3%. The S&P closed at 4,384, the Nasdaq 14,733 and the Dow at exactly 35,000. Financials and energies led the […]
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Markets in Toronto and New York sold off sharply Thursday after recent days of record highs. The TSX closed -1.13% as jitters over the current OPEC+ spat over production levels pressured oil stocks as well as financials and materials. TD […]
The S&P made another record close Wednesday as markets digested the latest U.S. Fed remarks from June’s policy meeting. The Fed essentially said there was still more room for the U.S. economy to recover, but the Fed will be ready […]
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With Wall Street closed after Independence Day, the TSX fluttered around break-even for the Monday session to close 0.27% higher. Unsurprisingly, volumes were exceptionally light, but energy stocks continued to roar on signals that OPEC won’t raise crude oil output […]
