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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 […]

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With the TSX closed for Canada Day, American stocks continued to March higher, despite light volumes. The S&P make its sixth straight record close, inching up 0.52% to 4,319. The Dow added 0.38% and the Nasdaq 0.13%. All the Dow […]

Volumes were predictably light, but markets on Wednesday finished a strong Q2 and first half of 2021 mixed. The TSX and Nasdaq edged down 0.03% and 0.17% respectively, while the Dow gained 0.62% and the S&P made another record high […]

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As fears over inflation recede, investors poured back into tech as the Nasdaq rallied to new highs, climbing nearly 1% to 14,500. Leading the charge was Facebook which leapt 4.18% to set a new closing high of $355.64 after a […]

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Positive data on both sides of the border drove market optimism Thursday. In the U.S., there were far fewer weekly jobless claims than expected, and President Biden and the Senate finally agreed to an infrastructure bill worth around US$1 trillion. […]

Cyclicals and reopening stocks edged down Wednesday, but the Nasdaq rose nearly 17 points to a new record high of 14,270. Tesla saw its biggest gain in more than two months, leaping 5.27% as Twitter jumped 4.23%. Beyond tech, Ford […]

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Markets began the week erasing recent losses by rallying in both growth and value. All 30 Dow stocks finished in the green as the major indices closed near session highs. The Dow jumped 1.76%, the S&P 1.4%, the Nasdaq 0.79% […]

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The U.S. Fed’s remarks from Wednesday, calling for interest rate hikes in 2023, weighed on investors Thursday as the Dow closed -0.62% and the S&P was nearly flat at -0.04%. At the same time, investors remain confident about a strong […]

American markets dipped as the U.S. Fed’s Jerome Powell after projecting two interest rate hikes in 2023. “Lift-off is well into the future,” he said, though acknowledged that inflation could wind up “higher and more persistent” than expected. American stocks […]

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Like walking in a heatwave, trading was sluggish and slow on Monday, but the TSX and S&P managed to climb a few points before the close to make new record highs. Meanwhile, the Dow slipped by 0.25% while the Nasdaq […]

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On Thursday, the U.S. released higher-than-expected inflation numbers which the markets surprisingly embraced. Apparently, bond and equity traders interpreted inflation is a transitory phased, based on CPI numbers that were the highest since 2008. The Dow barely budged, but the […]

After several strong sessions, the TSX, American stocks and oil retrenched a bit on Wednesday. The TSX closed -0.26% but stayed above 20,000 as a major sector, financials, lost some ground. For example, TD was down 0.7%. Tech also retrenched […]