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Source: Financialpost June 25, 2024

Cheap Canadian oil displaces Iraqi imports on U.S. West Coast

California and Washington are set to import about 150,000 barrels a day of Canadian crudeU.S. West Coast refiners are replacing their heavy Iraqi oil imports with cheaper crude from Canada as the newly expanded Trans Mountain pipeline reshuffles trade flows...

Source: Bankofcanada June 24, 2024

Making the labour market work for everyone

Governor Tiff Macklem talks about how the labour market has adjusted to higher interest rates and slower economic growth. He also discusses how a strong, inclusive...

Source: Financialpost June 24, 2024

Fed interest rate cut could come sooner than markets think, says strategist

Watch Invesco chief global market strategist Kristina Hooper on where markets and the economy are headedKristina Hooper, chief global market strategist at Invesco, talks with Financial Post’s Larysa Harapyn about how markets and economies might react as cent...

Source: Financialpost June 23, 2024

Opinion: Blame Canada’s productivity 'emergency' mostly on slow adoption of innovation

John Ruffolo: We need our private sector and public sector to unite around their complementary strengths, allowing for a true 'Team Canada' approachWhen Bank of Canada senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers called Canada’s weak productivity growth an “emergen...

Source: BNN Bloomberg June 22, 2024

Hedge fund Arrowpoint lures CPPIB, Temasek unit as anchors

Former Millennium Management Asia executive Jonathan Xiong’s new hedge fund pod-shop has signed up Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and a unit of Singapore’s Temasek Holdings Pte. as additional backers, according to people familiar with the matter...

Source: BNN Bloomberg June 22, 2024

All roads lead to Nvidia as tech sees record inflows, says BofA

The ongoing artificial intelligence frenzy that briefly made Nvidia Corp. the world’s most valuable company this week also drove record inflows into tech funds, said Bank of America Corp. strategists. About US$8.7 billion flowed into tech funds in the week...

Market Call Source: BNN Bloomberg June 22, 2024

Brian Madden's Top Picks: June 21, 2024

Brian Madden, chief investment officer, First Avenue Investment Counsel FOCUS: North American equities  MARKET OUTLOOK: The equally weighted S&P 500 Index is up a respectable five per cent this year but has been left in the dust by the traditional...

Source: BNN Bloomberg June 22, 2024

The Week Ahead: CPI, GDP data due

Monday, June 24 12:45 p.m. BoC Governor Macklem speaks in Winnipeg Tuesday, June 25 8:30 a.m. Canada Consumer Price Index (May) Earnings: Alimentation Couche-Tard, Carnival Corp, FedEx Wednesday, June 26 Earnings: Blackberry, Nov...

Source: BNN Bloomberg June 22, 2024

Markets today: S&P 500 trading volume spikes at Wall Street close

Wall Street’s massive expiration of options not only left stock traders more cautious, it also drove one of the leaders of the bull market to a roller-coaster ride. Volume soared at the close of trading. About US$5.5 trillion were estimated to expire durin...

Technology Source: BNN Bloomberg June 22, 2024

Nvidia sheds US$200 billion in value after short run as top stock

(Bloomberg) -- Nvidia Corp.’s run as the world’s most valuable company didn’t last long. Shares of the semiconductor giant have fallen 6.7% in the last two days, erasing over $220 billion in market capitalization and dragging the company from its place as the...