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After opening strong, markets in Toronto and New York rode a choppy session Wednesday. The Dow closed modestly up by 0.14% to make a record high while the S&P finished -.03% and the Nasdaq -0.33%. Cannabis stocks helped drive the […]

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Indices in New York and Toronto all made record highs to start the trading week. The TSX rallied 1.07%, the Dow 0.76%, the S&P 0.74%, the Nasdaq 0.95% and the Russell 2000 2.53%. Several catalysts drove the buying spree. Momentum […]

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Markets continued to climb Thursday, driven by various forces: better than expected unemployment claims in the U.S., positive earnings and a gradual decline in Covid cases worldwide. On Wall Street, the S&P (1.09%) and Nasdaq (1.23%) made record highs as […]

Markets limped to modest gains Wednesday despite strong reports from tech stocks and energy surging to 12-month highs. The Nasdaq dipped into the negative, the Dow and S&P barely closed in the positive, and all three trailed the TSX, which […]

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Markets bounced back after last week’s sell-off, though the Reddit-induced short squeezed continued, keeping regulators on their toes. The TSX closed 2.05% while the Dow rose 0.77% and the S&P 1.61% as all its sectors finished higher. However, tech stocks […]

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The Thursday chart of GameStop resembled a rollercoaster as the massive short squeeze storm continued. GME‘s day range ran from $112.25 to $482.85 and finished -44% by the close. Meanwhile, the investing industry struggled to come to grips with this […]

It was a wild Wednesday. Sentiment turned negative Wednesday as stocks sold across the board in New York and Toronto. All sectors of the S&P and nearly the entire TSX (except tech) closed negative. There wasn’t a particular catalyst, though […]

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Markets began the week see-sawing between early-morning highs, midday dips and a recovery by the closing bell. A number of forces were at play to bring the S&P to a close of 0.36%, the Dow -0.12%, the Nasdaq 0.69% and […]

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On Thursday, American stocks extended the inauguration rally but only modestly, while the TSX fell nearly 100 points. The Dow closed slightly negative, while the Nasdaq and S&P inched up 0.55% and 0.03% respectively to make new closing record highs. […]

American markets made new record highs Wednesday as Joe Biden was sworn in as the new U.S. president. The Nasdaq soared 1.97%, the S&P 1.39%, the Dow 0.83% and the Russell 2000 0.46%. Apart from the Russell, the indices closed […]

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U.S. markets were closed Monday to celebrate Martin Luther King, but the TSX climbed 0.22% to close 52 points shy of 18,000. Energy sank 1.54% as the price of WCS slipped 0.5% and WCS plummeted 2.6%, but tech, real estate […]

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Markets rallied for much of Thursday, but finished at session lows to hover near record highs. Weighing on investors’ minds are the latest U.S. weekly jobless claims which spiked unexpectedly to levels last seen in August 2020, and the slow […]

As the House voted to impeach Trump an unprecedented second time, American markets closed moderately up on Wednesday after a choppy morning. The Nasdaq finished 0.43%, the S&P 0.23% and the Dow barely slightly negative. Industrials lagged while consumer and […]

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After hitting record highs last week, markets on both sides of the border slipped to begin the week. Reasons included Covid worries, old-fashioned profit-taking and Twitter. Late Friday, Twitter announced it was banning Trump permanently for inciting violence. More fallout […]

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