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Positive futures before Thursday’s session faded as the latest weekly U.S. jobless numbers reported a surprise 1.4 million filing for first-time unemployment benefits. This marks the first increase in 16 weeks and points to a faltering U.S. recovery. A key […]

Fresh U.S.-China tensions centering on the closing of China’s consulate in Houston pressured American markets for most of the day, though they rallied into the close. The Dow finished Wednesday up 0.62%, the S&P 0.58% and the Nasdaq 0.24% in […]

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The week began with the Nasdaq making another record close at 10,774, surging 2.58%. Naturally, the FANG stocks fueled the rally. Amazon, for instance, jumped nearly 8%, Tesla soared 9.47%, and Microsoft leapt 4.3% after the cloud giant announced over […]

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After Chinese markets sold off overnight, Toronto and New York gave back some recent gains. Investors in the Chinese market took profits from the recent rally, fuelled by China’s recovery, but also because of fears of China-U.S. tensions. On Thursday, […]

Markets surged on encouraging results from Moderna‘s COVID-19 vaccine. In the latest tests, the drug produced antibodies to fight the virus, but some people who participated experienced side effects. Crucial phase 3 trials will begin July 27. Moderna shares soared […]

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The trading week began on a high note as indices on both sides of the border rallied, that is until mid-afternoon. California announced it was rolling back its reopening plans that will effect 80% of its population. The reason for […]

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Another day, another Nasdaq record high. On Thursday, the tech-heavy index gained 0.53% to close at 10,547, though the S&P slumped 0.56% and the Dow fell 1.39%, partially because Walgreens announced it was laying off more than 4,000 employees and […]

Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft and Netflix all made record closes on Wednesday. It was a session that big tech names ruled, with the Nasdaq closing at yet another record high of 10,482, up 1.34%. Moreover, markets rallied at the end […]

Yesterday’s newsletter was missing Monday’s after the close comment. If you’d like to read it today, you can find it here : World markets surge to begin week. Sorry for this technical glitch… Tuesday markets sold off some of its […]

As North American investors slept overnight Monday, Asian then European markets rallied: Shanghai soared 5.71% and the FTSE jumped over 2%. As expected, Toronto and New York followed suit with the S&P and Dow climbing well over 1.5% and the […]

The third quarter continues its rally as a surprisingly good U.S. jobs report fueled markets Thursday. Non-farm payrolls bounced back by 4.8 million, far surpassing the expected 2.9 million as American unemployment fell to 11.1%, the lowest level during this […]

As Canadian markets closed to celebrate our national birthday, Wall Street climbed on positive news about of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. Developed with Germany’s BioNTech, Pfizer’s vaccine has yielded encouraging results though this is the initial phase of testing that was […]

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Even though COVID-19 cases to continue to climb across the American sunbelt, particularly in Arizona, Texas and Florida, markets on Monday regained some ground it lost in last week’s sell-off. The Nasdaq rose 1.2%, the S&P was up 1.47% and […]

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After a see-saw trade most of Thursday, the bulls charged in the final hour to close indices higher. The optimism broke this week’s sell-off which was triggered by a spike in new COVID-19 cases across the American sunbelt; it suggests […]

Investors sold off stocks Wednesday, worried over the continuing rise in new COVID-19 cases in some U.S. states. In particular, Florida, Texas, California and Arizona are seeing a spike as America and other nations open up. On Wednesday, for instance, […]

This week, you missed Past Top Picks comments by Teal Linde including Inter Pipeline (A Top Pick Dec 10/18, Up 3%) Get Premium to receive all past top picks opinions a few hours before market open. Overnight Tuesday, Europe rallied as […]

The week began with Nasdaq returning to the 10,000 club, rising 1.11% and Apple and Microsoft making new all-time highs. Those tech giants rallied 2.75% (to $359.19) and 2.74% ($200.48), respectively, while American tech names as a whole increased 1.93%. […]

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